EntraGuard vs Competitors
An honest, feature-by-feature comparison of 7 Entra ID and Active Directory security audit solutions. See how EntraGuard compares to built-in tools, open-source frameworks (BloodHound CE, PingCastle), and enterprise identity platforms (Semperis, Tenable Identity Exposure, Microsoft Defender for Cloud).
Neo4j Attack Path Analysis
The only Entra ID audit tool with a built-in Neo4j graph database for attack path detection and interactive graph exploration. Visualise paths to Global Admin, privilege escalation chains, and MFA gaps.
4 compliance frameworks
CIS M365 v3.1, NIST 800-53 Rev5, ISO 27001:2022, and SOC 2 Type II. Export per-framework PDF reports with coverage scores and per-control pass/fail detail. No other Entra tool covers all four.
Swiss sovereignty
100% self-hosted via Docker. Zero telemetry, no cloud dependency. Swiss company (Geneva) under nFADP. Your Entra ID data never leaves your infrastructure.
Feature comparison matrix
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Microsoft Graph API collectors
Users, Groups, Roles, Apps, SPs
Conditional Access Policies
PIM roles & policies
Authentication Methods & MFA
LDAP on-premise AD collection
Incremental (delta) collection
Realtime change notifications
80+ security finding rules
Neo4j attack path analysis
Interactive graph explorer
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
Security score with A-F grading
Score diff & trend tracking
Hybrid AD rules (cloud + on-prem)
License-aware recommendations
CIS M365 v3.1 benchmark
NIST 800-53 Rev5
ISO 27001:2022
SOC 2 Type II
PDF / HTML / Markdown reports
Per-finding PDF export
Contextual remediation steps
Scheduled scans (cron)
Notifications (Slack, Teams, webhook)
API keys for SIEM integration
Multi-tenant (up to 10 tenants)
Risk acceptance workflow
Self-hosted (on-premise)
Docker deployment
Zero telemetry
Data stays on-premise
Free / open-source tier
Transparent public pricing
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| Solution | Pricing model | Typical annual cost | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| EntraGuard | Fixed monthly/annual | €179 - €449/year | 14-day trial |
| Microsoft Secure Score | Included with M365 | $0 (requires M365 subscription) | Free with M365 |
| Semperis DSP | Quote-based (per-forest) | $25,000 - $150,000+ | None |
| PingCastle | Free / annual license | $0 (community) — ~$3,449/year (Pro) | Community edition (free) |
| BloodHound CE | Free (open-source) | $0 | Fully free (Apache 2.0) |
| Tenable Identity Exposure | Quote-based (per-forest) | $10,000 - $25,000+ | None |
| Defender for Cloud | Per-resource metered | Free CSPM — $5-15/server/mo for CWP | Foundational CSPM (free) |
Pricing based on publicly available information as of April 2026. Enterprise pricing varies by deployment size and negotiation.
Detailed competitor analysis
Microsoft Secure Score
Built-in M365 security posture score
Microsoft Secure Score is a free, built-in feature of the Microsoft 365 Defender portal. It provides a numerical score based on your tenant configuration, with improvement actions grouped by category (Identity, Device, Apps, Data). It is the natural starting point for any M365 security review.
Strengths
- ✓ Included free with any M365 subscription
- ✓ No deployment needed — available in the Defender portal
- ✓ Covers identity, device, app, and data protection categories
- ✓ Provides improvement actions with direct links to settings
- ✓ Updated automatically as Microsoft adds new checks
Gaps vs EntraGuard
- ✗ No attack path analysis or graph-based exploration
- ✗ No compliance mapping (CIS, NIST, ISO, SOC 2)
- ✗ No exportable PDF/HTML reports — browser-only dashboard
- ✗ Cannot be self-hosted — data processed in Microsoft cloud
- ✗ No LDAP on-premise AD analysis (cloud-only scope)
- ✗ No per-finding PDF export with remediation details
- ✗ No MITRE ATT&CK mapping per finding
- ✗ No scheduled audit scans or trend tracking over time
- ✗ No notification system (Slack, Teams webhook, etc.)
