All assets created or managed within Lansweeper, whether discovered automatically or added manually, are stored in the same inventory database and count toward your licensed asset total. This includes any custom-defined asset types, such as customers or services, that you choose to manage as assets. This also includes assets that are "retired" or "non-active".
Key points to note:
- Every record defined as an asset, including custom or manually created ones, counts toward your license. Monitors can be an exception if they do not have extended data.
- Relations between assets do not consume additional licenses.
- Assets are only excluded from the licensed count once they are deleted from inventory. For example, setting an asset to asset state "retired" will have no impact on licensing.
If your goal is to maintain relational or reference data without increasing your asset count, we recommend using non-asset elements, such as custom fields, reports, or integrations, instead of defining those items as assets.
For detailed information and examples of how asset counting works, please review the following article:
https://community.lansweeper.com/t5/billing-related-questions/assets-that-count-toward-your-licensed...
