The free, open-source CardioLog alternative for SharePoint permission audits
CardioLog Analytics is a full SharePoint analytics and governance platform — usage dashboards, search analytics, adoption reporting, and a permissions module. If you only need the permissions answer — who has access to what, and where is the oversharing? — SharePoint Smart Permissions answers it free, as an SPFx web part, with no server to deploy.
Feature comparison
| Feature | SharePoint Smart Permissions | CardioLog Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free forever (MIT) | Paid — annual subscription, per-server / per-user |
| Open source | ||
| Runs as an in-tenant SPFx web part | ||
| Requires a Windows server / agent to deploy | ||
| Real-time permission map for a SharePoint site | partial — security reports, not a live map | |
| Per-user access lookup ('what can this user see?') | ||
| Excel audit export | ||
| Detects anonymous links / external sharing | ||
| Highlights Copilot oversharing risk | partial — generic oversharing/permission reports | |
| SharePoint usage analytics (page views, searches, users) | ||
| Intranet adoption dashboards | ||
| Search analytics & search-quality reports | ||
| Long-term historical reporting (years of data) | ||
| Data leaves the customer tenant | depends on deployment — on-prem or hosted | |
| Setup time for a permission audit | Minutes — install SPFx web part | Days — deploy server, configure data collection, build reports |
Based on publicly available product documentation. Vendor features change frequently — verify before purchasing.
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Why we built this
CardioLog is an analytics platform. Usage dashboards, search reports, adoption metrics — the right shape when a comms team or intranet owner needs to prove engagement and trend it over years.
SharePoint admins doing Copilot readiness reviews aren't usually buying an analytics platform. They need one answer this quarter: before we turn on Microsoft 365 Copilot, who can actually read what? Anonymous links, guest access, oversharing of HR and Finance content.
Smart Permissions is a free SPFx web part you deploy to your tenant app catalog. Drop it on a site, see the live permission map, run a per-user lookup, export to Excel. No data warehouse, no agents, no per-server license.
Free, open source, and ready to use
No sign-up, no subscription, no vendor lock-in. MIT licensed on GitHub.
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