- ✗ No multi-tenant overview from a single pane
Semperis Directory Services Protector
Active Directory & Entra ID security and recovery
Semperis Directory Services Protector (DSP) provides continuous monitoring, threat detection, and automated remediation for Active Directory and Entra ID. It is particularly strong in AD disaster recovery, real-time change tracking, and detecting indicators of exposure (IoEs) and indicators of compromise (IoCs).
Strengths
- ✓ Deep Active Directory expertise (AD-specific IoE/IoC detection)
- ✓ Real-time AD change monitoring and auto-rollback
- ✓ AD disaster recovery capabilities (Forest Recovery)
- ✓ Hybrid AD + Entra ID coverage in a single platform
- ✓ Strong remediation with automated rollback of dangerous changes
- ✓ Available as self-hosted deployment
Gaps vs EntraGuard
- ✗ No Neo4j-based attack path analysis or interactive graph explorer
- ✗ No CIS M365, NIST, ISO 27001, or SOC 2 compliance reports
- ✗ No security scoring with A-F grading
- ✗ No license-aware recommendations for unused M365 capabilities
- ✗ No Docker-native deployment — requires Windows Server infrastructure
- ✗ Opaque enterprise pricing — requires sales engagement
- ✗ No per-finding PDF export with contextual remediation
- ✗ No score diff tracking between audit runs
- ✗ Heavy focus on AD — Entra ID coverage less deep than dedicated tools
- ✗ No zero telemetry guarantee
PingCastle
Active Directory security assessment (on-premise)
Open-source AD security scanner that scores your AD environment 0-100. Focuses on on-premise AD with 300+ rules covering delegation, trusts, password policy, Kerberos, GPO misconfigs. The reference tool for AD health checks.
Strengths
- ✓ 300+ AD-specific rules covering delegation, trusts, Kerberos, GPOs
- ✓ Security scoring 0-100 with risk level grading
- ✓ Free community edition available
- ✓ Runs locally with no cloud dependency — fast execution (~5 min)
- ✓ HTML report with detailed findings
- ✓ Strong trust analysis across AD forests
Gaps vs EntraGuard
- ✗ No Entra ID / cloud support — AD-only, no Graph API
- ✗ No attack path analysis or graph-based exploration
- ✗ No compliance frameworks (CIS M365, NIST, ISO, SOC 2)
- ✗ No web UI or interactive dashboard — HTML report only
- ✗ No Docker deployment — Windows executable only
- ✗ No scheduled scans, notifications, or API integration
- ✗ No multi-tenant management
- ✗ No contextual remediation tutorials per finding
- ✗ No per-finding PDF export
- ✗ No realtime monitoring or incremental collection
BloodHound Community Edition
Open-source attack path analysis for AD and Entra ID
BloodHound Community Edition maps Active Directory and Azure/Entra ID relationships into a Neo4j graph to identify attack paths to high-value targets. Best-in-class for privilege escalation path discovery. Uses SharpHound (AD) and AzureHound (Entra) collectors.
Strengths
- ✓ Best-in-class attack path analysis powered by Neo4j
- ✓ Free and open-source (Apache 2.0 license)
- ✓ Covers both Active Directory and Entra ID (via AzureHound)
- ✓ Strong community with active development
- ✓ MITRE ATT&CK mapping for attack paths
- ✓ Self-hosted Docker deployment
Gaps vs EntraGuard
- ✗ No security scoring or posture grading
- ✗ No compliance reports (CIS, NIST, ISO, SOC 2)
- ✗ No configuration audit rules — attack paths only, not config checks
- ✗ No scheduled scans or automated collection
- ✗ No notifications (Slack, Teams, webhooks)
- ✗ No PDF or HTML reports — browser UI only
- ✗ No contextual remediation guidance per finding
- ✗ No license-aware recommendations
- ✗ No multi-tenant management
- ✗ Requires manual collector execution (SharpHound/AzureHound)
Tenable Identity Exposure
Enterprise identity security posture management
Tenable Identity Exposure (formerly Tenable.ad) provides continuous monitoring and security posture assessment for Active Directory and Entra ID. Detects indicators of exposure (IoE) and indicators of compromise (IoC) in real-time. Strong enterprise features with compliance dashboards and SIEM integration.
