What Alchemy Lab does

Alchemy Lab is a privately held software company founded in 1999 that develops Windows-based network management software for corporate IT administrators. Its product portfolio centers on agentless network inventory and monitoring: Asset Tracker for Networks scans Windows computers, servers, and SNMP devices without requiring client installation and stores results in a centralized database; Alchemy Eye runs continuous server availability checks across more than 50 monitoring types and triggers one of 18 alert actions (email, SMS, pager, service restart, SQL script execution) on failure; Network Inventory PRO combines inventory with remote device management; Remote Control PRO delivers kernel-mode-driver-based remote desktop with 128-bit RC4 encryption at low CPU load; and the Network Administrator's Toolkit bundles Asset Tracker and Alchemy Eye into a single purchase.

The company monetizes through perpetual one-time software licenses sold direct via its website (alchemy-lab.com), with tiered per-PC/per-server pricing ranging from $99 for a 25-PC Asset Tracker license up to $1,995 for a worldwide Toolkit license, and a supplementary commission stream from a third-party plugin marketplace of 19 commercial extensions priced $30-$150. A reseller program supports channel partners, and free trial downloads drive product-led conversion. The customer base, as represented on the company's marketing site, spans enterprise logos across banking (Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Citibank, UBS), technology (IBM, Cisco, Compaq, Motorola, Canon, Sony), industrial (3M, Whirlpool, Bosch, Rockwell), and government (NYC Law Department).

The most striking feature of the data set is its age: the website copyright reads 1999-2011, the last documented product releases are from November 2011, and there is no disclosed revenue, headcount, funding, leadership information, or post-2011 strategic activity. The company is flagged as "operating" but with no recent verifiable activity.

Name

Alchemy Lab

Legal name

Alchemy Lab

Website

https://alchemy-lab.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Alchemy Lab, founded 1999, sells Windows-based agentless network inventory and server monitoring software (Asset Tracker, Alchemy Eye, Remote Control PRO) via perpetual per-node licenses to corporate IT administrators worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Network Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Network Automation & Orchestration (Intent-Based/Workflow) (HDAFAMAC)

Keywords

• Network management software
• Network inventory tools
• Server monitoring software
• Remote desktop control
• Asset tracking software

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software License Sales: Alchemy Lab generates revenue primarily through one-time perpetual software license sales. Customers purchase licenses based on the number of PCs or servers they manage. Licenses are priced in tiers (25, 50, 100, 250, 500 PCs) with Site License and Worldwide License options. The software includes free evaluation/trial versions before purchase.
2. Plugin Sales: Third-party developers sell plugins for Alchemy Eye through the company's marketplace. Plugin prices range from $30 to $150. Alchemy Lab earns a commission from these plugin sales facilitated through their plugins page.
3. Version Tier Licensing: Alchemy Eye is sold in two versions: Standard ($199) and Professional ($299). The Professional version includes additional process monitoring and control capabilities not available in Standard. This tiered approach allows upselling to enterprise customers with advanced needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Alchemy Lab develops and sells Windows-based network management software for corporate networks. Its products perform agentless network inventory of hardware and software, continuous server availability and performance monitoring with alerting, and remote desktop control for network administrators, targeting IT teams responsible for maintaining LAN infrastructure.

Product overview

Alchemy Lab is a network management software company founded in 1999 offering a portfolio of Windows desktop applications. The core products include Asset Tracker for Networks (network inventory), Alchemy Eye (network monitoring), Network Inventory PRO (advanced inventory with remote management), Remote Control PRO (remote desktop control), and Network Administrator's Toolkit (a bundle combining Asset Tracker and Alchemy Eye). Asset Tracker inventories hardware/software configuration without requiring client installation on each workstation. Alchemy Eye monitors server availability across 50+ protocols and can execute 18+ alert actions. Network Inventory PRO adds remote management capabilities. Remote Control PRO provides secure remote desktop access. All products run on Windows (2000 through Windows 7, both 32-bit and 64-bit) and support export to ODBC databases, CSV, and HTML formats.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Alchemy Eye: Network/server monitoring tool that continuously monitors network server availability and performance with over 50 monitoring types including ICMP ping, NT Event Log monitoring, HTTPS/FTP URL checking, free disk space monitoring, etc.
• Asset Tracker for Networks
• Network Inventory PRO
• Network Administrator's Toolkit
• Remote Control PRO

