AIDE vs Samhain
| AIDE | Samhain | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS | Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Windows |
| Deployment | on_premises | on_premises |
| Real-time alerts | No | Yes |
| Configuration monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Agentless monitoring | No | No |
| Supported platforms | Modern Unix; downstreams include Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Homebrew, MacPorts, NixOS, OpenBSD, openSUSE/SUSE, and Red Hat/CentOS/Fedora | POSIX systems including Linux, *BSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Mac OS X; Windows via Cygwin |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best File Integrity Monitoring Software. On Everything Xiaomi, Samhain scores higher on our published basis.