Samhain Alternatives

Samhain is described as 'The Samhain host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS) provides file integrity checking and log file monitoring/analysis, as well as rootkit detection, port monitoring, detection of rogue SUID executables, and hidden processes' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Samhain for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, Mac, Windows and SaaS apps. The best Samhain alternative is Wazuh, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Samhain are Matano, CrowdStrike Falcon, Ossec and AIDE.

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  1. Wazuh icon
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    Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. It is capable of protecting workloads across on-premises, virtualized, containerized, and cloud-based environments.

    34 Wazuh alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. Matano icon
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    Matano is an open source security lake platform for AWS. It lets you ingest petabytes of security and log data from various sources, store and query them in a data lake, and create Python detections as code for realtime alerting.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. Cloud-based endpoint platform for real-time detection, prevention, and response to threats using lightweight sensors, advanced machine learning, graph analysis, and threat intelligence—instantly identifying known and unknown attacks for seamless enterprise protection.

    72 CrowdStrike Falcon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Ossec icon
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    OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5.  4 likes

    AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a file and directory integrity checker.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. Tripwire icon
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    Open Source Tripwire software is a security and data integrity tool useful for monitoring and alerting on specific file change(s) on a range of systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. Multilayered endpoint protection solution featuring advanced threat defense, full disk encryption, cloud sandbox analysis, cross-platform support, cloud or on-premises management, real-time threat prevention, centralized control, and improved data security compliance.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Mugsy is a Linux file integrity monitor. It runs as a daemon and any file modifications made to your system on directories you've specify to monitor are logged locally and optionally sent to your elasticsearch server(s).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9.  2 likes

    Periodically collects system configuration for changes, it can even run external commands and store their stdout and stderr for change monitoring. Sends periodic reports via e-mail.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. Compliance Warden is an AI-powered compliance platform that scans every pull request in real time, giving developers instant fix guidance and compliance teams audit-ready visibility.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
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  11. Deepengine is an affordable and simple platform for vulnerability scanning, helping SMBs build robust products, ease compliance, and save money.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. Wiz icon
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    Use the Wiz Cloud Security Platform to build faster in the cloud, enabling security, dev and devops to work together in a self-service model built for the scale and speed of your cloud development.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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