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ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

Overview

What is ManageEngine ADAudit Plus?

ADAudit Plus offers real-time monitoring, user and entity behaviour analytics, and change audit reports that helps users keep AD and IT infrastructure secure and compliant.Track all changes to Windows AD objects including users, groups, computers, GPOs, and OUs.Achieve hybrid AD monitoring with…

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Recent Reviews

Good tool

8 out of 10
February 29, 2024
Incentivized
Auditing Admin Activities, Ransomware Protection, Auditing malicious user activities, and changes on systems. The audit tracking from …
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ADAudit Plus Review

9 out of 10
February 24, 2024
Incentivized
We have two products. One for the Domain controllers and the second for the file servers. ADAudit Plus collects all of our data, logs, …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Data visualization (42)
    9.0
    90%
  • Administrator access control (45)
    8.8
    88%
  • Customizable reporting (47)
    7.8
    78%
  • Automated alerts and notifications (45)
    7.1
    71%

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Pricing

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Standard

$595

On Premise
per year

Professional

$945

On Premise
per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.manageengine.com/products/a…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $595 per year
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Features

Monitoring Tasks

Various types of monitoring

7.8
Avg 8.4

Management Tasks

Various tasks required to keep systems running smoothly

8.9
Avg 8.4

Reporting

Report generation to help with system monitoring tasks

8.5
Avg 8.3

Security

Management of security aspects of system monitoring

6.6
Avg 7.6
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Product Details

What is ManageEngine ADAudit Plus?

ADAudit Plus offers real-time monitoring, user and entity behaviour analytics, and change audit reports that helps users keep AD and IT infrastructure secure and compliant.

  • Track all changes to Windows AD objects including users, groups, computers, GPOs, and OUs.
  • Achieve hybrid AD monitoring with a single, correlated view of all the activities happening across both on-premises AD and Azure AD.
  • Monitor every user's logon and logoff activity, including every successful and failed login attempt across network workstations.
  • Audit Windows file servers, failover clusters, NetApp, and EMC storage to document changes to files and folders.
  • Monitor system configurations, program files, and folder changes to ensure file integrity.
  • Track changes across Windows servers, printers, and USB devices with a summary of events.
  • Leverage advanced statistical analysis and machine learning techniques to detect anomalous behaviour and defend against cyber attacks.

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus Features

Monitoring Tasks Features

  • Supported: Remote monitoring
  • Supported: Network device monitoring
  • Supported: Multiple Server Monitoring
  • Supported: Multi-device monitoring
  • Supported: Automated alerts and notifications

Management Tasks Features

  • Supported: Service configuration management
  • Supported: Policy-based automation

Reporting Features

  • Supported: Performance data reports
  • Supported: Customizable reporting
  • Supported: Data visualization
  • Supported: Risk analysis

Security Features

  • Supported: Administrator access control

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus Screenshots

Screenshot of Active Directory AuditingScreenshot of Track Account LockoutsScreenshot of Logon MonitoringScreenshot of Audit User PrivilegesScreenshot of PCI - DSS Compliance

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus Video

Redinet's testimonial about ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone
Supported CountriesGlobal
Supported LanguagesEnglish

Frequently Asked Questions

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus starts at $595.

Netwrix Auditor, SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM), and Splunk User Behavior Analytics (UBA) are common alternatives for ManageEngine ADAudit Plus.

Reviewers rate Multiple Server Monitoring highest, with a score of 9.2.

The most common users of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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February 27, 2024

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is useful in identifying who changed what and when within AD and Azure AD. It is helpful in identifying why logins fail and allow easier resolution. Tracking of anomalous behaviour.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We detected that a person was logged into a server with his regular credentials when he should not have been able to since only admin accounts are allowed to do so. We saw a user getting locked accounts all the time, logging into a server, and then logging out. After he changed his password twice, the account locked out due to the login.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
in our environment we have found it to be most beneficial to as an alerting system when someone has been added to a privilege group that may not have been authorized to be in the group. These alerts go to the Domain Admins group that will then determine if the user role is authorized or not. We also use to track who has done Group Policy updates and may not have gone through the correct Change Control process.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The ManageEngine ADAudit Plus solution is well suited for us when it comes to all of the security and auditing features and capabilities. Being in a highly regulated industry, having the access and the visibility this solution provides is so needed and very important. Also, the name carries weight as well with auditors as they are aware of the product and its capabilities as well. It currently has no areas for us as to being not appropriate.
February 26, 2024

Great bang for the buck.

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is very cost effective solution, it covers most of our needs compared to competitors at a fraction of the price. It requires a bit of work to get to a great place as far as relevant information
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have had some administrative staff make changes that were not authorized and having ManageEngine ADAudit Plus really helped us provide the evidence that they in fact made the unauthorized change. We've also had a case where some file changes were made by service accounts and that helped us figure out which ones were doing the change.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's been a great tool for monitoring Active Directory logins and access to files on our servers. I receive daily reports on failed logins which helps to find users with expired passwords that could be logged in to multiple computers and causing constant failed logins. As well as bad usernames which is very helpful to identify unwanted logins on computers or attempts by certain users that should not be logging in at all. We monitor access to sensitive HR and CEO files.
Ken Lubar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
ManageEngine is mostly a "check the box" solution for SIEM systems. We needed something that satisfied our customer and was cost-effective. I would highly rate the system on "worth what paid for". Support is eager to please and prompt. My only issue is that it's mostly based outside the US with helpful, but non-native speakers so it's hard to understand them. I wish they would spring for better help "phone lines" so I'm not dealing with difficult to understand and unclear speakers.
February 24, 2024

ADAudit Plus Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The instant alerts when something happens is great, it has good details on what and who did the change or event. Can't think of a scenario where it is less appropriate.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
To provide increased logging and reporting ability in the form of a cost-effective and easy-to-deploy solution. To provide a plug-and-play solution to manage even the most decentralized AD environments.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Helps investigate logs much more quickly Archive logs for longer retention as most of the Active Directory logs get overridden really quickly Helps get alerts for critical changes in real-time Helps with reporting needs Provides dashboard.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Active Directory environments ADAudit works very well. For workgroups, it won't always work the best. Pricing is very scalable for an organization of any size and growth pattern to do reporting and AD analysis. With the new offer for cloud and on-prem installation services any company can get in on this tools' use for an attractive price.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
During the pandemic after being instructed to work from home, it became a bit challenging for departments to track employee activity, the business approached IT for a solution which we quickly constructed using ManageEngine ADAudit reports "Logon Logoff activity" this provided the business with some clarity on attendance and absences.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
ADAudit is one of the most important tools in my arsenal regarding network security. I'm impressed by how quickly it is able to alert me if changes are made on the network. I use this tool every day as my first line of defense for cybersecurity.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Well suited in any Active Directory environment. It helps us in a bunch of different ways but most notably the actual auditing of our environment. It hits the WHO? When? Where? for us. Who made the change, when they made the change and of course where they made the change. Being able to go back over a year is also very helpful.

If you're not in an AD environment, the software is obviously not helpful but if you are...don't miss out. Implementation is a breeze, the software works great. Support is consistent. Not the best, but definitely not the worst.
Aaron Nielson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
This audit solution is appropriate for both small and large institutions. It can provide excellent audit reports that are easily obtained and provide clear details of the who, what, when. There are other solutions that are a bit more robust when it comes to detecting and alerting on malicious activity but for the cost and customizable options, ADAudit Plus is hard to beat. I have successfully used this product to detect and thwart intrusion events. If configured correctly, it can provide robust detection and alerting capabilities.
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