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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS Identity & Access Management

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AAWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) enables users to manage access to AWS services and resources securely. Using IAM, users can create and manage AWS users and groups, and use permissions to allow and deny their access to AWS resources.N/A

    ManageEngine ADManager Plus

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    ManageEngine ADManager Plus simplifies enterprise-wide Windows Active Directory management and reporting.

    $595

    per year per domain

    Pricing
    AWS Identity & Access ManagementManageEngine ADManager Plus
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free Edition
    $0
    No Expiration Supports up to 100 domain objects
    Standard
    $595
    per year 1 Domain & 2 help desk Technicians
    Standard Edition
    $595
    per year Priced per domain; scales with the number of domains, technicians, and add-ons.
    Professional
    $795
    per year 1 Domain
    Professional Edition
    $795
    per year Priced per domain; scales with the number of domains, technicians, and add-ons.
    Standard
    $1,195
    per year 1 Domain & 5 help desk Technicians
    Professional
    $1,795
    per year 1 Domain & 2 help desk Technicians
    Standard
    $2,145
    per year 1 Domain & 10 help desk Technicians
    Standard
    $3,345
    per year 1 Domain & 20 help desk Technicians
    Professional
    $3,345
    per year 1 Domain & 5 help desk Technicians
    Professional
    $5,395
    per year 1 Domain & 10 help desk Technicians
    Standard
    $5995
    per year 1 Domain & 50 help desk Technicians
    Standard
    $7795
    per year 1 Domain & 100 help desk Technicians
    Professional
    $7,795
    per year 1 Domain & 20 help desk Technicians
    Standard
    $10,795
    per year 1 Domain & 200 help desk Technicians
    Professional
    $10,795
    per year 1 Domain & 50 help desk Technicians
    Standard
    $11,995
    per year 1 Domain & 500 help desk Technicians
    Professional
    $11,995
    per year 1 Domain & 100 help desk Technicians
    Professional
    $15,595
    per year 1 Domain & 200 help desk Technicians
    Professional
    $17,995
    per year 1 Domain & 500 help desk Technicians
    Standard
    Free
    per year 1 Domain
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AWS Identity & Access ManagementManageEngine ADManager Plus
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsEach additional domain: Standard = $345. Professional = $595. These prices are for an annual license. ADManager Plus license is xml-based and supplied through e-mail. Each ADManager Plus license includes an administrator account by default. ADManager Plus offers two main add-ons: a Governance, Risk and Compliance add-on for access certification and advanced compliance capabilities, and a Backup and Recovery add-on for AD, Entra ID, and Google Workspace user objects.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AWS Identity & Access ManagementManageEngine ADManager Plus
    Identity Management
    Comparison of Identity Management features of AWS Identity & Access Management and ManageEngine ADManager Plus
    Feature
    AWS Identity & Access Management
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    26% below category average
    ManageEngine ADManager Plus
    -
    Ratings
    ID-Management Access Control9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account Provisioning and De-provisioning7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Management Workflow Automation2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Risk Management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AWS Identity & Access ManagementManageEngine ADManager Plus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.7
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    10.0
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    AWS Identity & Access ManagementManageEngine ADManager Plus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    AWS Identity & Access Management is well suited to managing AWS application access between services. Very helpful for both third-party products and in-house developed software. Very happy with how easy it is to create access keys and then share them in our environment. AWS IAM can also be used to manage individual users, but I highly recommend using AWS SSO for that purpose instead. Much easier to deploy for console access and from a security side easier to turn off in one click from your SSO provider.
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    The interface has really improved and modernized over the years. It integrates perfectly with Active Directory and can do just about anything you can imagine. It's speedy, too—large tasks don't take long at all. I've used this product for many, many years (over a decade) and have rarely needed support, but when I have reached out for assistance, they've been helpful. The price is fantastic for what you get. It can seem like a one-trick pony at first, but the more you use it, the more you realize what else you can do with it. ADManager Plus is chock-full of tools that you'd think Microsoft would include out of the box, but after 25+ years of Active Directory, it's clear they have no interest in doing so. ADManager Plus fills all the gaps left by Microsoft. Simple mass imports with automatic OU assignments, mass changes to existing accounts, etc. Some of this can be done through PowerShell, sure, but this makes it easy.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Customized access per key to limit scope
    • Safely distributes access keys
