Netwrix Auditor

Score8.4 out of 10

57 Reviews and Ratings

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Pros

Helpful Notifications: Several users have found Netwrix Auditor's ability to send warnings to users about expiring passwords and notifications for multiple failed logons to be helpful in preventing lockouts, spotting suspicious activity, and assisting with password changes.

Flexible Customization: Many reviewers appreciate the flexibility provided by Netwrix Auditor's 'Search' function, which allows them to create custom notifications and reports. This feature enables users to monitor specific events and set up email reports tailored to their needs.

Useful Alerts: Users highly value the alerts provided by Netwrix Auditor as they aid in identifying account lockouts, uncovering firewall issues, and offering insights into various aspects of the environment. The alerts are seen as a valuable tool for monitoring and maintaining system security effectively.

Reviews

20 Reviews

Netwrix for on premise.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 18, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Netwrix as a change tracking tool, primarily to retrospectively look back at who made what change to the group policy or to spot audit active permission changes directly. We also configured Netwrix to send us email notifications if there are any changes made to specific OUs within the Active Directory
. Instant alerts if changes are made to high-profile accounts are our most useful aspect.

Pros

Email notifications.
Search history.
Reporting

Cons

Database maintenance.

Likelihood to Recommend

Although Netwrix supports Entra / Azure, I`ve limited experience in using it within that environment, and may recommend alternatives such as Sentinel. However, where there is a largely on-premise environment, then Netwrix works very well. Being module-based licensing, you can pick and choose which parts best suit your setup.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Netwrix Auditor provides an awesome suite of monitoring and reporting software, even the free version!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 10, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Netwrix Auditor to inspect and get alerts and daily reports of our technology environment, specifically in regards to servers, network switches, accounts locked out, file-level accesses, etc. Other features include things like logging users logging on to the domain, logging and sending email alerts regarding Active Directory changes, and much much more.

Pros

Sends alerts via email.
Sends scheduled log reports.
Keeps track of changes in Active Directory.

Cons

So far, we haven't experienced any issues with Netwrix Auditor.

Likelihood to Recommend

Netwrix Auditor is highly recommended for businesses of all sizes, even small ones since they have certain free features that even the smallest of businesses can take advantage of. It will certainly be beneficial for medium to large businesses when they take advantage of the paid features. In a real sense, Netwrix Auditor alerts and reports are an invaluable asset in our environment.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Netwrix Auditor is the powerful data classification tool

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 22, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Netwrix Auditor for GDPR and ISO 27001 compliance analysis. Netwrix has pre-configured reports to match company data to ISO 27001 requirements which simplifies the detection and remediation of potential issues.

Pros

Data Tagging and Auditing
Identify the sensitive information
Ensure regulatory compliance

Cons

Better or more pre-defined incident response decisions

Likelihood to Recommend

Netwrix Auditor is a great product, really easy to deploy and agentless. Pre-defined reports and analysis are really useful, and the product is overall very well designed and understandable.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Netwrix Auditor - A MUST HAVE for any SysAdmin

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 30, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Netwrix Auditor is a primary tool used for auditing the who, what, when and where a change was made to the infrastructure. This greatly reduces the time going through logs on different systems and increases productivity. We also employ User videos to get a real view into what was being don one our monitored systems.

Pros

Collecting logs
Providing alerts to email distribution list
Showing User videos

Cons

Collector service failures
Better GUI
best practice training

Likelihood to Recommend

Netwrix [Auditor] is a great tool for any SysAdmin no matter the company size. Licensing is determined by users, not employee count, and that makes it a great product from a small business to an enterprise application. The time savings coupled with the increased productivity is a key factor is determining this tool over other products.

Sam Livermore, MCP, iTIL

Lead Systems Administrator in Information Technology at MoneySolver (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

8 years of experience

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Netwrix for Active Directory

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 14, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We wanted to automate and improve our manual processes for reporting on objects within our active directory environment. Our needs were for internal reporting and for providing reporting as part of our annual audit processes for compliance. The product allowed for us to leverage canned reporting as well as creating scheduled custom reports to provide the information that would have take hours or days to gather by hand without a tool such as this

Pros

Custom Reporting
Canned Reports
Customer Support
Extending to Other Aspects of Microsoft Environment

Cons

Custom Reporting Features
Stream line of the user interface
more depth on One Drive Reporting

Likelihood to Recommend

Anyone who needs to report on actions taken within active directory or azure and you don't have PowerShell skills this is the product for you. I have used this product to produce reports that auditors have asked for and allow the data to be presented consistently and quickly We have also been able to provide real-time up to minute reports in the event of a security-related event that required to view access or changes to ad objects

Robert Ross

Director of Corporate Infrastructure in Information Technology at Visual Lease (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

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Netwrix Necessity

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

January 22, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Netwrix Auditor is being utilized for current compliance standards, it is a good product that allows for accurate reporting of our active directory events. We use the program to scan across our whole organization, which allows IT a greater look into trends and occurrences. This program has been instrumental in our monthly reporting and analysis of activity in our domain.

Pros

Great reporting.
Easy setup for scheduled deliveries.
Easily readable reports.

Cons

Better alerting for errors in system.
Better alerting for occurrences that flag attention.
Better consistency checks to ensure data is current.

Likelihood to Recommend

Useful in medium to large sized businesses where activity should be monitored and cannot be managed through normal personnel operations. Good for smaller IT departments that need to monitor for compliance, but can be a task to configure. Netwrix is not quite necessary for small businesses with few computers and/or managed service providers.

