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ADAudit Plus vs BloodHound Community Edition: catalog facts
ADAudit Plus	BloodHound Community Edition
Best for: Administrators who need an audit trail of AD and Windows changes	Best for: Maps attack paths through Active Directory and Entra ID relationships
Free + paid options Free edition audits 25 workstations; full auditing requires a paid license.	Free + paid options The Community Edition is free and open source. BloodHound Enterprise is paid.
Windows	Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Account lockout analysis that traces the failing source File access and permission change auditing All 3 strengths for ADAudit Plus Account lockout analysis that traces the failing source File access and permission change auditing Covers AD, Entra ID, servers and workstations	Turns abstract directory permissions into concrete, visible attack paths Used by defenders to close paths as much as by testers to find them
Free edition limited to 25 workstations Closed source commercial product All 3 limitations for ADAudit Plus Free edition limited to 25 workstations Closed source commercial product Windows only	Collection requires directory access and should be run only with authorisation The graph database stack takes real setup effort
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Not open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for ADAudit Plus manageengine.com/products/active-directory-audit Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for BloodHound Community Edition specterops.io/bloodhound-enterprise Catalog checked September 22, 2026

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