Is Logto or Semperis better?

Neither clearly leads. Logto starts at Free and Semperis at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Logto or Semperis?

Logto has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Logto and On request for Semperis.

Does Logto or Semperis run on more platforms?

Logto runs on web, api. Semperis runs on Web.

Can I use Logto for free?

Yes. Logto has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Semperis starts at On request.

What is Logto best used for?

Logto is most often used for adding sign-in to a new saas product, implementing sso for b2b customers, securing internal apis with m2m tokens, adding rbac and organizations to a multi-tenant app. Of those, adding sign-in to a new saas product and implementing sso for b2b customers are not what Semperis is typically brought in for.

What can Logto do that Semperis cannot?

Logto covers Prebuilt sign-in UI, Social connectors, Role-based access control, Multi-factor authentication. Semperis covers Active Directory Forest Recovery, Malware-free restore, Replication-stream monitoring, Automated rollback.

Cybersecurity · head to head

Logto vs Semperis

Logto

Cybersecurity

Open-source identity and authentication infrastructure for apps and APIs

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Semperis

Cybersecurity

Identity threat detection and Active Directory forest recovery for AD, Entra ID and Okta, from a privately held US vendor.

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Logto has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Logto advanced features like RBAC, organizations, MFA, and enterprise SSO are billed as separate paid add-ons rather than included in Pro.; Semperis scope is limited to Active Directory, Entra ID and Okta, so an organisation whose critical identity lives elsewhere gets little from it, and the recovery value declines in direct proportion to how much has already moved off on-premises AD.
They diverge on capability: Logto covers Prebuilt sign-in UI, Semperis covers Active Directory Forest Recovery.
Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Logto and Semperis actually diverge.

Attributes where Logto and Semperis differ
Attribute	Logto	Semperis
Starting price	Free	On request
Pricing model	freemium	quote
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	web, api	Web

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Cybersecurity).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Logto

Prebuilt sign-in UI
Social connectors
Role-based access control
Multi-factor authentication
Machine-to-machine apps
Audit logs

Only in Semperis

Active Directory Forest Recovery
Malware-free restore
Replication-stream monitoring
Automated rollback
Attack indicator scoring
Entra ID and Okta coverage
Purple Knight
Forest Druid

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Logto

Adding sign-in to a new SaaS productnot Semperis
Implementing SSO for B2B customersnot Semperis
Securing internal APIs with M2M tokensnot Semperis
Adding RBAC and organizations to a multi-tenant appnot Semperis

Semperis

An organisation that cannot answer an auditor or insurer asking how long it would take to rebuild Active Directory after a destructive attacknot Logto
Post-incident recovery where domain controllers are compromised and restoring from system-state backup would reintroduce the attacker's footholdnot Logto
Continuous detection of privileged group changes and directory-level tampering that domain controller security logs missnot Logto
Hybrid estates where AD, Entra ID and Okta all matter and no single tool currently shows changes across the threenot Logto

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Logto

Advanced features like RBAC, organizations, MFA, and enterprise SSO are billed as separate paid add-ons rather than included in Pro.
Enterprise pricing is not published and requires contacting sales.
Token-based billing can make cost forecasting harder than flat per-MAU pricing for high-traffic apps.

Semperis

Scope is limited to Active Directory, Entra ID and Okta, so an organisation whose critical identity lives elsewhere gets little from it, and the recovery value declines in direct proportion to how much has already moved off on-premises AD.
The licence buys tooling, not a proven runbook: forest recovery is only worth what your last rehearsal demonstrated, and a plan that has never been executed end to end in a lab is an untested assumption regardless of what was purchased.
It overlaps with backup and directory management products from Quest, Veeam, Commvault and others, so the buyer must argue internally why a dedicated product is needed alongside a backup contract that already claims to protect Active Directory.
Running Directory Services Protector well requires someone who understands AD internals, replication metadata and Tier 0 attack paths, and without that person the alerts on privileged changes are either ignored or auto-reverted in ways that break legitimate administration.
Licensing is driven by identity object counts, so directories carrying years of stale user accounts and service principals pay for objects that should have been deleted, and the cleanup project that would reduce the bill is the one nobody has time for.

Pricing, plan by plan

Logto

Free

FreeFree
- Up to 50,000 MAU
- 50K tokens included
- 3 applications
Pro$24/month
- Unlimited MAU and applications
- 3 included API resources
- Passkey sign-in

Semperis

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Semperis review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Logto if

You need prebuilt sign-in ui.
You want to start without paying.
You work on web, api.
You also want social connectors.

Logto review

Choose Semperis if

You need active directory forest recovery.
You also want malware-free restore.

Semperis review

Questions people ask

Is Logto or Semperis better?: Neither clearly leads. Logto starts at Free and Semperis at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Logto or Semperis?: Logto has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Logto and On request for Semperis.
Does Logto or Semperis run on more platforms?: Logto runs on web, api. Semperis runs on Web.
Can I use Logto for free?: Yes. Logto has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Semperis starts at On request.
What is Logto best used for?: Logto is most often used for adding sign-in to a new saas product, implementing sso for b2b customers, securing internal apis with m2m tokens, adding rbac and organizations to a multi-tenant app. Of those, adding sign-in to a new saas product and implementing sso for b2b customers are not what Semperis is typically brought in for.
What can Logto do that Semperis cannot?: Logto covers Prebuilt sign-in UI, Social connectors, Role-based access control, Multi-factor authentication. Semperis covers Active Directory Forest Recovery, Malware-free restore, Replication-stream monitoring, Automated rollback.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Logto: What does Logto cost?

Logto offers a Free plan at $0/month, a Pro plan starting at $24/month with 50K free tokens included, and a custom-priced Enterprise plan. Extra add-ons like RBAC or MFA are billed separately on Pro.

Source

Semperis: Does this replace my backups?

No. It replaces the Active Directory recovery procedure specifically. You still need backups for everything else, and the point of Semperis is that a generic system-state backup of a domain controller is a poor way to recover a forest because it restores the operating system along with whatever compromised it.

Logto: Is there a free plan, and what are its limits?

Yes. The Free plan supports up to 50,000 monthly active users, 3 total applications, 1 machine-to-machine app, 3 social connectors, 1 webhook, and 3-day audit log retention.

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Semperis: Is it useful if we are cloud-only on Entra ID?

Partly. Directory Services Protector covers Entra ID and Okta for change tracking and posture, but the forest recovery product, which is the strongest reason to buy, applies to on-premises Active Directory. A genuinely cloud-only organisation should weigh it against Microsoft's own tooling.

Logto: How is usage metered?

Logto uses token-based billing: only access tokens issued for authentication and authorization activity are counted, rather than charging purely per MAU.

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Semperis: Are Purple Knight and Forest Druid really free?

Yes, both are free downloads with no licence requirement, and they are widely used by organisations that are not Semperis customers. They are also, transparently, the top of the sales funnel.

Semperis: How long does forest recovery actually take?

The honest answer is whatever your rehearsal took. The vendor's case is hours instead of days, and automation genuinely removes most manual steps, but the number that matters for your board is the one from a test in your own environment.

Semperis: Does it require agents on domain controllers?

It collects directory changes from the AD replication stream, which is what lets it see changes that bypass the security log. Deployment details vary by product and version, so confirm the exact architecture against your domain controller change-control rules.

Logto vs Semperis

Logto

Semperis

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Logto

Only in Semperis

What people use each for

Logto

Semperis

Where each one falls short

Logto

Semperis

Pricing, plan by plan

Logto

Semperis

Which should you pick?

Choose Logto if

Choose Semperis if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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