Operations · Assets
VanVed vs EZOfficeInventory
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Why businesses choose VanVed over EZOfficeInventory
VanVed's advantage here is not depth, it is context: assets hang off the same employee records as HR and payroll, so who holds what is answered without an integration, and book value is already computed on every asset. For a business that wants asset custody tracked without buying and configuring a separate product, that is the whole appeal.
Capability by capability
Every row below is what our 2026 research found — including the rows we lose.
| Capability | VanVed | EZOfficeInventory |
|---|---|---|
| What the product is today | One asset module inside a business platform | Now branded EZO, split into EZO AssetSonar (ITAM), EZO CMMS and EZO EAM |
| Asset register and custody | Register with tag, status and condition; assign and return against the HR Party record | Check-in/check-out, reservations, custody history and configurable custom fields |
| Mobile scanning | The mobile app has no assets feature at all | iOS and Android apps built around barcode/QR/RFID scanning |
| Maintenance / CMMS | No work orders, no service history, no schedules | A full CMMS add-on: preventive schedules, work orders, vendors and parts |
| IT asset discovery and software licences | Not built | AssetSonar discovers hardware via agents/Jamf/Intune and tracks software licences |
| Depreciation and book value | Straight-line book value on every asset, shown in the API and UI | Depreciation supported, typically on the higher enterprise tier |
| Audits | Not built | Scheduled scan-based audits with location reconciliation |
| One system with HR, payroll and finance | Same tenant and same people records as HR and payroll | Asset and maintenance only; HR lives in another tool |
Where EZOfficeInventory is ahead of us today
EZOfficeInventory — now sold as EZO, split across AssetSonar, EZO CMMS and EZO EAM — is several products deeper than VanVed. It scans tags on iOS and Android, runs audits that reconcile a location, ships a full CMMS with work orders and preventive schedules, and on the IT side discovers hardware automatically and tracks software licences. VanVed has no asset scanning on mobile, no audits, no maintenance records and no IT discovery.
We publish this because a comparison that only flatters us is worth nothing to you. If one of these gaps is the thing you actually need, EZOfficeInventory may well be the better buy.
What VanVed's Assets module does
- Asset registry
Laptops, phones, access cards and other equipment in one register.
- Assignment history
Assign an asset to a person and see its full assignment history.
- My assets
Every employee can see the assets currently assigned to them.