What is Autopsy?
Software for investigating computer systems and recovering data. Provides disk analysis, file recovery, keyword search, and reporting with extensible module support.
Autopsy pricing
We don't have Autopsy's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free to download and use. Optional subscription-based support available for enterprise customers.
What Autopsy does
The capabilities that matter for digital forensics, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Desktop client
- Disk imaging file carving
- ✓
- Volatile memory RAM analysis
- -
- Mobile ios android extraction
- -
- Remote endpoint acquisition
- -
- Mac os apfs support
- -
- Cloud saas m365 extraction
- -
- Court admissible hashing reporting
- ✓
- Automated artifact timelining
- -
- Malware triage yara scanning
- -
- Fips 140 2 certification
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- Pricing model
- Open source
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- Self-hosted
Integrations (4)
Independently observed- Claude AI Assistant (MCP)
- Cyber Triage
- EDR telemetry collectors
- KAPE
Autopsy alternatives
Other digital forensics we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Exterro FTKSingle platform for document investigations, regulatory compliance, security audits, and forensic analysislow · 13%
- Volatility 3low · 31%
- Plasolow · 14%
- VelociraptorEndpoint forensics and incident response platform providing rapid evidence collection across multiple systemslow · 3%
- Binalyze AIRAutomated platform that turns security alerts into forensically sound evidence with clear investigation timelines and chain of custodylow · 30%
- OpenText EnCaseCollect and analyze digital forensic evidence from multiple device types and cloud sourceslow · 15%
Compare Autopsy
Side by side against other digital forensics, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Autopsy, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.08 | 6.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 100 | 0.05 | 5.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.08 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 20 | 0.09 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| Stars | 52 | 0.03 | 1.4 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 0 | mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 594 | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: open_source · Deployment model: desktop_client · Disk imaging file carving: Yes · Court admissible hashing reporting: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 4 | mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90% |