DIY IPAM

The undifferentiated IPAM tax

Teams running phpIPAM, homegrown IPAM tools, or spreadsheet sprawl pay a recurring tax that has nothing to do with their product or service.

Every sprint spent patching a fork, reconciling .xlsx tabs, or building one-off import scripts is engineering time not spent on your vertical. The work is undifferentiated: keeping a system of record current, not shipping what customers pay for.

LightMesh is a core system of record for your network

Run your vertical; let LightMesh be the maintained SoR for subnets, assignments, and metadata.

You do not need to host, patch, or extend DIY IPAM to get structured address data. Import from phpIPAM exports, spreadsheets, or custom tools, then operate on one shared workspace your team can trust.

Network Intelligence from shipped audit history

Auditable transactions over time on that SoR produce Network Intelligence without a bloated DDI suite.

LightMesh ships audit and change history today: who changed a record, when, and what moved. That is the Network Intelligence story you can rely on now - not a roadmap slide.

Agent-ready today

LightMesh is ready for automation now:

Published lightmesh CLI for scripted imports, queries, and workflows
API-key authenticated GraphQL API for integrations your team already runs

Use the CLI and API to connect downstream tools without maintaining your own IPAM codebase.

Common pain points with DIY IPAM

Teams on phpIPAM, in-house tools, or spreadsheets hit the same walls:

Engineering drag from forks, plugins, and custom sync jobs
No reliable audit trail when allocations change outside a single tool
Spreadsheet sprawl when .csv and .xlsx files become the backup SoR
Manual reconciliation across DHCP, cloud, and homegrown records

Move off DIY IPAM without a big-bang cutover

Export subnets and IP data from phpIPAM, your tool, or spreadsheets.
Import into LightMesh with column mapping for custom fields.
Validate overlaps, gaps, and capacity in a visual TreeView.
Run in parallel while stakeholders compare views.
Retire DIY maintenance when LightMesh is the trusted SoR.

Follow the import guide or the getting started guide.

Why teams switch to LightMesh

Maintained SoR instead of engineering-owned IPAM infrastructure
Shipped audit and change history for compliance and troubleshooting
Cloud and DHCP visibility when your environment grows beyond one tool
Published CLI and API-key authenticated GraphQL API for automation

Teams on enterprise DDI can see the Infoblox migration path. Teams on spreadsheets can follow spreadsheet to IPAM migration.

Next steps

Stop maintaining undifferentiated IPAM. Import a subset of your estate, validate records, and see how quickly LightMesh becomes the maintained SoR for your network.

Start free or download the 5-step Switch to Simpler IPAM guide.