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ManageEngine ADManager Plus vs Microsoft Entra ID comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine ADManager Plus
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Active Directory Management (1st)
Microsoft Entra ID
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
218
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (1st), Authentication Systems (1st), Identity Management (IM) (1st), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (1st), Access Management (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

ManageEngine ADManager Plus and Microsoft Entra ID aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. ManageEngine ADManager Plus is designed for Active Directory Management and holds a mindshare of 14.2%, up 13.8% compared to last year.
Microsoft Entra ID, on the other hand, focuses on Single Sign-On (SSO), holds 29.7% mindshare, up 28.5% since last year.
Active Directory Management
Single Sign-On (SSO)
 

Featured Reviews

ManishMehta - PeerSpot reviewer
Validates every activity and helps to delegate access management
I use ManageEngine ADManager Plus for auditing.  The solution helps us with access delegation. It keeps our footprint in the Active Directory small, making it easier to watch over and secure. This is good for cybersecurity, helping us track changes and daily checks on who's doing what in our…
Vinod Survase - PeerSpot reviewer
Saves us time and money and features Conditional Access policies, SSPR, and MFA
I want better integration between Azure AD and the on-prem environment because there are currently limitations that can hamper employee experience. We use a feature called password writeback, that can be challenging to implement in a hybrid environment. Employees can change their passwords using a self-service password reset (SSPR) feature, which reflects from the cloud to the on-prem identity, but not the other way around. Currently, there is no way to reflect passwords from on-prem identities to the cloud. There are other similar limitations, such as a cap on the number of identities that can be synchronized in a particular time frame, which can be an issue for large enterprises with 300,000 employees or more.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use, the ability for us to customize the access privileges for the users, and integration with ServiceDesk Plus."
"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 scalability is also good. ADManager Plus is being used by seven to eight system administrators right now, and it has been working fine."
"Makes it easy to administer your active directory."
"Simple with good automation."
"The most valuable feature was conducting the automation of our cloud and all services of the Active Directory."
"It makes our job easier, especially for managing data for a bulk of users."
"The solution offers very good reports for management purposes."
"It is great for mom-and-pop shops or small businesses that are truly coming into the enterprise ecosystem and that have not come from a legacy environment."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to establish resource groups and set permissions through RBAC across these groups."
"Active Directory itself is the best feature it has. It also gives us a single pane of glass for managing user access."
"The ability to grant access to other organizations is helpful."
"The ability to offer employees access to any platform, including private PCs and tablets, has been a game-changer."
"Microsoft Entra ID has helped the company with user identities, user device management, and endpoint management."
"The performance is good."
"Microsoft Authenticator is highly secure."
 

Cons

"It would be nice if the solution offered some sort of brochure with some high-level information that would help sell it to management. If they had details around how much time it saves an engineer, for example, to show the ROI, it would be helpful."
"I think the cost of this product is a little higher than I would expect."
"With the number of available integrations these days, it would be beneficial to have more ready-to-integrate technologies in other products as well."
"Other products have more flexibility and integration in managing identities."
"The solution should be made tablet friendly because it works well on iPhones and Android phones, but does not work on tablets."
"Some things are not very intuitive."
"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."
"The only issue is the OU is not properly synced. Therefore, you have to do a manual sync sometimes or you might lose the connector due to AD Connect or sync servers."
"Be aware that it may not work perfectly globally yet. There are still glitches with the solution in Africa."
"I would like to be able to authenticate Wi-Fi users using the Azure ID"
"Private access and internet access should be available in a less expensive licensing model."
"Entra ID needs to improve its application credentials and use of ID permissions. There are challenges with the management layer."
"The security policy of Azure Active Directory should be based on a matrix so that we can easily visualize which users have access to what."
"From an admin perspective, I would like to see improvement in the Microsoft Graph API."
"The documentation could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I need to pay for the license, and I believe that it could be made cheaper."
"The cost of this product is a little higher than I would expect for a tool like this."
"It is not expensive."
"The tool's pricing is good."
"The pricing depends on scope and makes sense for use cases with multiple domains."
"I am satisfied with the solution’s pricing."
"I downloaded the trial version, only."
"Expensive solution, but if you look at the technical benefits it provides, the price for it is decent."
"The price is affordable, and we pay around $100 per month."
"If you're on Azure, it can be free or it's incorporated, at no extra cost, or it can become extremely complicated."
"I think we're on the E3 — I think it was about 35 dollars per user."
"Azure Active Directory is more expensive than Google, but the capabilities they provide are superior."
"It is worth the money."
"Azure AD comes with Office 365, so we are just paying for the Office 365 license."
"Azure Active Directory is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
32%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine ADManager Plus?
I need to pay for the license, and I believe that it could be made cheaper.
What needs improvement with ManageEngine ADManager Plus?
ManageEngine ADManager Plus is capable of everything. The product's price is an area of concern where improvements can be introduced by making it available at a cheaper rate. The support should be ...
How does Duo Security compare with Microsoft Authenticator?
We switched to Duo Security for identity verification. We’d been using a competitor but got the chance to evaluate Duo for 30 days, and we could not be happier. Duo Security is easy to configure a...
What do you like most about Azure Active Directory?
It is very simple. The Active Directory functions are very easy for us. Its integration with anything is very easy. We can easily do third-party multifactor authentication.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Active Directory?
Most features of Entra ID are part of Microsoft's ecosystem and included in Microsoft 365 bundles, which means there are no additional costs associated with pricing and licensing.
 

Also Known As

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Azure AD, Azure Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Authenticator
 

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Sample Customers

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Microsoft Entre ID is trusted by companies of all sizes and industries including Walmart, Zscaler, Uniper, Amtrak, monday.com, and more.
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