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ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is a comprehensive IT auditing solution that delivers clear, real-time visibility across Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, file servers, Windows servers, and workstations. Designed for audit readiness, it offers 300+ prebuilt reports to track logins, audit file access, monitor user activity, analyze account lockouts, and capture group, password, and other Active Directory object changes with precision. Real-time alerts enable IT teams to detect risks, investigate anomalies, and respond to suspicious activity faster. Beyond auditing, ADAudit Plus detects 25+ common Active Directory attack patterns and flags risky misconfigurations across endpoints, servers, and cloud setups. With detailed audit trails, instant alerts, and built-in threat detection, ADAudit Plus helps you secure and maintain compliance across your on-premises and cloud environments.
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We have been using ManageEngine ADAudit Plus for years, and during that time we have had no issues with the products speed, reliability, or feature set.
Pros: The ManageEngine ADAudit Plus product is the least expensive way to audit and alert on any Active Directory environment. They are 100% web based and do not require any agents. Upgrades are the best for any product I have ever used. Any company using Active Directory should be running ManageEngine ADAudit Plus.
Cons: Even though the support for ManageEngine ADAudit Plus has always been excellent, they can be a little bit hard to understand with the language barrier.
Ben S. · Infrastructure Architect · Education Management · May 6, 2026
The most helpful is for auditing behaviour / investigations including logon/off and file read/write/delete/modify etc
Pros: Easy to use, Does AD, EntraID, File Server file auditing (amazing value for money) great UI as always
Cons: Nothing much, in some screens, could do with more columns, but overall, i cannot fault the ManageEngine UI
Peter B. · Principal consultant · Hospital & Health Care · April 8, 2026
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ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is essentially the "missing link" for any IT department that relies on Active Directory. While Microsoft provides the data through native logs, ADAudit Plus provides the intelligence. It transforms a chaotic stream of raw events into a structured, searchable, and visual security narrative.
Pros: As a SysAdmin overseeing a hybrid environment, keeping track of what actually happens inside Active Directory (AD) has always been a challenge. Native logs are notoriously difficult to parse and even harder to turn into actionable data. After implementing ManageEngine ADAudit Plus, the difference in visibility was immediate.
Cons: While the tool is powerful, there are a few aspects that could be refined to improve the user experience: ADAudit Plus can be quite a "memory hog." Because it processes a massive amount of real-time data, it requires a well-provisioned server. If you try to run it on a VM with the bare minimum specifications, the web console can become sluggish, especially during peak hours or when generating large historical reports. Out of the box, the system is very sensitive. If you don't spend significant time during the first week fine-tuning the alert thresholds, your inbox will be flooded with notifications for routine, non-threatening actions. A more intuitive "auto-tuning" feature based on baseline behavior would be a great addition. The UI is packed with features, which is a double-edged sword. Some menus are buried three or four layers deep, making it occasionally difficult to find specific niche settings. A more modern, streamlined "Search" function for the settings menu would save a lot of time.
Anonymous User · CEO · Apparel & Fashion · December 22, 2025
VALUE FOR MONEY CUSTOMER SUPPORT EASE OF USE FORM CREATION REMOTE ACCESS COMPLIANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT TRACKING
Pros: REMOTE ACCESS, It helps organizations monitor user and system activities, detect threats, and satisfy compliance requirements through features like logon/logoff tracking, file access monitoring, and user behavior analytics (UBA). The tool extends its auditing capabilities to include cloud environments like Azure AD and supports a wide range of platforms and devices.
Cons: Nothing at all, It helps organizations monitor user and system activities, detect threats, and satisfy compliance requirements through features like logon/logoff tracking, file access monitoring, and user behavior analytics (UBA). The tool extends its auditing capabilities to include cloud environments like Azure AD and supports a wide range of platforms and devices.
Artisha W. · Reporting · Accounting · November 19, 2025
Pros: Generous free plan and the paid plans are very in depth and feature rich. Solid piece of software that integrates well and helps my team stay compliant and on top of tracking.
Cons: It is quite overwhelming when first using, there is definitely a steeper learning curve than your typical software.
