Semperis vs Silverfort for ITDR
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Editorial assessment · Desk research from public vendor material · Reviewed 2026-09-29
Scores by criterion
Scans for hundreds of indicators of exposure and compromise across Active Directory and Entra ID, using the AD replication stream.
Names brute force, password spraying, credential stuffing, Pass-the-Hash, Pass-the-Ticket, Kerberoasting and DCSync.
Source: Silverfort: ITDR
Higher score: Silverfort
Automatic rollback of malicious changes, rather than blocking sign-in attempts.
Blocks, challenges with MFA or ends the session inline, before authentication completes.
Source: Silverfort: ITDR
Higher score: Silverfort
Token and session attacks are not addressed on the pages reviewed.
Source: Semperis Directory Services Protector · Semperis products
Flags suspicious Kerberos tickets; forged federation tokens are not addressed on the page reviewed.
Source: Silverfort: ITDR
Higher score: Silverfort
Rolls back malicious changes in AD and Entra ID and sells forest recovery and Okta tenant recovery.
Source: Semperis Directory Services Protector · Semperis products
Session termination and MFA challenge as responses; recovery is not part of the product.
Source: Silverfort: ITDR
Higher score: Semperis
Free Purple Knight assessment with 218+ indicators across AD, Entra ID and Okta; Forest Druid for Tier 0 attack paths.
Source: Semperis Purple Knight · Semperis products
Higher score: Semperis
Free assessment tools; product pricing is not published.
Source: Semperis Purple Knight
Higher score: Semperis
Weighted total
Semperis 6.8 / 10 · Silverfort 7.6 / 10
Higher score: Silverfort
Where each one scores higher
Semperis scores higher on
- response and recovery (9 vs 7)
- posture and attack paths (9 vs 7)
- maturity and buying clarity (7 vs 6)
Silverfort scores higher on
- detection breadth (8 vs 9)
- stopping attacks at sign-in (5 vs 9)
- token and session attacks (4 vs 6)
Pricing, side by side
Semperis
Purple Knight assessment is free. Product pricing not published, contact sales.
Source: Semperis Purple Knight
As published on 2026-09-29.
Which should you choose?
Choose Semperis if response and recovery and posture and attack paths matter most. It scores 9 and 9 on them. Rolls back malicious changes in AD and Entra ID and sells forest recovery and Okta tenant recovery.
Choose Silverfort if detection breadth and stopping attacks at sign-in matter most. It scores 9 and 9 on them. Names brute force, password spraying, credential stuffing, Pass-the-Hash, Pass-the-Ticket, Kerberoasting and DCSync.
Questions
Which scores higher overall, Semperis or Silverfort?
On our weights for ITDR, Silverfort scores 7.6 / 10 and Semperis 6.8 / 10. Totals are the weighted average of six criterion scores; the weights are listed on the ITDR page.
Where does Semperis score higher than Silverfort?
On response and recovery; posture and attack paths; and maturity and buying clarity.
Where does Silverfort score higher than Semperis?
On detection breadth; stopping attacks at sign-in; and token and session attacks.
Related
Sources
- Semperis Directory Services Protector: https://www.semperis.com/active-directory-security/
- Semperis products: https://www.semperis.com/
- Semperis Purple Knight: https://www.semperis.com/purple-knight/
- Silverfort: ITDR: https://www.silverfort.com/platform/identity-threat-detection-and-response/
- Silverfort platform: https://www.silverfort.com/