Software Asset Management Tools

Xensam review

Swedish software asset management platform covering SaaS, on-prem and cloud software with usage tracking and EU-hosted data.

Researched by Max Benz · Facts checked October 24, 2026 · How we research

Xensam at a glance

Category
Software Asset Management Tools
Starting price
Contact sales
Pricing model
custom
Public pricing
No
Free plan
No
Free trial
No
G2 rating
5.0 (2 reviews)
Founded
2016
Headquarters
Stockholm (Solna), Sweden
Employees
51-200
Funding or owner
$40M first outside round from Expedition Growth Capital, February 2024, after eight years bootstrapped

Who Xensam is for

Choose Xensam if

  • European companies that want EU-stored SAM data.
  • IT teams that want usage data before renewals.

Look elsewhere if

  • Buyers who need published pricing.
  • Teams that need documented ITSM connectors (only a generic integrations platform is named)

Xensam pricing

Xensam does not publish a price list; pricing is quoted on request.

No pricing on the site.

What Xensam really costs

Billing
Quote.

Xensam features by buying criteria

Xensam features, checked October 24, 2026
CriterionWhat we found
SaaS coverageCovers SaaS, on-prem and cloud; separate SaaS management module.
License complianceLicense Management and Intelligence Reporting modules; goal is finding unused licenses.
DiscoveryAutomated discovery across SaaS, on-prem and cloud; Active Usage tracking; method (agent or agentless) not stated.
ITSM integrationGeneric Integrations Platform and DataBridge; no named ITSM tools on page.
PricingQuote-based.
Implementation timeVendor says most customers live within days.

What reviewers say about Xensam

Praised for

  • Highly useful for software asset management and asset tracking.
  • Easy to get started if you already know another SAM tool.

Common complaints

  • Usage and primary-user data can be inaccurate or outdated versus other reporting tools.

Themes paraphrased from public reviews on G2 and similar sites, not quotes.

What most Xensam reviews leave out

  • Built and operated in Europe with data stored in the EU.
  • Vendor claims most customers go live within days, no consultants.
  • Bootstrapped for about eight years before the 2024 round.
  • Product suite also includes hardware asset management and IT asset security.
  • Vendor cites 5/5 on Gartner Peer Insights; no G2 figure retrieved.

Xensam alternatives

  • Flexera OneLarge enterprises that need SaaS, on-prem license compliance and cloud cost data in one platform.
    Contact sales
  • CerteroEnterprises that need audit-ready license compliance across on-prem and SaaS estates.
    Contact sales
  • ServiceNow Software Asset ManagementEnterprises already running ServiceNow ITSM/CMDB that want license data in the same platform.
    Contact sales
  • OomnitzaIT teams that want hardware and software asset data reconciled in one system.
    Contact sales
  • ManageEngine AssetExplorerSmall and mid-size IT teams that want published per-asset pricing.
    $115/month for 250 assets (cloud)
  • CloudEagleMid-market IT and procurement teams that want SaaS management, access provisioning and renewal negotiation in one product.
    Contact sales

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from Xensam's own pricing, product or documentation pages, G2 and company records, checked on October 24, 2026. Unknown values are left out instead of estimated.

Sources (6)
  1. product page (xensam.com)
  2. torstensson.com
  3. vendor: founded Stockholm 2016 (xensam.com)
  4. g2.com
  5. Gartner: 51-200 employees, review themes (gartner.com)
  6. EU data storage, implementation, support (xensam.com)