--- title: FlexNet Manager Reviews meta\_title: 'FlexNet Manager Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 77 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how FlexNet Manager works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 77 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-11' parent\_category: name: IT Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-management --- # FlexNet Manager Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by FlexNet Manager but has limited features. Are you part of the FlexNet Manager team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Software is one of the major items on any IT expense budget. Industry analysts estimate software license and maintenance fees represent 20 to 35% of total enterprise IT spend. The approach for managing a software asset portfolio is typically inefficient, relying on a local approach instead of a global one, and frequently involves spreadsheets or other ad hoc methods. The lack of efficient software asset management processes exposes enterprises to software audit liabilities and overspending on licenses and maintenance. Flexera FlexNet Manager software and IT asset management solutions manage and optimize enterprise software regardless of location, from the desktop to the data center to the cloud. We'll give your organization a growth path and roadmap for success. Manage and reduce spend on applications from Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, VMware, Symantec and SAP. Flexnet Manager Suite for Clients: Optimize your software licenses across desktops, laptops, and other client devices. FlexNet Manager for Clients automatically applies product use rights acquired through software license agreements from desktop vendors such as Adobe, Microsoft and Symantec. Product use rights can dramatically affect the number of licenses consumed by an organization, and must therefore be considered to minimize costs and ensure license compliance. Flexnet Manager Suite for Data Centers: It's difficult to know what’s happening across your data centers–until now. No matter what your challenges, FlexNet Manager for Data Centers can help you get control. You get visibility and insight for all your assets with our powerful, easy-to-use, role-based Data Analytics Dashboards. Flexnet Manager Suite for SAP Applications: Managing SAP® licenses can require significant time and effort. It's difficult to get an accurate handle on license requirements and position. And not knowing what applications are indirectly accessing SAP data can cost you big time. We’ll help you navigate SAP for business success. Flexnet Manager Suite for Engineering Apps: Concurrent licenses can be challenging to manage. But managing them effectively is essential for engineering and design applications. License denials can lead to project delays, lost revenue and decreased customer satisfaction. Lack of visibility can cause still more problems. FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications delivers a comprehensive solution. * * * Seller [Flexera](https://www.g2.com/sellers/flexera) Discussions [FlexNet Manager Community](https://www.g2.com/products/flexnet-manager/discuss) Languages Supported English Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Alexis Chiagouris Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 3 months ### Return on Investment 20 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/flexnet-manager/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![ServiceNow Software Asset Management](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "ServiceNow Software Asset Management") ServiceNow Software Asset Management 4.4/5(59) ](https://www.g2.com/products/servicenow-software-asset-management/reviews) [ ![BetterCloud](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "BetterCloud") BetterCloud 4.4/5(486) ](https://www.g2.com/products/bettercloud/reviews) [ ![Torii](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Torii") Torii 4.5/5(324) ](https://www.g2.com/products/torii/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/flexnet-manager/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 77 real user reviews. 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AK Ajay K. Technical Consultant Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/30/2026 "One Tool for all your SAM needs" 4/5 What do you like best about FlexNet Manager? It provides a single interface for everything I need related to the SAM solution. The standout for me is the comprehensive discovery and inventory, paired with industry-leading reconciliation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FlexNet Manager? Overall, Flexnet Manager’s look and feel comes across as a bit outdated compared to its cloud version. There’s definitely room to improve the interface so it feels more modern, polished, and refined. Along with the addition of AI intelligence which is demand of the new world Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FlexNet Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? FlexNet Manager solves the challenge of managing software licenses, IT assets, and cloud resources across complex enterprise environments into single source of truth with providing various Integrations. It provides a consolidated and accurate view of software usage, entitlement, and compliance, helping organizations reduce risk and optimize Pricing with return on investment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic DS Dewang S. Analyst Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/11/2025 "FlexNet Manager Simplifies Software Asset Management" 4/5 What do you like best about FlexNet Manager? I like its ability to automate license tracking and provide clear visibility into usage. The integration with multiple platforms and real-time tracking makes it easy to stay compliant and optimize software usage. The customer support team is incredibly responsive, resolving cases quickly and efficiently whenever needed. I use FlexNet Manager regularly, and it has become an essential tool for our daily operations. The implementation was smooth with helpful resources and guidance from the support team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FlexNet Manager? The initial setup can be a bit time consuming and some features like, custom reporting, should be more user friendly and flexible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FlexNet Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? It's helping solve the issue of software license compliance, budget optimization, and preventing legal risks associated with untracked software. Additionally, it centralizes data from multiple departments, streamlining reporting and decision-making. