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ITAM · CMDB · Higher education

Habeo is the asset system of record for higher education.

The IT asset management platform built to replace ServiceNow ITAM at universities. Workday-integrated. GASB 34/35-compliant. InCommon-federated. Continuous device data from Jamf, Intune, and Google Admin — no agents, no MID servers, no six-week consulting engagement. Your team closes fiscal-year audit in an afternoon, not a week.

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Founder-led calls · no SDR triage · HECVAT 2024 response (Lite + Full) published at /compliance/hecvat

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Why universities switch

Universities outgrow ServiceNow ITAM.

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ITAM is a bolt-on to a ticketing platform — built for incidents, not inventory.
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Configured by consultants on six-figure SOWs, owned by no one after go-live.
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Discovery is a separate SKU. MID servers. Months of agent setup. No native Jamf.
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No GASB depreciation, no Uniform Guidance grant fields, no InCommon out of the box.
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Half the workflows your asset manager actually uses don't ship — they get built.
— from a Big Ten asset manager, March 2025“We renew our ServiceNow license every June. Every June we ask whether we actually use a quarter of it. Every June procurement says it's too late to change. We've been paying for an asset module nobody's logged into in two years.”
ANNUAL SPEND
$427k
median ServiceNow ITAM contract at R1 universities
UTILIZATION
~22%
of licensed modules in active use, EDUCAUSE 2024
What Habeo does

Four things, done institutionally well.

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One institutional ledger.

Habeo is the source of truth for every asset, assignment, and state change across your campus. Audit-ready by default, immutable by design — one record your asset manager, controller, and grant administrator all trust.

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MDM-native discovery, day one.

Continuous device data from Jamf Pro, Microsoft Intune, and Google Admin. No agents to deploy, no MID servers to maintain, no separate Discovery SKU. Live in days, not quarters.

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Workday-driven lifecycle.

Person joins, asset assigned. Person leaves, asset recovered. Department restructures, attribution updates — automatically, with immutable audit history. Banner and PeopleSoft, too.

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AI assistant in Slack and Teams.

"When's my MacBook up for refresh?" "I'm on sabbatical — what do I do with my equipment?" Thousands of faculty and staff self-serve every week instead of filing a portal ticket once a year.

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HBuilt for higher ed

Habeo's data model is higher-ed native out of the box. No six-week implementation to teach the system what a college, campus, commonwealth, or grant is.

GASB 34/35
Modified-approach depreciation for capital assets, infrastructure, and intangibles.
Uniform Guidance §200.313
Federal grant property management, tagging, and biennial inventory.
HECVAT 2024
Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment, current revision.
The fluency test

Habeo speaks higher ed. GASB 34/35 depreciation. Uniform Guidance §200.313 grant compliance. InCommon federation. HECVAT 2024 response published (Lite + Full XLSX). FERPA-aware data handling. Workday and Banner connectors. Designed for the decentralized IT reality of R1 universities with 24 campuses, 12 colleges, and 50,000 endpoints.

Signature feature · CMDB

A CMDB you'd actually open.

The full relationship graph for every host, license, person, and grant — built from your live Jamf, Intune, and Workday data, not a quarterly CSV export. Plan changes with confidence. Trace a microscope to the NSF grant funding its workstation in two clicks. Pass audits in an afternoon.

For your CISO

Clears your security review on the first pass.

InCommon-federated SSO via Shibboleth. SAML and SCIM 2.0 directory sync. FERPA-aware data handling. Immutable, append-only audit trail. HECVAT 2024 response published (Lite narrative + full 331-question HECVAT 4.1.5 workbook) — download it before our first call and hand it to your CISO.

Compliance
SOC 2 Type II
In progress
Higher ed
HECVAT 2024
Live · Lite + Full published
Identity
InCommon Federation
Live
Data handling
FERPA-aware
Live
SSO
SAML / SCIM via Clerk
Live
Forensics
Immutable audit log
Live
Pricing

Institutional pricing. Not per-device.

Tiered by Carnegie classification and endpoint band — typical contracts land between $120k and $350k ACV. Multi-year, built-in scaling, no per-seat surprises when you tag a new lab. Design partners get founder-direct support and roadmap influence.

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Carnegie R1 & R2
Research universities, 20k–80k endpoints
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Liberal arts & private
Selective institutions, 2k–20k endpoints
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Multi-campus systems
State systems, commonwealth, consortia
Frequently asked

Answers, on the record.

What CIOs, asset managers, and CISOs ask before booking a call. If your question isn't here, ask us on the demo — answers come from a founder, not a script.

01What is Habeo?
Habeo is an IT asset management (ITAM) and CMDB platform built exclusively for higher education. It serves as the institutional system of record for hardware, software licenses, and lab instruments across colleges, R1 research universities, and multi-campus state systems.
02How is Habeo different from ServiceNow ITAM?
Habeo replaces ServiceNow's asset module with a product designed around higher-ed workflows: GASB 34/35 depreciation, Uniform Guidance §200.313 grant property compliance, InCommon federation, and Workday-driven lifecycle. Discovery is native via Jamf, Intune, and Google Admin — no MID servers, no Discovery SKU, no consulting engagement to start. Implementation is days, not quarters.
03Which MDM and HRIS systems does Habeo integrate with?
MDM: Jamf Pro, Microsoft Intune, and Google Admin SDK — continuously ingested, no agents to deploy. HRIS: Workday, Banner, and PeopleSoft. Identity: InCommon federation (Shibboleth), Okta, Microsoft Entra, Google Workspace via SAML and SCIM 2.0. ITSM bidirectional sync with ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, and Freshservice.
04Is Habeo HECVAT and FERPA compliant?
Yes. Habeo publishes a HECVAT 2024 response covering FERPA, encryption, multi-tenancy, audit trails, breach notification, and SSO. Both the full 331-question HECVAT 4.1.5 workbook (XLSX) and a 30-question Lite narrative summary are available at /compliance/hecvat. The platform is FERPA-aware in its data handling, SOC 2 Type II is in progress, and InCommon-federated SSO is live.
05How does Habeo price for universities?
Habeo is priced by institution size (Carnegie classification and endpoint band), not per device. Typical contracts land between $120,000 and $350,000 ACV on multi-year terms. There is no per-seat creep when you tag a new lab or onboard a new college.
06Can Habeo migrate data from our existing asset system?
Yes. Habeo treats migration as a product, not a professional-services upsell. A free pre-sale assessment maps your current ServiceNow ITAM, Asset Panda, EZOfficeInventory, Snipe-IT, or Lansweeper data; the product supports full historical import with a mapping UI and parallel-run coexistence during cutover.
07Does Habeo include a CMDB?
Yes. Habeo includes a relationship-graph CMDB built from live MDM and HRIS data — not a quarterly CSV import. Hosts, software licenses, people, departments, and federal grants are first-class entities with typed relationships, queryable via the graph viewer or recursive search.
08Who uses Habeo day to day?
IT asset managers operate Habeo as the system of record. Department-level IT staff use it for assignments and refresh planning. Controllers and grant administrators rely on it for GASB depreciation and federal property reporting. Every faculty and staff member can interact with Habeo's AI assistant in Slack or Teams to check refresh schedules, report equipment, or manage assignments without filing a portal ticket.
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Ready to replace ServiceNow at your university?

30 minutes. Founder-led. No SDR triage. We'll bring our HECVAT 2024 response (Lite + Full XLSX, both published), a sample migration plan from your current asset system, and pricing for your Carnegie tier — so your CIO, CISO, and procurement lead can act on it the same week.

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