ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

What do you like best about the product?

Single pane of glass for all Active directory entities

What do you dislike about the product?

Sometime the sync will fail from the workstations and it can be a challenge to get them to sync back up.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Single pane of glass view of security events

What do you like best about the product?

I find ManageEngine ADAudit Plus invaluable for AD security auditing in our compliance work. I love the real-time visibility it gives me into logins, permission changes, and GPO activity. This kind of audit trail used to take hours manually, and now everything is clear and organized, so there's no more digging around in event logs. The instant alerts for unusual activity or failed logins keep me informed without needing to constantly monitor the system. Knowing the current state of the domain and getting notified of any unauthorized changes in minutes gives me great confidence. The setup was very easy too, thanks to the step-by-step setup wizard.

What do you dislike about the product?

The reporting interface could be more intuitive. Mainly the filtering needs improvement. More than just better filters, I'd really want a proper report builder where I can drag and drop the fields I care about.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus gives me real-time visibility into Active Directory, with instant alerts for unusual activity. It replaces tedious manual log reviews, saving me time and ensuring I catch critical issues quickly, providing confidence in my compliance efforts.

What do you like best about the product?

I like the visibility in a great format and dashboard without a lot of manual effort. The alerts, reporting, and audit trails make it much simpler to investigate changes, monitor account behavior, and support compliance requirements. Initial setup was quite easy, and we did it by ourselves without any extra implementation service. The support was helpful when we needed assistance.

What do you dislike about the product?

Nothing in particular to report. Overall quite satisfied with the solution.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use ManageEngine ADAudit Plus to monitor and audit Active Directory and Entra ID, providing audit trails, alerts, and reporting. It enhances compliance, troubleshooting, and security monitoring. The easy-to-use dashboard gives great visibility with minimal effort, simplifying compliance and security management.

What do you like best about the product?

The centralized visibility into Active Directory activity is the biggest strength. ADAudit Plus makes it easy to track things like logon/logoff history and quickly respond to internal audit or security requests without having to pull data from multiple sources.

What do you dislike about the product?

The main limitation is that it can take some time to fully understand and optimize all of the available features during initial setup. While onboarding is straightforward for core use cases, there’s a learning curve if you want to take advantage of more advanced capabilities or integrations.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

ADAudit Plus is solving the challenge of quickly accessing reliable Active Directory audit data, especially for user activity like logon/logoff history and account-related events. Before implementing it, gathering this information required manual effort across multiple systems, which was time-consuming and inconsistent.

What do you like best about the product?

Lots of canned reports, very customizable for other reports and alerts.
I use it to keep track of what users are making big file changes and deletions.

What do you dislike about the product?

Can have a steep learning curve for making custom reports and alerts, BUT the tech support is VERY helpful and responsive when I have run into issues making my own alerts.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It keeps an eye on user file share activity, Domain Admin activity, and users being added to high risk groups. I'll get emails when these happen. These and other alerts I have setup keep me informed about my large enviroment.

A big issue for me I keeping an eye on file share size and managing who is using the most space. ADAudit tracks who is creating new, and copying files.

What do you like best about the product?

The product is accurate and easy to use.

What do you dislike about the product?

I would like to see continued research and development into this product.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It aids my staff in identifying stale accounts, locked out accounts and potential security risks.

What do you like best about the product?

ADAudit Plus provides clear and detailed audit logs, making it easy to track Active Directory changes and user activities. The interface is user-friendly, and the real-time alerts help identify security and compliance issues quickly.

What do you dislike about the product?

Performance can be a bit slower when working with very large environments and when handling historical data.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

ADAudit Plus helps us monitor Active Directory changes, track user activity, and receive real-time alerts for critical events. This improves security, simplifies troubleshooting, and supports compliance requirements.

What do you like best about the product?

We use ManageEngine ADAudit Plus to monitor and alert on all of our Active Directory instance. we have 4 production instances and 4 test/dev instances covered. ADAudit Plus is especially helpful with compliance related tasks as well as monitoring and alerting on sensitive groups, users, and other changes to Active Directory. It's easy to use and a great tool for the price point.

What do you dislike about the product?

While there are many canned reports available, there are limited options for custom reports.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Compliance monitoring and reporting is much easier.

What do you like best about the product?

I like being able to report on failures, which is useful for tracking log-in issues. The interface is mostly understandable, which is helpful for navigating through the software.

What do you dislike about the product?

The upgrade process is fiddly.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use ManageEngine ADAudit Plus to track log-in failures and ensure customers know when their staff are logging in or losing access.

What do you like best about the product?

What I like best about ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is the ability to quickly pull many different types of reports and easily find the information we need when conducting investigations. It makes it much easier to review user activity, track changes, and identify important details without having to spend unnecessary time searching through logs manually.

What do you dislike about the product?

One area I would like to see improved in ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is the reporting around Microsoft 365/O365. While the tool is very useful for Active Directory auditing and investigations, the available O365 reports feel more limited compared to what is available for on-premise AD. Having more detailed and flexible Microsoft 365 reporting would make the tool even more valuable, especially as more services continue moving to the cloud.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus helps solve the challenge of quickly finding and reviewing Active Directory activity during investigations. It gives us visibility into user activity, logon events, account changes, group membership changes, and other important security-related events that would otherwise require more manual effort to track down.