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: G2 invite HC Himanshi C. Analyst Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/6/2025 "Efficient Software Asset Management with Room for Improvement" 4/5 What do you like best about FlexNet Manager? I use FlexNet Manager on a frequent basis to monitor software usage and compliance. It offers a wide range of features and integrates well with other systems, which helps streamline asset management. Once set up, it saves a lot of manual effort. Also the customer support is incredibly knowledgeable and helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FlexNet Manager? The interface isn’t very user-friendly, and implementation was complex. It took me a while to get comfortable with the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FlexNet Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? FlexNet Manager helps me track software usage, manage licenses, and stay compliant with vendor agreements. It reduces the risk of over- or under-licensing and gives clear visibility into our software assets. This has helped us cut unnecessary costs and improve audit readiness. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain") AL Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/19/2025 "Great SAM tool for Oracle DB inventory with sometimes lackluster support" 3.5/5 What do you like best about FlexNet Manager? FlexNet Manager is one of the best tools in the market when it comes to Software Asset Management. They offer a wide range of capabilities that can be a dream for a software license manager, if the tool is properly maintained. The reporting features are good, but customization is rather difficult. Our company is mainly using FlexNet Manager for Oracle database inventory and it is doing a great job there (although it has to be noted that inventory in cloud environments is rather difficult / limited). Container inventory is also rather limited and for example does not offer the deep Oracle database scanning that the regular agent is offering. Overall I would recommend the use of FlexNet Manager, especially if the users main environment is still on-prem based. If you are a company with a lot of cloud assets, Flexera One might be the better solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FlexNet Manager? Maintaining the tool can be quite difficult and definitely needs some technical expertise / admin knowledge (however it has to be said, that all SAM tools I have used have the same or similar issues). FlexNet Manager is basically the legacy product from Flexera. If you want the newest features and more capabilities like SaaS discovery, you need to switch to Flexera One. The support of Flexera can be difficult. Sometimes tickets get quick updates and you can have calls with the support agents to fix issues. Sometimes tickets take what feels like forever and you need to escalate within Flexera. However I do feel that the support has improved vs. the past years. It feels like suggestions for improvements or customer specific problems are not a priority for Flexera (we feel that their focus is on the top spenders; if you are not part of this group, support in such cases is very limited). Also the customer management / account management at Flexera needs to be improved. For years we did not have a direct contact person which makes it difficult to address those customer specific issues (I do think this is probably also a consequence of their size as they are one of the few remaining providers in the market). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FlexNet Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? Our main use is for Oracle DB inventory. The tool does a great job on-prem and delivers the necessary information to stay compliant. In AWS we discovered multiple issues and the tools capabilities could be better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Biotechnology](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Biotechnology") UB Verified User in Biotechnology Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/2/2025 "Good overview of all your software assets" 3.5/5 What do you like best about FlexNet Manager? Flexera provides a very good overview of all software assets, their usage including licensing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FlexNet Manager? The menu structure is hard to learn and understand, some terms are very specific and must be learnt - it's not always intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FlexNet Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? Flexnet Manager is giving us an overview of all used software and thus allowing us to e.g. discover shadow IT. Furthermore it enables us to check our licenses against the real usage and therefore drives the cost optimization, i.e. partially reduction of licenses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic AM Anthea M. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/19/2020 "It allows a large number of integrations with other applications" 3.5/5 What do you like best about FlexNet Manager? It allows a large number of integrations with other applications that allow me to get 100% out of this application in a fairly safe, practical and easy way, in terms of data accuracy, the information it provides is quite complete, solid and robust, ideal for make any type of decision that affects the future of the company, customer service is excellent at all times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FlexNet Manager? Its interface has an impractical design and somewhat cumbersome to understand, so navigation turns out to be somewhat bumpy, not to mention that the performance is somewhat poor, since in many cases the system becomes slow for no reason or reason Apparent that can justify this reality, in addition, acquiring additional functions can be quite an expensive task to perform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FlexNet Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? Personally, I always use it to acquire the licenses of my installed programs in a simpler and faster way since it allows me to buy everything through the same interface, however lately I have realized that it has not been providing me the same results as it gave me before, it is becoming more expensive and cumbersome to acquire a license in this way and the performance is giving much to be desired, I think that maybe it is time to change applications and give Flexera a break for a while . