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BloodHound Community Edition vs PingCastle: catalog facts
BloodHound Community Edition	PingCastle
Best for: Maps attack paths through Active Directory and Entra ID relationships	Best for: Active Directory security assessment tool that scores risky configuration
Free + paid options The Community Edition is free and open source. BloodHound Enterprise is paid.	Free + paid options Free for non-commercial evaluation. Commercial use of the full feature set requires a Netwrix licence.
Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Windows
Turns abstract directory permissions into concrete, visible attack paths Used by defenders to close paths as much as by testers to find them	A single scan produces a readable risk report and a maturity score, deliberately aiming to find most of… Full strengths for PingCastle A single scan produces a readable risk report and a maturity score, deliberately aiming to find most of the critical issues in a fraction of the usual time.
Collection requires directory access and should be run only with authorisation The graph database stack takes real setup effort	The tool is not open source, and commercial use of the full feature set requires a paid Netwrix… Full limitations for PingCastle The tool is not open source, and commercial use of the full feature set requires a paid Netwrix licence.
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Not 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 BloodHound Community Edition specterops.io/bloodhound-enterprise Catalog checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for PingCastle github.com/netwrix/pingcastle Catalog checked September 22, 2026

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