Belkasoft X Forensic vs Forendi

Belkasoft X Forensic acquires, analyzes, and reports digital evidence from computers, mobile devices, RAM, cars, drones, and cloud sources. Its acquisition options include DD/E01 imaging, iOS checkm8 and agent-based acquisition, and several Android methods. Analysis features include timeline and connection graph views, SQLite recovery, hash-set analysis, file carving, and picture and video analysis. The software can examine UFED and GrayKey images, virtual machines, Amazon S3-based images, Berla car exports, and data from services including Google Drive, iCloud, Microsoft 365, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Reports can be produced in formats such as HTML, XML, CSV, PDF, Excel, Word, ProjectVIC JSON, and Relativity Short Message Format. Colleagues can view shared findings with the free Evidence Reader, whether or not X Forensic is installed. The product is self-hosted and offered to government customers only. Its license is perpetual, with optional annual software maintenance and support; pricing is provided by quote. A 30-day trial requires internet access. Trial reports contain half of randomly selected artifacts, and several acquisition, decryption, virtual-machine, and command-line automation features are excluded. The company describes it as suited to digital forensic laboratories at federal and state-level law-enforcement agencies.

Forendi is a digital forensics and incident response platform for incident handling, forensic analysis and security operations. Its incident workflows cover the process from detection through resolution, with automation and real-time collaboration. Case management tracks evidence and investigations with audit trails, while lightweight agents collect evidence with integrity checks and chain-of-custody records. Hyperledger Fabric integration supports tamper-proof evidence storage and cryptographic verification.

Forendi connects with SIEM systems for threat detection and data pipelines. Its threat intelligence service offers more than one million curated indicators, each with confidence scores and expiry dates. Feed delivery supports TAXII 2.1 with STIX 2.1, a native MISP directory and cursor-paginated REST/JSON. The Forendi Agent supports Windows, macOS and Linux and communicates over secure WebSockets; the cloud deployment is listed for web, API, Linux, macOS and Windows. Plans include Threat Intelligence Feed at $199 a month, Threat Intelligence Platform at $399 a month and DFIR Platform at $499 per month. Each product has a seven-day trial intended for evaluation and integration sampling, not production replacement.