    • Provides access audits
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • It is very good in the bulk user creation. With this tool, we can create a number of users in just a few minutes rather than following a long old process.
    • It is good for bulk user account modification. You can select a lot of users and make changes as per the requirements.
    • ManageEngine ADManager Plus is helping us a lot in the report generation of user accounts, passwords, groups, and other reports that are helping us a lot.
    • This tool also helps us with mailbox creation and shared mailbox creation
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Better integration with roles and policies so you don't need three windows open to create a new IAM user
    • Display recommended configurations based on services being used
    • Easier options to base config on existing users
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • They need to improve their report in terms of modification, like you will not get a lot of customization options in the report.
    • In the password report if you are applying filter in Days since password last set and selecting the password change date from day 0 and again you want to select the Account status as Enable then you cannot do this.
    • If you have more than 1 domain and you are trying to modify users in both domains in a single attempt, you cannot do this.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    We would be unable to manage the interconnected nature of our AWS services without AWS IAM.
    Incentivized
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    We are very satfisfied with the software and when time permits, we hope to explore additional features we are not using. It has a lot of we ae not currently using due to staffing shortages.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    For the most part, ADManager usability is pretty great, once you understand it. There is a decently large learning curve, mainly when using the api integration and automations. For simple things, like unlocking accounts, it is very usable. Understanding the way to customize reports and automations is where it lost points.
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Yes, it loads very quickly and moving between pages is very fast
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    This is one of their lacking points... Every time I have needed support the first thing they want to see is our log files. And then it can take days or weeks to hear back from them and sometimes you have to follow up yourself or they will just close your request. If you can actually get someone on the phone or a sessions scheduled to troubleshoot, sometimes you'll be lucky enough to solve your problem. We used to have a major new hire automation running in ADManager and it broke after updating the software. We went back and forth with them for a month or so and they were not able to resolve the issue, I ended up writing a PowerShell script and scheduling it to do the work that was being done before. This also allowed me to make the automation better than ADManager allowed.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    While we do not use Microsoft Azure for our servers and other customer-facing services. If we did, we would have to use Microsoft Azure Active Directory to manage access to services appropriately. It's difficult to quantify the differences between the services as they are truly different. I would recommend choosing AWS or Azure, then using the identity management provided by the same vendor.
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    We decided to use ManageEngine ADManager Plus due to the compatibility it had with our systems. We run a hybrid environment and ManageEngine ADManager Plus was the system that fit into our infrastructure the best. It also provides the most opportunity for growth in the way we want and does not require us to build on systems we are not yet ready to implement.
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    Scalability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    We are currently deploying on 1 department
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    Professional Services
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    They are able to demo the product and clearly explain use case scenario's and how to do things
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Without IAM, it would be difficult to use AWS across services. Increased ROI
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • The built-in reports and queries are invaluable. You simply won't have this information in a vanilla AD environment.
    • The ease that you can access the information you need about your environment is outstanding. You can access the information you need quickly so you can make better decisions on managing your business.
    • The ability to easily designate techs with limited access is great. This offloads menial administration duties from your higher level techs so your not paying high level folks to do redundant tasks.
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    ScreenShots

    ManageEngine ADManager Plus Screenshots

    Screenshot of A unified dashboard to help administrators spot, prioritize, and act in one place.Screenshot of the interface to build end-to-end automation templates with a drag-and-drop sequenceScreenshot of where to visualize attack paths across AD, trace how a single account could escalate to privileged access, and close the gaps before attackers find them.Screenshot of how to onboard new hires at scale — import a CSV, pick a container, and create users in minutes.Screenshot of some of the over 200 prebuilt AD reports that are ready to run, schedule, or export.