Is Lavawall a Canadian alternative to Quest Change Auditor?

Yes. Lavawall is Canadian-owned and hosted in Canada by default. Of the 8 Change Auditor capabilities listed on this page, Lavawall has a close match for 4.

Does Change Auditor host data in Canada?

Change Auditor is installed on-premises, so where its data lives depends on where you run it. Lavawall is delivered as a service, with data hosted in Canada by default.

Does Change Auditor offer a free trial?

Its own website lists this: trial (30-day). Lavawall offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card.

What does Lavawall not replace in Change Auditor?

Lavawall has no direct equivalent for these Change Auditor capabilities: who, what, when, where change details, protection of critical AD and GPO objects, Exchange mailbox non-owner access auditing, and forwarding audit events to SIEM tools.

Can Lavawall replace Change Auditor?

For most MSPs and small and mid-sized organizations, yes: Lavawall covers the Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and file activity monitoring they use for compliance, in the same console as the RMM.

Can I export my data from Change Auditor?

Change Auditor’s documentation describes this: scheduled reports as PDF, HTML, Word, Text, Excel, or CSV.

Is Quest Change Auditor available in French?

Quest Change Auditor does not document a French option on its website (checked October 2026). Lavawall works in Canadian French, Canadian English and US English, chosen by each person.

A Canadian alternative to Quest Change Auditor

Quest Change Auditor is a change and access auditing product for enterprises (source). Lavawall® is a Canadian alternative for Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and file auditing, owned and hosted in Canada, with the closest match for each Change Auditor capability listed below.

On this page: Change Auditor at a glance, feature by feature, Change Auditor and Canada, and moving over.

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Quest Change Auditor at a glance

What Change Auditor says about itself, with a link to the page each fact comes from.

Quest Change Auditor at a glance, from its own website
Made for	Enterprises (source)
Free trial or free plan	Trial (30-day) (source)
Platforms	Windows environments: Active Directory, Windows File Servers, Exchange (modules also cover Azure AD, Exchange Online, SQL Server, SharePoint, EMC, NetApp) (source)
Deployment	On-premises (source)
Integrations it lists	Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, ArcSight, QRadar, and Quest On Demand Audit (source)
Data export	Scheduled reports as PDF, HTML, Word, Text, Excel, or CSV (source)

Change Auditor feature by feature

Change Auditor lists these capabilities on its own website; each links to its source. Beside each is the closest Lavawall® feature and the article that shows how to use it.

Change Auditor capabilities and the closest Lavawall feature
What Change Auditor says it does	Closest Lavawall® feature	How-to article
Real-time Active Directory change auditing (source)	Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace account reporting	Identity & Account Management
Who, what, when, where change details (source)	No direct equivalent in Lavawall. Check whether you need it before you move.
Protection of critical AD and GPO objects (source)	No direct equivalent in Lavawall. Check whether you need it before you move.
Azure AD / hybrid directory auditing (source)	Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace account reporting	Identity & Account Management
Windows file server access auditing (source)	File change and access monitoring for Windows file servers	On-Prem File Monitor
Exchange mailbox non-owner access auditing (source)	No direct equivalent in Lavawall. Check whether you need it before you move.
Scheduled email reporting on searches (source)	Dashboards and client reports	Company Summary
Forwarding audit events to SIEM tools (source)	Lavawall is not a SIEM.

Lavawall® has a close match for 4 of these 8 Change Auditor capabilities. For the other 4, check whether you rely on them before you move.

For a longer comparison, see Lavawall® compared with Quest Change Auditor.

Quest Change Auditor and Canada

Quest Software's legal address is in Aliso Viejo, California, and Quest is owned by Clearlake Capital. Change Auditor is installed on-premises, so where its data lives depends on where you run it.

Lavawall and Quest Change Auditor compared on Canadian criteria
Canadian criterion	Lavawall®	Quest Change Auditor
Headquarters and ownership	Calgary, Alberta; fully Canadian-owned	Aliso Viejo, California
Hosting in Canada	Yes, by default	Runs where you install it
Canadian-dollar pricing	Yes, with GST, HST, PST, and QST	See Change Auditor’s pricing
Console in French	Yes: Canadian French, Canadian English and US English, chosen by each person (details)	No French option documented on its website (checked October 2026)

Taken from Change Auditor’s own website and documentation in September 2026 and linked on this page. Tell us if something has changed and we will correct it.

Lavawall® is built and owned by ThreeShield Information Security Corporation in Calgary, hosted in Canada by default, billed in Canadian dollars, supported from Canada, and available in Canadian French. What makes Lavawall® Canadian.

Moving from Change Auditor to Lavawall®

Export what you need from Change Auditor. Its documentation describes this: scheduled reports as PDF, HTML, Word, Text, Excel, or CSV.
Start a free Lavawall® trial and add your companies.
Install the Lavawall® agent on your file servers and computers, and connect your Microsoft 365 tenants. Monitoring starts as the agent reports in.
Set up each feature from the table above. The how-to articles to start with: Identity & Account Management, On-Prem File Monitor, Company Summary.
Run both side by side and turn Change Auditor off one company at a time, when your team is ready.

Try Lavawall® free beside Change Auditor

Where Change Auditor may fit better

If you need an enterprise audit archive with the deepest data-source coverage, Change Auditor is built for that; Lavawall® covers what MSPs typically need for compliance inside a full RMM.

Lavawall® has no direct equivalent for these Change Auditor capabilities, so check whether you need them:

who, what, when, where change details
protection of critical AD and GPO objects
Exchange mailbox non-owner access auditing
forwarding audit events to SIEM tools: Lavawall is not a SIEM.

Frequently asked questions

Is Lavawall a Canadian alternative to Quest Change Auditor?: Yes. Lavawall® is Canadian-owned and hosted in Canada by default. Of the 8 Change Auditor capabilities listed on this page, Lavawall has a close match for 4.
Does Change Auditor host data in Canada?: Change Auditor is installed on-premises, so where its data lives depends on where you run it. Lavawall® is delivered as a service, with data hosted in Canada by default.
Does Change Auditor offer a free trial?: Its own website lists this: trial (30-day). Lavawall® offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card.
What does Lavawall not replace in Change Auditor?: Lavawall® has no direct equivalent for these Change Auditor capabilities: who, what, when, where change details, protection of critical AD and GPO objects, Exchange mailbox non-owner access auditing, and forwarding audit events to SIEM tools.
Can Lavawall replace Change Auditor?: For most MSPs and small and mid-sized organizations, yes: Lavawall® covers the Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and file activity monitoring they use for compliance, in the same console as the RMM.
Can I export my data from Change Auditor?: Change Auditor’s documentation describes this: scheduled reports as PDF, HTML, Word, Text, Excel, or CSV.
Is Quest Change Auditor available in French?: Quest Change Auditor does not document a French option on its website (checked October 2026). Lavawall® works in Canadian French, Canadian English and US English, chosen by each person.

Quest Change Auditor is a trademark of its owner. Other product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Lavawall is not affiliated with Change Auditor.