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite RG Richard G. Concurrent License Manager Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/8/2019 "Helpful for Flexnet applications, but our licenseing includes more than Flexnet" 3.5/5 What do you like best about FlexNet Manager? The ability to quickly see the status of our licenses servers, and be able to receive alerts when something goes down. Having alerts being sent out is very useful and can save a lot of time bringing up a our license status when we are on call just to see that a normal reread has cause the server to lose communication and therefore trigger an alert. Also like the graphical interface as most information from Flexnet is presented in text box format. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FlexNet Manager? The lack of compatibility with other license managers such and RLM and LM-X.The reporting feature is seriously lacking. It can create reports, but system is very clunky and old school. Even when I create a report, I have to spend time in Excel arranging, sorting, removing fields I don't need and removing values that contaminate the end data. Not being able to see other license managers prevents the software from being a one stop shop for all license server related issues. It is true that we are not using the latest version, but upgrading takes considerable time and effort to perform, and we have been trying to get it done since I started and we have not done so yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering FlexNet Manager: N/A Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FlexNet Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? We have a problem with knowing if we are utilizing our licenses properly. While the reporting feature is limited, it does provide data that can be finessed to show trends and usage over time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Kevin J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kevin J.") KJ Kevin J. Software Asset Manager Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/6/2019 "Great Tool for all size companies" 4/5 What do you like best about FlexNet Manager? FNMS doenst micro manage linceses and entitlements, but provides a great overview of the state of your whole company. Connectivity with SAP and Active Directory are a great way to get data organized and automated. Vcenter integration is vital for a lot of licensing. Calculation of IBM products sub capacity thru the PURLS is a great capability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FlexNet Manager? Integration can be difficult depending on your network, but once you get those connections up and running you get over that. You need to really understand your network and sub networks to make sure that you have the beacons and SCCM integrations needed coming in correctly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering FlexNet Manager: Get someone that really know your network involved early on integration. Forget about micromanaging licenses and look at the big picture. Some of the PURLS are more valuable than others. Cloud is great to make sure your can work where ever when ever. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FlexNet Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? We have notice a lot of unauthorized software. Also the ratio of over/Under deployment is a great tool to save some bucks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Julius J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Julius J.") JJ Julius J. Software Asset Manager Financial Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/7/2019 "SAM tool with a very good discovery capability across various platforms " 4/5 What do you like best about FlexNet Manager? - discovery capability of the tool - SW catalog in general is very good and not just for Microsoft products - works across multiple platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FlexNet Manager? - some of the license consumption calculations for specific metrics could use improvement - sometimes the tools is not doing what it's supposed to (Production/Non-production license assignment does not work) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FlexNet Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? - We're using it for SW compliance reporting - Discovery of SW - Renewals - We're planning to use it Raw software usage reporting - FlexNet Manager has a great discovery capabilities ad catalog, probably the best in the market, some of the license compliance calculation methodologies could use improvement as we need to do quite a bit of manual work on top of what FlexNet Manager does Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic CG Chandrachurh G. Senior Solution Architect Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/12/2019 "A one stop platform for Asset Management" 4/5 What do you like best about FlexNet Manager? The diverse feature ensures that almost any company will be able to align their process with the tool workflow. Also, there is a regular release roadmap ensuring that the application is up-to-date with latest industry trends. Companies who are new in asset management can get a quick start with this tool and the consultants I have worked with are knowledgeable and can support from scratch to a stable environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FlexNet Manager? There is minimal documentation for step-by-step installation, configuration or up-gradation. Missing sensitivity to customer IPCC process. Corresponding to monitoring, the newly introduced dashboard has a lot of bugs and needs improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering FlexNet Manager: Please setup a team with Flexera consultant and perform the initial setup together. Document all possible areas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FlexNet Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? The asset landscape within our company and many other global company is complex for maintenance. Licenses are bought in silos and wasted and as they are in small quantities, they cannot be negotiated and are costly. The information is mostly maintained in spreadsheets or local tools, which makes aggregation of the overall requirement for the entire company next to impossible. Further, to be careful of being compliant always, companies tend to over procure licenses and hardware. FlexNet Manager has provided us a platform to understand the overall requirement for the entire company globally. Also, this provided visibility on the areas where we could optimize. This helped us save a significant amount of money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ## Questions about FlexNet Manager? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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