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Quest Identity Recovery vs Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 29, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Quest Identity Recovery
Ranking in Active Directory Recovery
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
3.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Recovery Manager for Active...
Ranking in Active Directory Recovery
6th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Active Directory Recovery category, the mindshare of Quest Identity Recovery is 15.0%, down from 17.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition is 11.4%, up from 4.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Active Directory Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Quest Identity Recovery15.0%
Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition11.4%
Other73.6%
Active Directory Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2889387 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Software Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Identity recovery has protected critical directory objects and provides fast, granular restores
Quest Identity Recovery could be improved in areas such as maintaining recoverable backups and supporting controlled restorations of identity object configurations to enhance resilience. Additionally, sourcing immutable backup storage can help protect recovery data against tampering, fortifying one of the most important security controls that does not replace preventive measures such as multi-factor authentication, privileged access management, or threat detection. The user interface is quite clean, making it easy for new employees to understand. However, having better supporting documentation is essential. Overall, the user interface is clean, and the documentation is quite good, but they could enhance it with more edge cases or use cases covering more end-to-end scenarios.
reviewer1773675 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Analyst at Isospeed Group
A reliable Active Directory that is flexible and easy to expand
The primary use case is the backup of Active Directory and a quick and effective restore in case of a disaster. The second use case is the quick restore of objects accidentally deleted or modified.    We have a reliable Active Directory backup now. We know that in case of disaster or mistakes we…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"With Quest Identity Recovery, I can recover specific directory objects more easily than before."
"Quest Identity Recovery has positively impacted my organization as it is one of the most reliable tools, providing confidence that any human error can be recovered."
"With Quest Identity Recovery, we can speed up the process by ninety percent, saving us a lot of time."
"You can set different backup schedules and retentions, store backup data in different locations, et cetera."
 

Cons

"I would appreciate a stronger integration of Quest Identity Recovery with SIEM platforms like Splunk or Microsoft Sentinel, as this would make it easier to correlate Active Directory changes with other security events and investigate suspicious activities from one place."
"The initial implementation and integration of Quest Identity Recovery were quite difficult and robust, suggesting that the setup could be more accessible, and additional important documentation could add value."
"Quest Identity Recovery could be improved with better automation, faster recovery, and reduced storage usage to lower infrastructure costs and investments."
"The product should be more compatible with the last generation endpoint protection solutions (antivirus)."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
22%
Healthcare Company
9%
Retailer
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Quest Identity Recovery?
Quest Identity Recovery could be improved in areas such as maintaining recoverable backups and supporting controlled restorations of identity object configurations to enhance resilience. Additional...
What is your primary use case for Quest Identity Recovery?
My main use case for Quest Identity Recovery is to recover critical Active Directory and Entra ID objects. Whenever they are accidentally deleted by a user or from any of our team, we have to recov...
What advice do you have for others considering Quest Identity Recovery?
Quest Identity Recovery is deployed through Quest's cloud-hosted security management platform. We can also deploy it on-premises as well with Active Directory recovery and the agent installed on a ...
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