Open-source alternative  ·  Server Management

Replace Dell OpenManage Enterprise with Netbox + Ansible + Redfish.

Netbox for inventory and IPAM, Ansible for automated server provisioning, Redfish API for out-of-band management. Complete Dell server fleet management. Self-hosted, no per-node licence.

You'd keep~R177 600 to ~R355 200/year

Current licence  ·  Server Management

Dell OpenManage Enterprise

~R177 600 – ~R355 200/yr

10-user estimate

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Netbox + Ansible + Redfish

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R355 200/yr

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Today's licence price

2 tiers. Dell OpenManage Enterprise's prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

Standard

R177 600/yr

R1 480/user/month

Per server

With Netbox + Ansible + Redfish

Keep R177 600/yr

Advanced

R355 200/yr

R2 960/user/month

Per server

With Netbox + Ansible + Redfish

Keep R355 200/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

Dell OpenManage Enterprise grows around 10% per year on average. Netbox + Ansible + Redfish hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR157kR314kR472kR629kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R572kR36k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R2.52M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

Dell OpenManage EnterpriseNetbox + Ansible + Redfish, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

Same category

Other server management migrations.

Running one of these alongside? Same migration shop covers both.

Migrate Dell OpenManage Enterprise.
Keep the money.

Free audit. 30 minutes. We map your current setup, surface the real licence costs, and show you the migration in time and rand.