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OSSEC vs Auditbeat: catalog facts
OSSEC	Auditbeat
Free Free and open source; the OSSEC+ edition is also free after registration.	Free Auditbeat is part of the Elastic Stack.
Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Combines log analysis, file integrity monitoring and active response Custom rules and scripts for tailored alerting	Collects and normalizes Linux audit events Can reuse existing audit rules
Configuration takes time to learn Extra features such as machine learning need registration for OSSEC+	Audit event collection is for Linux Ships events to Elasticsearch or Logstash for analysis
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account 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 Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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