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A Snow Software alternative for SAM teams
LICENSEWARE is a modular software asset management platform, run as SaaS, with published pricing and a free plan. It reads the inventory you already have, Snow License Manager exports included, and shows the license position in minutes once the data is loaded.
Fit
Which one fits your estate
Snow and LICENSEWARE answer the same question, what you own against what you run, for different teams. Both answers below are taken from each company's own pages.
When Snow is the right choice
- You run Snow License Manager on your own infrastructure and want to keep it there: Flexera still offers newer Snow License Manager releases as an upgrade path.
- You want hardware and software asset management in one product, with agents, APIs and connectors: Snow Atlas describes both.
- You want SaaS management and cloud license management from the same vendor as your SAM: Flexera sells them beside Snow Atlas.
When LICENSEWARE fits better
- You want to see a price before you talk to anyone: the plans are on the pricing page, and the Free plan has no time limit.
- Your spend sits with Microsoft, Oracle, Java, Red Hat or Adobe, where a dedicated app applies the vendor's own licensing rules.
- You already run an inventory tool and want answers from it, not a new rollout: the reconciliation runs in minutes once the data is loaded.
Acquisition
What the Flexera acquisition means for Snow
Flexera completed its acquisition of Snow Software on 15 February 2024. This is what Flexera has said since, in its own words.
The products keep their names
Flexera uses its own name for the company and keeps Snow's branding for the products: Snow Atlas and Snow License Manager. It says it will keep selling Snow Atlas, and snowsoftware.com now redirects to flexera.com.
Support continues
At completion Flexera said it would "continue to innovate, enhance, maintain, and support both Flexera and Snow solutions", keep customers on their current product, keep existing SLAs and contacts, and share roadmap updates quarterly.
Older Snow License Manager versions have ended
On 1 July 2025 Flexera announced that Snow License Manager 9.x and earlier, and Snow Inventory Server 6.x and earlier, reached end of life on 31 December 2025, with end of support on 31 March 2026.
Two paths Flexera offers
Upgrade to a newer Snow License Manager release, or move to Snow Atlas, Flexera's SaaS platform. For the move, Flexera offers dual entitlement for up to 12 months to run both in parallel.
If you are on an older Snow License Manager version, either path is a migration. That is the moment to compare the options, LICENSEWARE included.
Side by side
Snow and LICENSEWARE compared
Snow's column quotes Flexera's pages for Snow Atlas and Snow License Manager; where a page does not say, the cell reads Not published.
| Snow (Snow Atlas, Snow License Manager) | LICENSEWARE | |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Snow Atlas is SaaS, with data storage in Australia, the US and Europe. Snow License Manager runs on-premises, or hosted by a partner. | SaaS only, on Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, in the European Union (West), United States (East) or Australia (APAC) region. No on-premises or private cloud version. |
| Time to first results | Not published | Minutes once your data is loaded; no agent to deploy before the first result. |
| Pricing | Not published; the Snow Atlas page offers a demo and a sales contact. | Published. Core is |
| Free plan | Not published | Yes, free forever, with report output capped at 10 rows per table. |
| Suite or apps | Snow Atlas covers hardware and software asset management; SaaS Management and Cloud License Management are separate Flexera products. | Twelve apps on one platform: inventory, contracts, infrastructure mapping, per-vendor apps, NEO and the Collector. |
| Data sources | Agents, APIs and connectors, with REST APIs for data extensibility. | 80+ sources across 36 vendors by API, agent, script, template or export. Snow data comes in as exports; the Snow API connector is coming soon. |
| AI analysis | AI-based ingestion of contracts, invoices, purchase orders and quotes. | NEO, the AI SAM analyst, turns any app's data into a report with the evidence behind each finding; included on every plan. |
| Vendor coverage | The Snow Atlas page names Oracle, with data verified by Oracle; other publishers are not listed there. | Dedicated apps for Microsoft, Oracle Database, Oracle Java, Oracle Middleware, Red Hat and Adobe. No IBM or SAP app. |
Snow: Flexera's pages listed under Sources, checked November 2026. LICENSEWARE: Trust, Plans, Data sources and Apps. Prices in US dollars, excluding tax.
Switching
Moving from Snow
You do not have to rebuild the estate to see it in LICENSEWARE. The data Snow License Manager already holds comes across as exports, and the old tool stays in archive for the period before the move.
Export from Snow
The Snow exports LICENSEWARE reads today: Microsoft deployment and entitlement data from Snow License Manager, and the All Device Details export of hardware and virtualization. Export your entitlement records in their current form too.
Clean the entitlements first
Check each entitlement record against its source contract before importing, not after. This is the step most migrations skip and then regret.
Load it where it maps
The Microsoft export feeds Microsoft Deployment Manager, the device details feed Infrastructure Mapper, and entitlements go into License and Contracts Manager.
Baseline, then retire
Connect any discovery tools you also run, validate the first license position, and retire the old tool once the team trusts the baseline. Keep its exports for audit questions about earlier years.
The full plan is in the SAM tool migration guide; every connector and export is on the data sources page.
Questions
Questions about switching from Snow
Can LICENSEWARE import data from Snow?
Yes, as exports. LICENSEWARE reads the Snow License Manager Microsoft export and the Snow All Device Details export. A Snow API connector is listed as coming soon on the data sources page.
Is Snow Software still supported?
Flexera says it continues to support Snow products. Snow License Manager 9.x and earlier reached end of support on 31 March 2026; Flexera's paths from there are a newer Snow License Manager release or Snow Atlas.
Does LICENSEWARE have an on-premises version?
No. LICENSEWARE is SaaS only, in the region you choose: European Union (West), United States (East) or Australia (APAC). Customer data does not move between regions. The trust page has the details.
How much does LICENSEWARE cost?
There is a Free plan, pay-as-you-go one-off analysis, Core at
Does LICENSEWARE cover IBM and SAP?
Not with a dedicated app. The per-vendor apps cover Microsoft, Oracle Database, Oracle Java, Oracle Middleware, Red Hat and Adobe. If IBM or SAP is your largest exposure, weigh that before you switch.
See your license position before you decide
Load a Snow export on the Free plan, or talk to sales about the vendors that matter most to you.
Sources
Statements about Snow and Flexera come from these pages, checked November 2026.
- Flexera completes acquisition of Snow Software (15 February 2024)
- flexera.com/more/snowsoftware
- flexera.com/products/snow-atlas
- Flexera Community: Snow License Manager lifecycle announcement (1 July 2025)
- Flexera blog: upgrading from Snow License Manager to Snow Atlas (19 August 2025)
- snowsoftware.com, which redirects to flexera.com