Is Semperis or Speakeasy better?

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

Which is cheaper, Semperis or Speakeasy?

Semperis starts at On request and Speakeasy at On request.

Does Semperis or Speakeasy run on more platforms?

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

What is Semperis best used for?

Semperis is most often used for an organisation that cannot answer an auditor or insurer asking how long it would take to rebuild active directory after a destructive attack, post-incident recovery where domain controllers are compromised and restoring from system-state backup would reintroduce the attacker's foothold, continuous detection of privileged group changes and directory-level tampering that domain controller security logs miss, hybrid estates where ad, entra id and okta all matter and no single tool currently shows changes across the three. Of those, an organisation that cannot answer an auditor or insurer asking how long it would take to rebuild active directory after a destructive attack and post-incident recovery where domain controllers are compromised and restoring from system-state backup would reintroduce the attacker's foothold are not what Speakeasy is typically brought in for.

What can Semperis do that Speakeasy cannot?

Semperis covers Active Directory Forest Recovery, Malware-free restore, Replication-stream monitoring, Automated rollback. Speakeasy covers AI tool catalog, Per-agent identity, Role-based access control, Real-time policy enforcement.

Cybersecurity · head to head

Semperis vs Speakeasy

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

Speakeasy

Cybersecurity

AI control plane for governing enterprise agents, MCP servers, and skills

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: 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.; Speakeasy no self-serve pricing is published; every plan requires a sales conversation.
They diverge on capability: Semperis covers Active Directory Forest Recovery, Speakeasy covers AI tool catalog.
Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Semperis and Speakeasy actually diverge.

Attributes where Semperis and Speakeasy differ
Attribute	Semperis	Speakeasy
Platforms	Web	web, api

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), 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 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

Only in Speakeasy

AI tool catalog
Per-agent identity
Role-based access control
Real-time policy enforcement
Audit logging
MDM and SSO integration

What people use each for

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

Semperis

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

Speakeasy

Governing AI agents at enterprise scalenot Semperis
Preventing shadow AI tool sprawlnot Semperis
Enforcing least-privilege access for agentsnot Semperis
Auditing AI tool call activity for compliancenot Semperis

Where each one falls short

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

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.

Speakeasy

No self-serve pricing is published; every plan requires a sales conversation.
The product pivoted away from its original SDK-generation offering, so past documentation and customers built on that use case are no longer the focus.
Requires integration with an existing identity provider such as Okta or Entra ID to be useful, so it is not a standalone solution.
No published free tier or trial pricing was found.

Pricing, plan by plan

Semperis

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Semperis review.

Speakeasy

On request

Enterprise$undefined/mo
- Custom pricing
- AI tool catalog and visibility
- Per-agent identity and access control

Which should you pick?

Choose Semperis if

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

Semperis review

Choose Speakeasy if

You need ai tool catalog.
You work on web, api.
You also want per-agent identity.

Speakeasy review

Questions people ask

Is Semperis or Speakeasy better?: Neither clearly leads. Semperis starts at On request and Speakeasy at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Semperis or Speakeasy?: Semperis starts at On request and Speakeasy at On request.
Does Semperis or Speakeasy run on more platforms?: Semperis runs on Web. Speakeasy runs on web, api.
What is Semperis best used for?: Semperis is most often used for an organisation that cannot answer an auditor or insurer asking how long it would take to rebuild active directory after a destructive attack, post-incident recovery where domain controllers are compromised and restoring from system-state backup would reintroduce the attacker's foothold, continuous detection of privileged group changes and directory-level tampering that domain controller security logs miss, hybrid estates where ad, entra id and okta all matter and no single tool currently shows changes across the three. Of those, an organisation that cannot answer an auditor or insurer asking how long it would take to rebuild active directory after a destructive attack and post-incident recovery where domain controllers are compromised and restoring from system-state backup would reintroduce the attacker's foothold are not what Speakeasy is typically brought in for.
What can Semperis do that Speakeasy cannot?: Semperis covers Active Directory Forest Recovery, Malware-free restore, Replication-stream monitoring, Automated rollback. Speakeasy covers AI tool catalog, Per-agent identity, Role-based access control, Real-time policy enforcement.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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.

Speakeasy: How much does Speakeasy cost?

Speakeasy offers an Enterprise tier with features including SaaS catalog integrations, custom server creation, code mode efficiency, and serverless hosting. No specific pricing is published; interested parties contact the company to discuss pricing.

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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.

Speakeasy: What is included in Speakeasy's Enterprise plan?

The Enterprise plan includes SaaS catalog integrations, custom server creation, code mode efficiency, and serverless hosting. Customers contact Speakeasy to discuss their specific pricing for these features.

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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.

Semperis vs Speakeasy

Semperis

Speakeasy

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Semperis

Only in Speakeasy

What people use each for

Semperis

Speakeasy

Where each one falls short

Semperis

Speakeasy

Pricing, plan by plan

Semperis

Speakeasy

Which should you pick?

Choose Semperis if

Choose Speakeasy if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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