ANDREY V. · CEO · Marketing and Advertising · November 10, 2025
On the whole, I would say that ManageEngine ADAudit Plus was a very enjoyable software to work with. The tool not only allowed me to have much clearer visibility of changes in our Active Directory environment but was also instrumental in securing our security posture. When I first started using it, I used up quite a considerable amount of time with the learning curve, but after that, I was able to use it daily feeling it was very dependable, it had great precision, and working with it was also easy. The integration of real-time alerts, in-depth reports, and a user-friendly interface made it an excellent tool for both overseeing and meeting regulation requirements.
Pros: The aspect of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus that I enjoyed the most is that it is simple to use and at the same time delivers thorough insights. The interface is very intuitive that I can tackle even very complicated audit requests without much effort. I particularly liked the variety of predefined reports; having those available saved me time and gave me a quick snapshot of user actions and changes to Active Directory. The alerts in real-time were also a big benefit, as they enabled me to detect and respond to situations before they became bigger issues.
Cons: One thing I liked least about ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is that some advanced configuration options give you a feeling of being overwhelmed when you first try them. Getting acquainted with all the features and customizing the reports to your liking indeed takes a small amount of time. Additionally, the system can be somewhat sluggish at the start if the environment is large. It is not something that hinders the success of the product, but it does make you have to wait a bit in the beginning.
Anonymous User · Head of Enterprise Systems · Financial Services · September 28, 2025
Minha experiência com o ManageEngine ADAudit Plus foi, em geral, positiva. A ferramenta realmente cumpre o que promete quando o assunto é monitoramento de Active Directory, servidores e arquivos, trazendo relatórios prontos, alertas em tempo real e recursos de análise de comportamento que ajudam bastante a identificar atividades suspeitas. Para quem precisa de visibilidade e conformidade, o sistema entrega muito valor, inclusive com relatórios úteis em auditorias
Pros: a ferramenta oferece monitoramento e relatórios extensos, com visibilidade ampla sobre alterações no Active Directory e servidores de arquivos
Cons: A configuração para cenários com alta disponibilidade ou distribuição entre servidores costuma dar bastante trabalho:
Anonymous User · CEO · Animation · September 2, 2025
Great toolset and a no-brainer to include in the AD360 platform. Would benefit from performance optimizations and AI integration.
Pros: Easy integration into AD360 platform. Robust report building tool. Dashboard has a good about of customization options.
Cons: Performance could be improved. The GUI to build custom reports could be more streamlined. Perhaps include AI tools to auto build reports based on prompts.
Nick G. · Sys Admin · Insurance · August 18, 2025
Great experience, a great brand, really always recommended for all products, if you then have multiple applications integrated, they give the most
Pros: Ease of use, once all the configuration parameters are entered, after that there are several of ready-made reports, which is always good for saving time
Cons: it is always slightly difficult to integrate some pieces, in every ManageEngine product, so many things are very simple, however sometimes with GPOs and other things you have to be careful
Mattia P. · IT Operations Manager · Food Production · July 22, 2025
Pros: Provides a lot of useful tools for helping manage an active directory environment. Set up was easy and functions were easy to find.
Cons: I don't really have anything negative to say about the platform. I wish pricing was a little more transparent on the websites though.
Eric S. · Network Engineer · Information Technology and Services · June 22, 2025
Over all this is one of the best tools we have brought on board in the organisation, we have finally been able continuously manage and monitor all our estate within one tool.
Pros: The ease to manage all your estate and deploy patches without physical being there. Be by able to monitor your devices health and producing report for higher manager, in different things like user login, security group changes and creating custom reports.
Cons: I like the aspect of being able track changes to Active directory objects. Ability identity potential threats.
Barroughes P. · Third line support analyst · Government Relations · May 21, 2025
Great experience and add on to the original ManageEngine platform which compliments well due to the audit trail features.
Pros: Great add on the the MEEC solution! The audit capabilities were an integral missing piece and now this will take the product to the next level.
Cons: It wasn't as robust as initially expected and the reporting was not customizable to the needs of our business intelligence requirements.
Anonymous User · Dir, Audit and Compliance · Accounting · May 21, 2025
We have enjoyed using ManageEngine ADAudit Plus to received alerts on any incident that needs out attention when it comes to our Active Directory.
Pros: This software gives us valuable insights into what is occurring within out Active Directory environment.
Cons: I wish their were more reports and that there come some more custom reporting capabilities that what currently exists.