Luke Kuhlow

Network Administrator in Information Technology at First National Bank and Trust (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Great Website, Slick Interface. Awful Support.

Rating: 3 out of 10

Incentivized

January 15, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Netwrix primarily for my IT access rights audits, but my understanding is that our IT department also used it. It allowed me visibility into many different aspects of network access and use to prevent unauthorized activity and provide assurance to management. It allowed both a single deep dive and ongoing monitoring.

Pros

The website trial shows off the features of the software while also teaching how to perform a user access audit.
The user interface is very clean, user-friendly, intuitive, and snappy.
The software comes with a lot of explanations for the built-in reports to help users understand what the report is used for.
The software also makes it really easy to monitor the organization, with alerts for unacceptable actions or for unusual behavior above thresholds.

Cons

Our IT department spent a long time working on getting some of the features and reports working, with some success, but many reports and features were never fixed after a whole year of working with support. Apparently Netwrix support was responsive, but their fixes often failed to work.
My experience with customer support was very negative. I had several instances of emails going unanswered, sometimes but not always because my contact left the company and our account was never handed over appropriately.
Technical issues can be time-consuming to diagnose because it's hard to tell if a report is loading slowly, or failing. I don't think this problem is unique to Netwrix, though.

Likelihood to Recommend

Netwrix is great in situations when the user isn't already strongly familiar with the systems being audited (Active Directory and File Server, in my case). Netwrix was very helpful in explaining the use cases of many reports.
Netwrix might not be helpful for organizations that don't have the spare resources to support it. Be prepared to plow IT staff time into supporting the back end, and also put user time into customizing the software for your particular risk profile and network usage.

Kyle Michelli, CIA

Director of Internal Audit in Professional Services at Baton Rouge Telco FCU (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Best Auditing with Netwrix Auditor

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

January 15, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using it in ICT department only and following features are being used:

Active Directory Auditor
File Server Auditor
Windows Servers Auditor
VMware Architecture Auditor
User Activity Auditor

Through all above we are basically auditing systems administrator and their work over the systems. And specially housekeeping of AD and all other servers to fit with compliance.

Pros

Full Domain Controller activity monitoring.
Video recording of system admins without and limit.
VMware user activity monitoring and auditing.
Audit user activity over network devices.
Windows File Server access monitoring and audit.

Cons

Cisco with IOS 16 and above is not supported under Network Devices.
System Up and Down Status.
Reporting.

Likelihood to Recommend

Best Suited:
If you want audit your systems which are Windows then this tool is best and it also provide details on SQL and Oracle database and also provide good info for AD.

Not Suited:
If you want to audit Linux, Suse or ubuntu or any other operating system other than Windows then don't go for it. It only supports Microsoft Architecture.

Waqas Asghar Sipra

Deputy Manager (Services Support & Backup Admin North) in Information Technology at Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qaism Limited (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Netwrix Auditor Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

April 23, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Netwrix Auditor is used mainly by the Security department. However, we often pull information from Netwrix Auditor for other IT departments. It addresses problems relating to figuring out who made specific changes and security problems. Being able to view login failures, changes to users privileges, and so much more information helps us stay on top of things.

Pros

Provides accurate information
Easy to generate reports
Easy to filter, after initial learning curve

Cons

Challenging to learn filter options when first using the product
Not much video training provided online for the product
Could have better training available (additional guides, videos)

Likelihood to Recommend

Netwrix Auditor is great for reviewing events that occurred and tracking down the root cause of who/what made specific changes. It also works well for audits revolving around security and user accounts. The only situation I need to use a secondary product for is when I need to track down a specific IP or system. But that is only because of the licenses we have, if we purchased more we could get additional information out of the product.

Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Ease the burden of IT auditing

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 19, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Being in the cutting-edge technological industry - visibility into what is happening in the IT environment is a core component of a solid security strategy for any research/innovation-oriented organization. With the implementation of Netwrix Auditor throughout the organization, we keep our entire information data secure and confidential and maintain the accessibility of that data from our branches.

Pros

Detect security threats.
Prove compliance.

Cons

Bit finicky at times.

Likelihood to Recommend

Netwrix Auditor is a fantastic product that audits all of the items we need to audit. It will audit file servers, database server, Active Directory Servers, SharePoint servers and a whole lot more. We use it for all of these items and the price did not go up because we added more machine types.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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Great Website, Slick Interface. Awful Support.

Rating: 3 out of 10

Incentivized

January 15, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

The website trial shows off the features of the software while also teaching how to perform a user access audit.
The user interface is very clean, user-friendly, intuitive, and snappy.
The software comes with a lot of explanations for the built-in reports to help users understand what the report is used for.
The software also makes it really easy to monitor the organization, with alerts for unacceptable actions or for unusual behavior above thresholds.

Cons

Our IT department spent a long time working on getting some of the features and reports working, with some success, but many reports and features were never fixed after a whole year of working with support. Apparently Netwrix support was responsive, but their fixes often failed to work.
My experience with customer support was very negative. I had several instances of emails going unanswered, sometimes but not always because my contact left the company and our account was never handed over appropriately.
Technical issues can be time-consuming to diagnose because it's hard to tell if a report is loading slowly, or failing. I don't think this problem is unique to Netwrix, though.

Likelihood to Recommend

Kyle Michelli, CIA

Director of Internal Audit in Professional Services at Baton Rouge Telco FCU (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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