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VanVed vs Asset Panda
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Why businesses choose VanVed over Asset Panda
Because VanVed's assets point at the same Party record as HR, a laptop hand-back is part of offboarding rather than a separate system to reconcile, and every employee can see what they hold. It costs nothing extra on top of the platform, where Asset Panda is a four-figure annual contract before it tracks a single laptop.
Capability by capability
Every row below is what our 2026 research found — including the rows we lose.
| Capability | VanVed | Asset Panda |
|---|---|---|
| Asset register | Asset tag unique per organization, type, condition, status, purchase cost and date | Fully configurable asset records with unlimited custom fields and attachments |
| Assignment / check-out to people | Assign and return with dates and history, plus a "my assets" view for every employee | Check-in/check-out with reservations and approval workflows |
| QR / barcode tags | Prints a QR label per asset from the detail page — but nothing in VanVed scans it back | Generates tags and scans them in its own mobile app, with full offline mode on Pro |
| Depreciation | Straight-line book value computed per asset — no salvage value, no other method, no schedule report | Multiple depreciation methods with schedules and fixed-asset reporting |
| Audits / physical verification | Not built | Scan-based audits by location with reconciliation of missing items |
| Warranty and AMC tracking | A warranty expiry on the asset, with days remaining shown in the register — no AMC field, and nothing reminds anyone before it lapses | Warranty and contract dates with expiry reminders |
| Maintenance history | An asset can be marked Under Repair, but no maintenance records are kept | Preventive maintenance schedules, work orders and service history per asset |
| Ties to employees, payroll and offboarding | Assignments point at the same Party record HR uses, so an exit shows what is still held | Integrates with HR systems, but is not itself the HR system |
| Pricing | Included in the platform subscription | Asset-count based, commonly $1,500–$3,000+ a year even for small deployments |
Where Asset Panda is ahead of us today
Asset Panda is a proper asset-management product. It scans tags in a mobile app — including fully offline — runs location audits that reconcile what is actually there, tracks warranty and contract expiry, and keeps preventive-maintenance schedules and service history per asset. VanVed prints a QR code that nothing in VanVed can read back, keeps no maintenance record beyond an "Under Repair" status, and while it now stores a warranty expiry it has no AMC field and no reminder — the date sits on the record until somebody looks.
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, Asset Panda 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.