Trusted by over 1,000 companies worldwide to protect sensitive unstructured data.
SolarWinds Access Rights Manager helps organizations manage and audit access rights across Active Directory and Microsoft environments. Lepide goes further by combining permissions governance with sensitive data discovery, threat detection, compliance reporting, and real-time auditing—giving IT and security teams complete operational visibility from one platform.
More than access rights management.
Managing permissions is only one part of reducing cyber risk. Lepide combines permissions governance with auditing, sensitive data discovery, compliance reporting, and threat detection, helping organizations understand not only who has access, but what they're accessing and whether it puts sensitive data at risk.
Clearer permission risk reduction.
Lepide helps administrators identify excessive permissions, understand effective access, enforce least privilege, and remediate risky permissions through intuitive workflows. Instead of simply reporting on access rights, Lepide helps organizations actively reduce their attack surface.
One place for audits and data context.
Lepide brings together audit evidence, investigations, permissions analysis, and sensitive data classification in one platform. Security teams can quickly investigate incidents, demonstrate compliance, and prioritize remediation without switching between multiple specialist tools.
See how Lepide compares across the capabilities that matter most to IT and security teams. While both platforms help organizations manage permissions and strengthen security, each is designed for different priorities.
| Buying Priority | Lepide | SolarWinds Access Rights Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Organizations looking for unified auditing, permissions governance, sensitive data discovery, and threat detection across hybrid Microsoft environments | Organizations focused primarily on access rights management, provisioning, and compliance reporting |
| Time to Value | Fast deployment with a unified platform for auditing, permissions analysis, sensitive data discovery, and threat detection | Focused solution for access rights management and reporting with additional provisioning capabilities |
| Ease of Management | One platform that's easy for IT and security teams to deploy, manage, and maintain | Centralized administration for access rights with separate workflows for provisioning and permissions management |
| Hybrid Microsoft Security | Purpose-built for Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Windows File Servers, SharePoint, Exchange, and NAS | Strong support for Active Directory, Azure AD, SharePoint, and Exchange environments |
| Permissions Governance | Practical least-privilege workflows with effective permissions analysis, excessive permission discovery, and remediation | Strong access rights visibility, delegated administration, user provisioning, and permissions management |
| Sensitive Data Visibility | Built-in discovery and classification of sensitive data to prioritize access risks | Not a core capability |
| Licensing | Straightforward licensing that's easy to understand and scale | Quote-based licensing with a free evaluation available |
| Capability | Lepide | SolarWinds Access Rights Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Active Directory & Entra ID Auditing | Comprehensive auditing, change tracking, permissions analysis, and threat detection for hybrid identity environments. | Strong Active Directory and Azure AD reporting, auditing, and access rights visibility. |
| Permissions Governance | Identify excessive permissions, analyze effective access, enforce least privilege, and remediate risky access through intuitive workflows. | Enterprise access rights management with delegated administration, provisioning, and permissions reporting. |
| Sensitive Data Discovery & Classification | Discover, classify, and report on sensitive data across on-premises and cloud repositories using built-in classification policies. | Not a primary capability. |
| Microsoft 365 Auditing | Detailed auditing across Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Exchange, OneDrive, Teams, Windows File Servers, and NAS with intuitive reporting. | Auditing and permissions management for Active Directory, Azure AD, SharePoint, and Exchange. |
| Threat Detection | Real-time alerts, anomaly detection, scripted response, and SIEM integration help security teams detect and investigate suspicious activity. | Monitors suspicious account activity and supports compliance and security investigations. |
| Compliance Reporting | Hundreds of built-in reports simplify compliance, investigations, and audit preparation. | Extensive reporting designed for compliance, auditing, and access rights reviews. |
| User Provisioning | User lifecycle management through permissions governance and automated remediation workflows. | Strong user provisioning, delegated administration, and self-service access management capabilities. |
| Administration | Designed for fast deployment, intuitive management, and lower day-to-day operational overhead. | Centralized management focused on access rights administration and provisioning. |
Lepide delivers everything organizations need to audit changes, govern permissions, protect sensitive data, and respond to threats—all from a single platform that's easy to deploy and manage.
Managing access rights is only one part of reducing security risk. Lepide combines auditing, permissions governance, sensitive data discovery, compliance reporting, and threat detection in one platform, giving security teams complete visibility across their Microsoft environment instead of focusing solely on permissions administration.
Lepide goes beyond showing who has access by helping administrators understand effective permissions, identify excessive access, enforce least privilege, and remediate risky permissions through intuitive workflows. Security teams can proactively reduce their attack surface rather than simply reporting on it.
Understanding permissions is far more valuable when you know what data those permissions expose. Lepide combines permissions analysis with sensitive data discovery and classification, helping organizations prioritize remediation efforts based on business risk while simplifying compliance and investigations.
Lepide brings together real-time monitoring, customizable alerts, detailed audit trails, and compliance reporting in a single operational platform. Security teams can investigate incidents faster, demonstrate compliance more easily, and respond confidently without relying on multiple specialist tools.
“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 combines auditing, permissions governance, sensitive data discovery, threat detection, and compliance reporting in a single platform. Organizations looking for more than access rights management often choose Lepide as an alternative to SolarWinds Access Rights Manager.