SpyLog Alternatives

SpyLog is described as 'Monitor logs from several sources and execute actions based on some rules. Can be used to protect against brute-force attacks' and is a Remote Desktop tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SpyLog for Windows, Linux, Web-based, Self-Hosted and Mac. The best SpyLog alternative is CrowdSec. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Fail2ban or SSHGuard. Other great apps like SpyLog are IPBanPro, reaction, Denyhosts and RdpGuard.

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

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SpyLog alternatives page was last updated Feb 28, 2025
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  1. CrowdSec icon
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    CrowdSec is a security automation engine, using both local IP behavior detection & our community-driven IP reputation database.

    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Crowdsourced
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Golang

    CrowdSec VS SpyLog

     
    • CrowdSec is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to SpyLog.

    • CrowdSec is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SpyLog.

    • CrowdSec is Free Personal and Open SourceSpyLog is Free and Open Source
    • CrowdSec is Privacy focused and LightweightSpyLog is not according to our users
  2. 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 SpyLog

     
  3. 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 SpyLog

     
    • SSHGuard is the most popular Mac alternative to SpyLog.

    • SSHGuard is Free and Open SourceSpyLog is also Free and Open Source
  4. 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 SpyLog

     
    • IPBanPro is the most popular Windows alternative to SpyLog.

    • IPBanPro is the most popular commercial alternative to SpyLog.

    • IPBanPro is Paid and Open SourceSpyLog is Free and Open Source
  5. reaction icon
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    Inspired by the honorable Fail2ban, it intend to provide a more lightweight (CPU wise) alternative, easy to configure and well documented.

    9 reaction alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  IP Address Blacklist
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Security Monitoring
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Spam Filter
    7.  Website Monitoring
    8.  Brute force attack
    9.  Golang
    10.  SSH
    11.  Golang Regular Expressions

    reaction VS SpyLog

     
  6. 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 SpyLog

     
  7. 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 SpyLog

     
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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 SpyLog

     
  9. 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.

    11 IPQ BDB alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    IPQ BDB VS SpyLog

     
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    Tallow is a fail2ban/lard replacement that uses systemd's native journal API to scan for attempted ssh logins, and issues temporary IP bans for clients that violate certain login patterns.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    tallow Features

    1.  SSH
    2. Tor icon  Support for TOR

    tallow VS SpyLog

     
  11. EvlWatcher icon
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    Protected against RDP-Brute forcers. It installs a service which scans the event log for anomalies every 30 seconds (by default).

    9 EvlWatcher alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    EvlWatcher VS SpyLog

     
  12. 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 SpyLog

     
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