Trusted by over 1,000 companies worldwide to protect sensitive unstructured data.
Microsoft Purview is a powerful suite of security, compliance, and data governance solutions built for Microsoft environments. Lepide complements these capabilities by giving IT and security teams simpler operational visibility across Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, file systems, and sensitive data. For organizations looking to reduce complexity and accelerate investigations, Lepide delivers the visibility and control needed for day-to-day security operations.
Simpler than a security and compliance suite.
Microsoft Purview brings together a broad range of security, compliance, governance, and data protection capabilities. Lepide focuses on the operational tasks security teams perform every day—auditing changes, investigating incidents, governing permissions, and protecting sensitive data—through a single, intuitive platform that's fast to deploy and easy to manage.
Better permissions clarity.
Lepide makes it easy to answer three critical questions: Who has access? Why do they have it? And should they? With effective permissions analysis, excessive permission identification, and least-privilege remediation, administrators can quickly reduce unnecessary access across hybrid Microsoft environments.
One console for operational teams.
Lepide combines auditing, permissions analysis, sensitive data discovery, compliance reporting, and threat detection into one operational platform. Whether used as an alternative for organizations seeking simplicity or alongside Microsoft Purview to extend operational visibility, Lepide helps security teams investigate faster and reduce risk with confidence.
See how Lepide compares across the capabilities that matter most to IT and security teams. While both solutions help organizations secure Microsoft environments, they serve different purposes and are often used together.
| Buying Priority | Lepide | Microsoft Purview |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Organizations looking for simple, unified visibility across Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, file systems, permissions, and sensitive data | Organizations standardizing on Microsoft's security, compliance, data governance, and DLP ecosystem |
| Time to Value | Fast deployment with an intuitive platform focused on day-to-day security operations | Comprehensive Microsoft security and compliance suite with multiple workloads and configuration options |
| Ease of Management | One platform that's easy for IT and security teams to deploy, manage, and maintain | Broad portfolio offering extensive capabilities across security, compliance, governance, and investigations |
| Hybrid Microsoft Security | Purpose-built for Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Windows File Servers, SharePoint, Exchange, and NAS | Native integration across Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and Microsoft Purview services |
| Permissions Governance | Practical least-privilege workflows with effective permissions analysis, excessive permission discovery, and remediation | Strong policy-based access controls, sensitivity labels, and Microsoft-native governance capabilities |
| Operational Visibility | Unified auditing, permissions analysis, investigations, and sensitive data context from one console | Comprehensive Microsoft-native visibility across compliance, DLP, insider risk, audit, and governance workloads |
| Licensing | Straightforward licensing that's easy to understand and scale | Licensing varies across Microsoft 365 and Purview plans, with features available across multiple licensing tiers |
| Capability | Lepide | Microsoft Purview |
|---|---|---|
| Active Directory & Entra ID Visibility | Comprehensive auditing, change tracking, permissions analysis, and threat detection for hybrid identity environments. | Native auditing and monitoring across Microsoft services with Entra integration as part of the wider Microsoft security ecosystem. |
| Permissions Governance | Analyze effective permissions, identify excessive access, enforce least privilege, and remediate risky permissions through intuitive workflows. | Policy-driven governance using sensitivity labels, information protection, and Microsoft-native controls. |
| Sensitive Data Discovery & Classification | Discover, classify, and report on sensitive data across on-premises and cloud repositories using built-in classification policies. | Advanced discovery, classification, sensitivity labels, trainable classifiers, and Microsoft Information Protection capabilities. |
| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Helps reduce risk through permissions governance, auditing, and sensitive data visibility. | Comprehensive enterprise DLP across Microsoft 365 services with policy enforcement and adaptive protection. |
| Audit & Investigations | Detailed auditing, real-time alerts, investigation tools, and hundreds of built-in reports for security and compliance. | Extensive Audit, Insider Risk Management, eDiscovery, and Data Security Investigation capabilities. |
| Threat Detection | Real-time alerts, anomaly detection, scripted response, and SIEM integration help security teams respond quickly. | Integrated security insights across Microsoft security and compliance workloads. |
| Deployment & Administration | Designed for rapid deployment, intuitive management, and lower operational overhead. | Powerful Microsoft-native platform with broad functionality across multiple security and compliance services. |
| Works with Microsoft Security | Complements Microsoft environments by simplifying operational visibility, permissions governance, and investigations. | Native component of the Microsoft security and compliance ecosystem. |
Lepide gives IT and security teams the operational visibility they need every day—making it easier to audit changes, govern permissions, investigate incidents, and protect sensitive data across hybrid Microsoft environments.
Microsoft Purview delivers a comprehensive set of security, compliance, and governance capabilities across Microsoft 365. Lepide focuses on helping IT and security teams complete everyday operational tasks faster. With auditing, permissions governance, sensitive data discovery, and threat detection in a single platform, administrators spend less time navigating multiple workloads and more time reducing risk.
Understanding who has access to sensitive data—and whether they should—is essential for maintaining least privilege. Lepide helps administrators analyze effective permissions, identify excessive access, and remediate risky permissions through intuitive workflows, making it easier to strengthen security across Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, and file systems.
Lepide brings together audit trails, permissions analysis, sensitive data discovery, and compliance reporting in one operational platform. Security teams can investigate changes, demonstrate compliance, and prioritize remediation without switching between multiple Microsoft security and compliance tools.
Many organizations already use Microsoft Purview as part of their Microsoft security strategy. Lepide complements these investments by providing simpler operational visibility, clearer permissions governance, and faster investigations across hybrid Microsoft environments—helping security teams get more value from their existing Microsoft ecosystem.
“Lepide is straightforward to use and effective right off the bat. Plus, the level of patience, attentiveness and technical knowhow is far beyond most support and sales teams I’ve seen before.”
“Lepide gave as almost instant insight into changes into our AD environment. For auditing Group Policy, its reports are hands down the most intuitive.”
We chose Lepide as they were able to offer us threat detection and response, and a way of separating out reporting duties to a web console – all from one platform.”
Lepide saved money and time. Their sales rep answered my questions quickly, and our examiners really like the solution. The solution itself is really easy to use, manage, and configure for our requirements. ”
Lepide allowed us to capture forensic-level data without requiring high-volume storage or additional systems. Auditing began on day one. Immediate value. ”
Solid IT Tool Lepide Enhances User Activity Tracking and Reporting
"I have had a great experience using Lepide. Its a very Handy tool for tracking user activities, permissions and data changes, which helps a lot with security and compliance. The dashboard is easy to use, and the reports make my job much simpler."
Global Security Manager, USA
Yes. Lepide provides unified auditing, permissions governance, sensitive data discovery, and threat detection across Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Windows File Servers, and other hybrid environments. For organizations looking for a simpler operational platform, Lepide is a compelling alternative. Many organizations also choose to use Lepide alongside Microsoft Purview to extend operational visibility and simplify day-to-day security administration.