We performed a comparison between ManageEngine ADAudit Plus and Microsoft Entra ID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about ManageEngine, Netwrix, One Identity and others in Active Directory Management."The most valuable feature of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is its reports."
"The documentation for this solution is good."
"The monitoring and reporting are extensive and we get all the information we need while they continue to enhance the capabilities of the product."
"It assists in managing the active directory and modifying the reintegrated GPOs."
"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."
"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."
"The Account Lockout Analyzer and the Inactive Users reports are particularly valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the control of the file server."
"The security features are great. They will report in advance to you in the case of suspicious activity."
"The most valuable features are the Conditional Access policies, SSPR, and MFA. Another good functionality is registering enterprise applications to provide access to external parties. These four features are precious and are the most used across different use cases for various clients and projects."
"It's a very scalable solution."
"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."
"It's definitely both stable and scalable."
"The solution allows users to authenticate from home, and the Office 360 integration is advantageous."
"The user management groups are valuable. It is a pretty basic product, but user management, in general, is valuable with the ability to differentiate between business lines and add different policies, group-based management, and dynamic user groups."
"It helps with privacy control of identity data. It makes security very easy."
"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."
"There are so many reports that it sometimes makes it difficult to navigate to what you need."
"It assists in managing the active directory and modifying the reintegrated GPOs."
"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."
"ADAudit Plus can be very tricky, especially if we need to do some high-availability configuration or distributed environment installation."
"The initial setup was difficult."
"The solution's managing file server activity could be improved."
"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."
"Microsoft should work on enhancing its machine-learning algorithm to prevent unnecessary lockouts of users."
"My understanding is, in the future, they will be able to bring everything into one single platform and they are not there yet."
"The technical support could improve by having a faster response time."
"I would like to be able to authenticate Wi-Fi users using the Azure ID"
"I hope, in the roadmap, Microsoft eventually offers the same features as Okta. It will take some more time to mature."
"When it comes to Azure, creating certain things or getting different resources isn't very clear. You need a certain level of knowledge of the system. It could be a little bit more friendly so that some of the things can be done easily, but after everything is created, it's easy to use."
"The onboarding process for new users can be improved. It can be made simpler for people who have never registered to Azure AD previously and need to create an account and enable the MFA. The initial setup can be made simpler for non-IT people. It should be a bit simpler to use. Unless you get certifications, such as AZ-300 and AZ-301, it is not a simple thing to use at the enterprise scale."
"The solution has not saved costs. While we’ve eliminated some tools, there are some other features that we are dependent on as admin, which are not yet integrated with Azure AD."
ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is ranked 4th in Active Directory Management with 10 reviews while Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 1st in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 190 reviews. ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6. 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 Microsoft Entra ID writes "Allows users to authenticate from home and has excellent integrations in a simple, stable solution". ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is most compared with ManageEngine ADManager Plus, Quest Change Auditor for Active Directory, Netwrix Auditor, SolarWinds Access Rights Manager and Lepide, whereas Microsoft Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Yubico YubiKey and Cisco Duo.
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