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Flexera

Flexera One

Composite Score

7.5 /10

CX Score

8.0 /10

38 Reviews Write a Review

What is Flexera One?

Growing complexity in hybrid IT environments creates greater challenges for leaders like you. Flexera One helps you visualize your entire estate from on-premises to SaaS to cloud. And it delivers the power to mitigate risk, reduce costs and maximize every technology investment—so you can invest in innovation.

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Flexera One Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

91 Plan to Renew

2
Since last award

72 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+89 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Flexera One?

2% Negative

3% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Unique Features
Helps Innovate
Trustworthy
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 74

Software Inventory Management

License Compliance Tracking

Software Recognition Library

Analytics and Reporting

Integration with IT Systems

License Optimization Insights

End to End Lifecycle Management

Software Usage Metering

Contract Management

Data Center Analytics

Advanced License Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 71

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

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Flexera One Reviews

Saunak D.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Aug 2025

Better than any other SAM Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Flexera One from other similar products?

Flexera has the best libraries which makes work easy and informative and reduces any sort of miscalculation for license deployments. It also assist us with the special feature of reporting which assists us with the audit clauses

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The best part is its ability to identify every single software footprints and show us the consumption data based on each of the licenses

What do you dislike most about this product?

Only thing that I dislike about this is the lack of ability of software metering and the setup cost is higher than the other alternative tools

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is one of the best in the market as per features. It may be costly, but it is worth every penny as it can do the work of several resources as the same time using the vast libraries

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Effective Service

Cons

Less Inspiring
Charges for Enhancements

Abhishek S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2025

Comprehensive IT Asset Management Solution

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Flexera One from other similar products?

Its ability to unify software asset management, cloud cost optimization, and license compliance in one platform makes it a strategic tool for IT and finance teams.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The detailed insights into software usage and license optimization help us reduce costs and stay compliant effortlessly.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The interface can be overwhelming at first, and some advanced features require a steep learning curve or additional configuration.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure to involve both IT and procurement teams during setup, and invest in training to fully leverage its capabilities. It’s ideal for organizations with complex software environments.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Unique Features

Dewang S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2025

A Powerful and Insightful Platform

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Flexera One from other similar products?

I've been using Flexera One, and it’s become a core tool in managing our hybrid IT environment. It provides strong license optimization insights, accurate software recognition through Technopedia, and excellent support for complex vendors. The platform has helped us reduce compliance risk, improve visibility, and drive cost savings across software and cloud assets.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One of the favourite aspects that I like about this product is its powerful license optimization and reconciliation engine. It gives us clear visibility into usage vs. entitlement, especially for complex vendors. The insights are accurate and actionable, which has helped us reduce compliance risk and recover significant cost.

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I dislike most about Flexera One is the complexity of customization and configuration, especially during initial setup.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

One recommendation that I would say is that Flexera One is powerful, but its full potential is best realized with strong cross-functional collaboration and a well-defined SAM strategy.

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Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Unique Features

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Flexera One Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

91 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

72 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Flexera One?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Software Inventory Management Detailed inventory cataloging of all software installations across devices to track exactly how many used and unused licenses are available for each application

License Compliance Tracking Monitors license compliance for installed and purchased software, tracks renewal and expiration dates, and sends alerts for potential non-compliance issues.

Software Recognition Library Includes built-in software library to enhance recognition of installed packages.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Integration with IT Systems Integrate with Active Directory, existing inventory tools, other ITSM vendors, and third-party procurement systems.

License Optimization Insights Provide actionable insights, data, and recommendations to optimize software licensing and purchasing.

End to End Lifecycle Management Solution provides logical workflows and templates for managing the entire software lifecycle from procurement through to retirement.

Software Usage Metering Includes out-of-the-box support for software usage tracking to identify heavily used or unused assets across the cloud and network and collect unused licenses.

Contract Management Allocate software to contracts, store all contracts in a central repository, and manage contracts with alerts for upcoming renewals, payments, and expirations.

Data Center Analytics Information regarding capacity and challenges unique to datacenters, such as workload modelling, virtual licensing, and mapping virtual instances to hosts.

Advanced License Management One or more specialized license types with extreme complexities such as SAP, Oracle, Mainframe, with a focus on accuracy and minimizing manual calculations.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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IT Asset Management - Enterprise

Flexera One Reviews

Saunak D.

Better than any other SAM Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Abhishek S.

Comprehensive IT Asset Management Solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Dewang S.

A Powerful and Insightful Platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Software Inventory Management

License Compliance Tracking

Software Recognition Library

Analytics and Reporting

Integration with IT Systems

License Optimization Insights

End to End Lifecycle Management

Software Usage Metering

Contract Management

Data Center Analytics

Advanced License Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization