Trusted by over 1,000 companies worldwide to protect sensitive unstructured data.
Semperis is purpose-built for Active Directory resilience, identity threat detection, and cyber recovery. Lepide helps organizations secure their entire Microsoft environment with unified auditing, permissions governance, sensitive data discovery, and threat detection from a single platform.
Broader operational visibility.
Instead of focusing exclusively on Active Directory resilience, Lepide provides unified visibility across Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Windows File Servers and sensitive data from a single console.
Practical permissions governance.
Lepide makes it easy to understand who has access to what, identify excessive permissions and enforce least privilege through intuitive workflows designed for everyday administration.
Sensitive data adds context
Lepide combines permissions analysis with persistent data classification, helping security teams prioritise identity risks based on the sensitivity of the data users can actually access.
See how Lepide compares across the capabilities that matter most to IT and security teams. While both platforms help organizations secure Active Directory and hybrid Microsoft environments, they are designed for different priorities.
| Buying Priority | Lepide | Semperis |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Organizations looking for unified visibility across Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Windows File Servers and sensitive data | Organizations prioritizing Active Directory resilience, identity threat detection and cyber recovery |
| Time to Value | Fast deployment with a unified platform for auditing, permissions governance, data discovery and threat detection | Multiple specialist products focused on identity protection, rollback and recovery |
| Ease of Management | One platform that's easy for IT and security teams to deploy, manage and maintain | Comprehensive identity security portfolio with separate products for monitoring, recovery and resilience |
| Hybrid Microsoft Security | Purpose-built for Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Windows File Servers, SharePoint, Exchange and NAS | Strong protection for Active Directory, Entra ID and hybrid identity infrastructure |
| Permissions Governance | Practical least-privilege workflows with permissions analysis, excessive permission discovery and remediation | Focused on securing Active Directory permissions and identity attack paths rather than broader access governance |
| Recovery & Resilience | Operational auditing with targeted remediation and rollback for permission changes | Advanced Active Directory forest recovery, Entra recovery, automatic rollback and identity resilience |
| Licensing | Straightforward licensing that's easy to understand and scale | Quote-based licensing across a portfolio of identity security products |
| Capability | Lepide | Semperis |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-Platform Auditing | Unified auditing across Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Windows File Servers, NAS, SharePoint and Exchange from a single platform. | Continuous monitoring and auditing focused on Active Directory and Entra ID environments. |
| Active Directory & Entra ID Security | Comprehensive auditing, change tracking, permissions analysis and threat detection for hybrid identity environments. | Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), attack path analysis, Active Directory protection and continuous monitoring. |
| Sensitive Data Discovery & Classification | Discover, classify and report on sensitive data across on-premises and cloud repositories with built-in classification policies. | Not a primary capability or focus area. |
| Permissions Governance | Identify excessive permissions, enforce least privilege and remediate risky access with intuitive workflows and policy rollback. | Strong Active Directory permissions security and hardening, with emphasis on reducing identity attack paths. |
| Threat Detection | Real-time alerts, anomaly detection, scripted response and SIEM integration help security teams detect and investigate suspicious activity. | Continuous identity monitoring with ITDR, attack detection and automated rollback of malicious changes. |
| Recovery & Rollback | Targeted rollback for unwanted permission changes and operational remediation. | Comprehensive Active Directory forest recovery, Entra tenant recovery and automatic rollback of malicious changes. |
| Incident Response | Detailed audit trails, investigations and compliance reporting help security teams understand what happened and respond quickly. | Dedicated identity incident response services, cyber preparedness and recovery capabilities. |
| Administration | Designed for fast deployment, intuitive management and lower day-to-day operational overhead. | Powerful specialist platform focused on identity resilience with a broader operational footprint. |
Lepide delivers the visibility, auditing, permissions governance, and threat detection capabilities organizations rely on every day—without requiring a specialist identity resilience platform.
Semperis excels at protecting Active Directory during and after an attack. Lepide helps security and IT teams manage day-to-day security operations by bringing together auditing, permissions analysis, threat detection, Microsoft 365 visibility, and sensitive data discovery in a single platform. Instead of focusing solely on identity recovery, Lepide provides complete visibility across your Microsoft environment.
Understanding who has access to what—and whether they should—is fundamental to reducing cyber risk. Lepide helps administrators identify excessive permissions, enforce least privilege, and quickly remediate risky access across Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Windows File Servers, and NAS. Practical workflows make ongoing permissions management simple rather than reactive.
Identity attacks rarely happen in isolation. Lepide combines permissions analysis with sensitive data discovery and classification, helping security teams prioritize risks based on where critical data resides. This unified approach enables faster investigations and smarter remediation without relying on separate specialist products.
Real-time monitoring, customizable alerts, detailed audit trails, and automated response capabilities help security teams quickly detect suspicious activity and understand exactly what changed. While Semperis is purpose-built for identity resilience and recovery, Lepide helps teams prevent incidents, investigate them faster, and reduce risk through continuous operational visibility.
“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, threat detection, and compliance reporting across Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Windows File Servers, SharePoint, Exchange, and NAS. Organizations looking for broader operational visibility beyond identity resilience often choose Lepide as an alternative to Semperis.