Forensicator
7.5#3 in incident response softwareFree planFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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SandsBytes
5.9#12 in incident response softwareWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | Forensicator | SandsBytes |
|---|---|---|
| Case management | Core organizes investigations, hosts, findings, notes, bookmarks, and incident-response playbooks into cases. | Sands Manage supports team collaboration, case correlation, task assignment, evidence tracking, timelines, IOC tracking, and automated reports. |
| Deployment | Core is self-hosted through Docker Compose or a Debian/Ubuntu host and supports offline update packages for air-gapped use. | The platform is deployed as a containerized stack on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.6 LTS or later, with Docker Engine and Docker Compose. |
| Purpose | Forensicator collects, analyzes, and interprets system artifacts during live investigations and produces structured HTML reports. | SandsBytes is a cybersecurity investigation and incident response platform for triaging incidents, hunting threats, documenting findings, managing evidence and IOCs, and generating structured reports. |
| Threat intelligence | Malware hash and IOC matching uses auto-updating threat-intelligence feeds, including abuse.ch and URLhaus. | Sands Investigate enriches artifacts with threat intelligence and external lookups and detects IoC hits and suspicious patterns. |
Forensicator plans
- ForensicatorFree
- Forensicator CoreFree
- Forensicator EnterprisePriced on request
SandsBytes plans
No prices published.
Pick Forensicator if…
The free collector suits incident responders and digital forensics teams that need to gather and review system artifacts. Enterprise is presented for security operations centers, response and forensics teams, and MSSPs managing reports across teams.
Pick SandsBytes if…
SandsBytes is aimed at incident response teams, SOC analysts, digital forensics specialists, MSSPs, and security consultancies. It is suited to teams prepared to deploy and maintain a self-hosted investigation platform.