e.guardo Smart Defender Alternatives

e.guardo Smart Defender is described as 'Guards internet-facing systems from brute force, DDoS, and spoofing using system log analysis, dynamic security rules, and global IP blacklists for multiple services' and is an app in the online services category. There are more than 10 alternatives to e.guardo Smart Defender for Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted and Mac. The best e.guardo Smart Defender alternative is Fail2ban, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like e.guardo Smart Defender are SSHGuard, IPBanPro, Denyhosts and SpyLog.

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Guards internet-facing systems from brute force, DDoS, and spoofing using system log analysis, dynamic security rules, and...

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e.guardo Smart Defender alternatives page was last updated May 28, 2025
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  1. Fail2ban icon
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    Fail2ban scans log files (e.g. /var/log/apache/error_log) and bans IPs that show the malicious signs -- too many password failures, seeking for exploits, etc. Generally Fail2Ban is then used to update firewall rules to reject the IP addresses for a specified amount of time...

    21 Fail2ban alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Website Monitoring
    4.  No registration required

    Fail2ban VS e.guardo Smart Defender

     
    • Fail2ban is the most popular Linux alternative to e.guardo Smart Defender.

    • Fail2ban is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to e.guardo Smart Defender.

    • Fail2ban is Free and Open Sourcee.guardo Smart Defender is Paid and Proprietary
    • Fail2ban is Lightweight and Privacy focusede.guardo Smart Defender is not according to our users
  2. SSHGuard icon
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    SSHGuard monitors services through their logging activity. It reacts to messages about dangerous activity by blocking the source address with the local firewall. SSHGuard employs a clever parser that can transparently recognize several logging formats at once (syslog, syslog-ng...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    SSHGuard Features

    1.  SSH

    SSHGuard VS e.guardo Smart Defender

     
    • SSHGuard is the most popular Mac alternative to e.guardo Smart Defender.

    • SSHGuard is Free and Open Sourcee.guardo Smart Defender is Paid and Proprietary
  3. IPBanPro icon
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    IPBan is a FREE and open source application that allows auto banning ip addresses from failed login attempts. Many sources are watched such as SSH, SMTP, SQL-Server, MySQL, RDP and dropped packets.

    15 IPBanPro alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    IPBanPro Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  SMTP Support

    IPBanPro VS e.guardo Smart Defender

     
    • IPBanPro is the most popular Windows alternative to e.guardo Smart Defender.

    • IPBanPro is the most popular commercial alternative to e.guardo Smart Defender.

    • IPBanPro is Paid and Open Sourcee.guardo Smart Defender is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Denyhosts icon
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    The idea of denying access to SSH servers is nothing new and I was inspired by many other scripts that I discovered. However, none of them did things the way I envisioned them to. Also, they were all shell scripts which do not offer the elegance of Python.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Denyhosts VS e.guardo Smart Defender

     
  5. SpyLog icon
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    Monitor logs from several sources and execute actions based on some rules. Can be used to protect against brute-force attacks.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SpyLog VS e.guardo Smart Defender

     
  6. RdpGuard icon
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    RdpGuard allows you to protect your Remote Desktop (RDP) from brute-force attacks by blocking attacker's IP address. Fail2Ban for Windows.

    15 RdpGuard alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    RdpGuard Features

    1.  RDP

    RdpGuard VS e.guardo Smart Defender

     
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    Out-of-the-box security for Remote Deskop, Exchange, OWA, SharePoint, CRM, generic IIS applications and many other server systems.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Software has been set open-source and abandoned by the main developer. Seems a very good detector but fails to successfully stop attacks. When I have it set to block IPs after 5 failed attempts I shouldn't see multiple entries showing 300 attempts by the same IP addresses.

    Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense VS e.guardo Smart Defender

     
  8. IPQ BDB icon
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    IPQ BDB filtering is done by a user space netfilter daemon that issues verdicts after looking up the IP address in a Berkeley DB. The fuzzy blocking model, freely inspired by STOCKADE, is designed to block non-distributed dictionary attacks and mitigate spam.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    IPQ BDB VS e.guardo Smart Defender

     
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    Built to react fast in server farms environments (ISPs, HSPs, organisations...) Hookem-Banem is a log monitoring system which monitors logs being sent to a central server (syslog, file...) and on detection of malicious intent (repeated login failures, many failed RCPT commands...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Hookem-Banem Features

    1.  Distributed
    2.  Support for IPv6

    Hookem-Banem VS e.guardo Smart Defender

     
    • Hookem-Banem is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to e.guardo Smart Defender.

    • Hookem-Banem is Free and Open Sourcee.guardo Smart Defender is Paid and Proprietary
  10. AiP Defense icon
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    Your Microsoft Windows servers are probably under constant attack and you may not even know it! Chances are if your hosting remote desktop, or other services such as Microsoft exchange, FTP, HTTP, HTTP’s or SQL. Your server is likely getting bombarded with failed login attempts.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    AiP Defense Features

    1.  Centralized Management
    2.  RDP
    3.  Support for SFTP
    4.  Reporting
    5.  Cloud based
    6.  IP Address Blacklist
    7.  Support for MS SQL Server

    AiP Defense VS e.guardo Smart Defender

     
  11. Syspeace icon
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    Syspeace automatically blocks brute force attacks primarily for Windows Servers with good information in the admin mils telling you DNS names, country of origin and username used for the attack.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Syspeace Features

    1.  Perpertual licence

    Syspeace VS e.guardo Smart Defender

     
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    mobileFX Spartan RDP Guard is an intrusion detection system (IDS) and host-based intrusion prevention system (HIPS) implemented as a Windows 64-bit or 32-bit Service with location-based attack reporting and instant notifications.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows

    mobileFX Spartan RDP Guard Features

    1.  Support for IPv4
    2.  RDP

    mobileFX Spartan RDP Guard VS e.guardo Smart Defender

     
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