We performed a comparison between ManageEngine ADAudit Plus and ManageEngine ADManager Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Active Directory Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the user behavior analytics (UBA). It's a machine learning feature that creates a standard profile for each user when you install it. It creates a baseline for every user, so it can detect when anyone deviates from that standard baseline profile. For example, if a user typically logs in at 9:30 am and logs out at 6 pm, ADAudit will flag it as an anomaly when that same logs in after normal hours and alert the admins."
"We use the product to track events and monitor logs of servers and workstations. I am impressed with the tool's tracking ability. It is intuitive and easy to use."
"The Account Lockout Analyzer and the Inactive Users reports are particularly valuable."
"It assists in managing the active directory and modifying the reintegrated GPOs."
"The documentation for this solution is good."
"ADAudit Plus's best features are that it's very easy to use with a user-friendly interface, and it gives reports on group policy and object changes that we couldn't find in any other product."
"The most valuable feature of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is its reports."
"The most valuable feature is the control of the file server."
"The most valuable feature was conducting the automation of our cloud and all services of the Active Directory."
"Simple with good automation."
"Almost every feature of the solution is valuable to me. This includes the importing and exporting to the active directory from the CSC firewall."
"The product helps to validate every activity."
"It makes our job easier, especially for managing data for a bulk of users."
"Makes it easy to administer your active directory."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the dashboard. They allow me to see everything in real-time and drill down and pick and choose versus running scripts."
"ADAudit could have a more sophisticated interface design. They are using a plain UI, which is decent. However, customers have said that it looks a little flat compared to other vendors. It's not fancy."
"The solution's managing file server activity could be improved."
"The initial setup was difficult."
"The solution should include more details on file creation and modification. It also needs to have a quick message for troubleshooting problems which needs to be detailed and generic."
"Sometimes the developers in technical support take time."
"ADAudit Plus can be very tricky, especially if we need to do some high-availability configuration or distributed environment installation."
"It assists in managing the active directory and modifying the reintegrated GPOs."
"Its configuration can be better. There were 44 pages of documented notes of what I had to do to get the product to work during the installation process."
"With the number of available integrations these days, it would be beneficial to have more ready-to-integrate technologies in other products as well."
"The bulk email ID creation must be improved. I had to create 50 to 60 IDs manually because when I tried the bulk option, it didn't work. I still had to cross-verify because some fields were empty."
"The number of main controllers affects the database for creating the hardware specs."
"I think the cost of this product is a little higher than I would expect."
"The solution is very complex, especially when there's an active directory of more than 1,000 users, which makes it hard to administrate. They need to improve the management of the administrative process."
"Lacks sufficient integration with management tools."
"This solution is not stable, it wasted my time."
"Other products have more flexibility and integration in managing identities."
ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is ranked 4th in Active Directory Management with 10 reviews while ManageEngine ADManager Plus is ranked 1st in Active Directory Management with 13 reviews. ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is rated 8.6, while ManageEngine ADManager Plus is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus writes "Helpful for real-time monitoring of AD and quick response to threats, but its configuration should be better". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ManageEngine ADManager Plus writes "An effective auditing solution that scours your AD and produces easy-to-understand logs". ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is most compared with Quest Change Auditor for Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Netwrix Auditor, Lepide and SolarWinds Access Rights Manager, whereas ManageEngine ADManager Plus is most compared with One Identity Active Roles, SolarWinds Access Rights Manager, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Active Directory and Lepide. See our ManageEngine ADAudit Plus vs. ManageEngine ADManager Plus report.
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