Products and services

• Asset Tracker for Networks Network inventory tool that collects detailed hardware and software configuration information from Windows computers, servers, and network equipment (routers, switches, printers) without requiring client software installation on each workstation. Supports IP range scanning or Windows Network domain/workgroup selection, with centralized database storage and export to ODBC, CSV, HTML, and Excel.
• Alchemy Eye Network and server monitoring software that continuously monitors server availability and performance, supporting over 50 monitoring types including ICMP ping, NT Event Log, HTTP/HTTPS/FTP URL checking, free disk space, NT Service State, Oracle, MS SQL, and SQL queries via ODBC. Executes 18+ alert actions such as email, SMS, pager, computer/service restart, and SQL/VBScript execution upon network failures.
• Network Inventory PRO Advanced network inventory tool combining comprehensive inventory collection with remote computer and device management capabilities, including remote desktop view/control, Remote Registry, Windows Services management, process management, Event Log viewer, user/group management, and remote restart/shutdown for Windows computers and SNMP/HTTP/Telnet-enabled network equipment.
• Network Administrator's Toolkit Bundled product combining Asset Tracker for Networks and Alchemy Eye into a single toolkit for corporate network administration with unlimited administrator consoles and server monitoring per installation.
• Remote Control PRO Remote desktop control software for viewing and controlling network computers using kernel mode driver technology for high performance (thousands of screen updates per second) with low CPU load (5-10%). Features include encrypted 128-bit RC4 protocol, remote deploy, user-to-admin assistance requests, built-in file manager, messaging/chat, clipboard operations, remote task manager, and multiple concurrent client connections.

Quantifiable outcome

• Network administrators reduced client wait time from 3-15 minutes to 1-7 minutes when using Alchemy Eye monitoring
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers35 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration19 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Kaseya (VSA / BMS): Kaseya delivers a wide-ranging IT management suite (VSA, BMS) with network monitoring, patch management, and remote control — competing with multiple Alchemy Lab products at once for MSP and mid-market IT budgets. Its bundled, integrated approach is the platform incumbent Alchemy Lab's à-la-carte model is built against.
• Datadog: Datadog is a cloud-native observability and monitoring platform that, while structurally different (SaaS-first, cloud-focused), competes for the same monitoring and infrastructure visibility budget as Alchemy Eye and Asset Tracker. It represents the modern, AI-enabled trajectory Alchemy Lab would need to follow to remain relevant.
• ConnectWise: ConnectWise's Automate RMM platform serves MSPs with remote monitoring, management, and inventory capabilities well beyond what Alchemy Lab offers, but competes for the same IT services budget. It is a broader incumbent whose suite bundles many of Alchemy Lab's individual product capabilities.

Direct peers

• Paessler (PRTG Network Monitor): Paessler's PRTG is a directly comparable network and server monitoring product targeting IT administrators in SMB and enterprise environments, with similar protocol breadth and alerting options. It competes head-to-head with Alchemy Eye and Asset Tracker across Windows-based corporate networks.
• Lansweeper: Lansweeper is a dedicated IT asset management and network inventory platform addressing the same agent- and agentless-discovery workflows as Asset Tracker for Networks and Network Inventory PRO. Both vendors emphasize automated hardware/software inventory without per-device agent deployment.
• ManageEngine (Zoho): ManageEngine offers a broad portfolio of IT operations software including network monitoring, asset management, and remote management that maps directly to Alchemy Lab's product family. Its on-premises perpetual-license bundles compete with Network Administrator's Toolkit in the same SMB-to-enterprise IT buyer segment.
• Spiceworks: Spiceworks provides free network monitoring, inventory, and help desk tools aimed at SMB IT professionals — overlapping directly with Alchemy Eye's and Asset Tracker's target buyer (corporate network administrators). It represents the free-tier direct competitor that pressures Alchemy Lab's perpetual-license pricing model.
• SolarWinds: SolarWinds is a direct peer — both vendors deliver Windows-friendly network monitoring, server monitoring, and network inventory tools to mid-market and enterprise IT operations teams. Their product overlap with Alchemy Eye, Asset Tracker for Networks, and Network Administrator's Toolkit is near-total on the monitoring and inventory axis.
• Atera: Atera targets managed service providers with combined RMM, network monitoring, and asset management — overlapping the Network Consultants/MSP and Internet Service Providers use cases Alchemy Lab explicitly calls out. Its all-in-one per-technician pricing competes with Alchemy's per-seat/node licenses.

Emerging players

• Nagios: Nagios is an open-source network and infrastructure monitoring platform with commercial plugins and derivatives that compete on the same monitoring protocols and alerting model as Alchemy Eye. Its plugin-driven extensibility mirrors Alchemy Lab's third-party plugin architecture.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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