Strengths
- ✓ Continuous real-time monitoring of AD and Entra ID
- ✓ Deep coverage with indicators of exposure (IoE) and compromise (IoC)
- ✓ Compliance dashboards (NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, SOC 2)
- ✓ MITRE ATT&CK mapping for detected threats
- ✓ Attack path analysis for privilege escalation
- ✓ SIEM integration and notification workflows
- ✓ Self-hosted deployment option
Gaps vs EntraGuard
- ✗ No Neo4j interactive graph explorer
- ✗ No CIS M365 v3.1 benchmark
- ✗ No Docker deployment — requires Windows Server infrastructure
- ✗ Opaque enterprise pricing ($10,000-25,000+/year)
- ✗ No license-aware recommendations for unused M365 capabilities
- ✗ No per-finding PDF export
- ✗ No zero telemetry guarantee — sends data to Tenable cloud
- ✗ Heavy agent infrastructure required
- ✗ No transparent public pricing
- ✗ No incremental delta collection
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Cloud-native security posture management (CSPM) and workload protection
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a CNAPP that provides security posture management across Azure, AWS, and GCP. It includes identity-related recommendations (Entra ID MFA gaps, risky sign-ins, over-privileged accounts), compliance dashboards (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS), and attack path analysis using its cloud security graph. It overlaps with EntraGuard on identity posture but approaches it from a cloud infrastructure perspective rather than a dedicated Entra ID audit.
Strengths
- ✓ Native Azure integration — pulls Entra ID recommendations from Microsoft Secure Score
- ✓ Multi-cloud posture (Azure + AWS + GCP) in a single dashboard
- ✓ Built-in compliance dashboards (NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS)
- ✓ Cloud security graph with attack path analysis (identity + infrastructure)
- ✓ MITRE ATT&CK mapping for identity-related threats
- ✓ Agentless scanning for VMs, containers, databases, and storage
- ✓ Free foundational CSPM tier available
- ✓ Native integration with Microsoft Sentinel SIEM and Entra ID
- ✓ Continuous assessment — no manual scan scheduling needed
Gaps vs EntraGuard
- ✗ Not a dedicated Entra ID audit tool — identity is one module among many
- ✗ No dedicated Graph API collectors for Entra objects (relies on Secure Score recommendations)
- ✗ No PIM role analysis or policy audit depth
- ✗ No Neo4j graph or interactive Entra-specific graph explorer
- ✗ No per-finding PDF export with contextual remediation
- ✗ No LDAP on-premise AD collection or hybrid cross-boundary rules
- ✗ No license-aware recommendations for unused M365 SKU capabilities
- ✗ No self-hosted option — Azure subscription required
- ✗ No zero telemetry — data processed in Microsoft cloud
- ✗ No Docker deployment
- ✗ No CIS M365 v3.1 benchmark (covers CIS Azure, not M365 identity)
- ✗ No incremental delta collection — continuous but cloud-side only
- ✗ No scheduled audit scans with exportable trend reports
- ✗ Complex pricing with many per-resource meters
When to choose what
Choose EntraGuard if you need
- ✓ Attack path analysis with Neo4j graph exploration (unique)
- ✓ Compliance reports across 4 frameworks (CIS, NIST, ISO, SOC 2)
- ✓ Hybrid AD + Entra ID analysis with cross-boundary rules
- ✓ Full data sovereignty (self-hosted Docker, zero telemetry)
- ✓ License-aware recommendations for unused M365 capabilities
- ✓ Transparent pricing without per-user fees or sales calls
- ✓ Swiss jurisdiction and nFADP compliance
- ✓ Realtime monitoring with Graph change notifications
Consider alternatives if you need
- ● Free baseline score — Microsoft Secure Score is included with M365
- ● AD disaster recovery — Semperis for AD forest recovery and auto-rollback
- ● Quick AD health check — PingCastle for a fast, free on-premise AD security score
- ● Attack path discovery — BloodHound CE for best-in-class privilege escalation path analysis
- ● Continuous identity monitoring — Tenable Identity Exposure for enterprise real-time IoE/IoC detection
- ● Cloud posture management — Defender for Cloud for multi-cloud CSPM with identity recommendations
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