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Lansweeper tells you what's on your network. WinSentinel tells you what's wrong with it and fixes it automatically.
TL;DR: Lansweeper is an IT asset management tool (hardware/software inventory, network discovery). WinSentinel is a security hardening tool (audit misconfigurations, auto-fix, compliance). They solve different problems — many teams use both.
| Capability | WinSentinel | Lansweeper |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Purpose | Security hardening & compliance | IT asset inventory & discovery |
| Security Posture Score | ✓ 0-100 with grade (A-F) | ✗ Not a security tool |
| Auto-Remediation | ✓ One-click fix for findings | ✗ Inventory only |
| Configuration Auditing | ✓ 30+ audit modules | ✗ Reports config, doesn't judge it |
| Compliance Mapping | ✓ CIS, SOC2, HIPAA, Essential 8 | Limited (needs add-ons) |
| Hardware Inventory | Basic (system info module) | ✓ Deep hardware/peripheral tracking |
| Software Inventory | ✓ With vulnerability flagging | ✓ Comprehensive catalog |
| Network Discovery | Port/firewall auditing | ✓ Agentless network scanning |
| Real-Time Monitoring | ✓ Continuous agent mode | Periodic scans |
| Threat Detection | ✓ MITRE ATT&CK mapping | ✗ Not designed for this |
| Open Source | ✓ MIT licensed | ✗ Proprietary |
| Setup Time | 30 seconds (dotnet tool) | Server install + agent deploy |
| CI/CD Integration | ✓ GitHub Action + SARIF | ✗ Not designed for CI |
$0/forever
All security features, no limits, one machine. Full power.
Pro fleet: $29/25 nodes · $79/100 nodes
$219/yr (starter)
Asset inventory & discovery. Per-asset pricing scales with network size.
Pro: custom pricing for 1000+ assets
Many teams use Lansweeper for asset management and WinSentinel for security hardening. They’re complementary.
WinSentinel goes beyond inventory — it finds misconfigurations and fixes them.
dotnet tool install --global WinSentinel.Cli
They solve different problems. Lansweeper inventories what hardware and software is on your network. WinSentinel tells you what's misconfigured or insecure on a machine and fixes it. Many teams use discovery and hardening tools side by side.
It inventories security-relevant state - installed software, services, drivers, scheduled tasks, local accounts and more - as part of its audit, but its focus is hardening and remediation, not full IT asset management.
WinSentinel is free for unlimited use on a single machine. Lansweeper is asset-discovery software priced per asset (around $219+/year for small estates). WinSentinel Pro - which adds fleet management across many machines - is $29/mo for up to 25 nodes or $79/mo for up to 100 nodes, with annual billing saving 17%.
Yes. The CLI and every audit module are free and open source under the MIT license, installed with dotnet tool install --global WinSentinel.Cli. A single machine gets the full power - all audit modules, the real-time monitor, scheduled scans, and PDF reports - with no limits and no account required. Pro is only for organizations that want to manage many machines from one control plane.
Yes. WinSentinel is built specifically for Windows 10 and Windows 11 (and Windows Server). It uses native Windows APIs to audit configuration that cross-platform tools treat generically, which is why its hardening checks are deeper on Windows.