Joshua G. · Systems Engineer · Airlines/Aviation · April 28, 2025
Pros: IADAudit Plus was very helpful at tracking user logon activity across our network as well as file access. By monitoring these events, we have already been tracking down some unusual patterns which may mean security threat, so we can act accordingly before it does any harm.
Cons: One of the limitations was that native support for auditing non Windows file servers was not available. To have such intelligent coverage level of monitoring we had to implement extra tools which also lead further complexity.
Lucia S. · Data Center Operator · Hospital & Health Care · April 25, 2025
Pros: ADAudit Plus has eliminated the need for the development of compliance reports since they offer templates based on different categories of compliance that include SOX, HIPAA, and GDPR. This feature has made it easier to prepare for compliance audits since it has been time-saving and effortless.
Cons: The problem with little customizability was that formatting had to be done through exporting the data and modifying it.
Adiel O. · IT Head · Financial Services · April 23, 2025
Pros: With ADAudit Plus I can audit Active Directory changes deeply and get real-time alerts about the changes made to the user accounts or group membership, or any GPOs. Having this immediate visibility into these important changes has been a key factor in helping ensure we maintain a chronic level of security in our organization.
Cons: The integration was rather easy except that it required additional configuration for some third party SIEM solutions. This created more complexity during the first setup phase and we needed to further collaborate with our security team to let data flow without a hitch.
Nermin M. · Data Engineer · Education Management · April 23, 2025
Pros: With the integration of ADAudit Plus, we received rich compliance reports that were important to the audit. Real-time supervision of opened and modified files confirmed that we complied with the rules concerning the access to important files and data.
Cons: The initial setup took some time to set it up to meet specific compliances that are relevant to us and our industry. Making customization to fit our needs was fine-tuned and taken with advisement to the support staff.
Mohamed M. · Area Manager · Retail · April 22, 2025
Pros: The implementation of ADAudit Plus transformed our strategies for Active Directory auditing significantly. They offered us timely notifications whenever user made any unauthorized modification and the audit trail feature gave us insightful information of their activity.
Cons: I observed that generating some reports during business hours cause congestion hence slowing down of operations.
Murat A. · IT Professor · Higher Education · April 22, 2025
We like it but we would like to have more logs
Pros: I like ManageEngine because we can have the logs from the AD
Cons: We don't receive every log we need to have a complet use case
Antonio D. · CyberSecurity Engineer · Banking · April 9, 2025
It’s smooth and convenient to use I rate it a 10/10
Pros: It’s convenient and very easy to use. I highly recommend
Cons: There’s not much I can say that I don’t like about it
Catherine S. · Manager · Logistics and Supply Chain · March 31, 2025
Pros: I’ve been using Ad audit for about six months. It’s a solid tool with a user friendly GUI and impressive live auditing, especially when it comes to file activity and monitoring. The dashboard makes it easy to drill down into events, improving visibility.
Cons: Setup was a bit tricky some manual config in Active Directory was needed for full integration. Updating the tool was a bit tricky as well.
Guy K. · Solutions Architect · Construction · February 25, 2025
ManageEngine ADAudit Plus it is a very easy product to use and will make your life easier the more you utlie it, I had to run reports of users who had Bad logins/risky logins and it made it a breeze for me to review them
Pros: What I liked most about ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is that I could pull reports of risky logins and see who logged in from where when I needed to review a Risky login report.
Cons: The only feature I do not like much about ADAudit Plus is the fact that in my eyes alot fo the funcatlity can be done in a normal Azure dashboard.
Donald S. · GITC Analyst · Oil & Energy · February 19, 2025
The product is easy to work with and their support team are very helpful. The menus are self explanatory and easy to navigate.
Pros: This product has a lot of features for an AD admin, with 100s reports and the ability to create custom reports.
Cons: I'd like an immediate report of changes to Ad admin, but it seems to come at the same time each day regardless of any changes happening.
Pete E. · Head of IT Services · Education Management · February 18, 2025
Positive was able to get information I needed for internal audits easily.
Pros: After installing the probe it took no time at all for the data to be ready to audit
Cons: Sometime the reports didn't give you the exact data you wanted.
Daniel T. · IT Engineer · Automotive · February 17, 2025
Pros: I love how I can integrate this tool with other external to check the login and access controls
Cons: It's costly and if it can be made cheaper the better
Tiffany S. · Database administrator · Logistics and Supply Chain · January 4, 2025
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