We performed a comparison between ManageEngine ADManager Plus and Microsoft Entra ID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Active Directory Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature was conducting the automation of our cloud and all services of the Active Directory."
"It makes our job easier, especially for managing data for a bulk of users."
"Makes it easy to administer your active directory."
"Almost every feature of the solution is valuable to me. This includes the importing and exporting to the active directory from the CSC firewall."
"The most valuable feature for me is automation."
"The most valuable feature is the dashboard. They allow me to see everything in real-time and drill down and pick and choose versus running scripts."
"It is a stable solution."
"The scalability is also good. ADManager Plus is being used by seven to eight system administrators right now, and it has been working fine."
"Microsoft Azure AD is easy to install and is a stable solution."
"Let's say we decide that our users need to have MFA, multi-factor authentication. It is very easy to implement that with Azure Active Directory."
"It has been stable, and we haven't had any issues since we started to use it."
"Azure Active Directory has useful policy assigning and management."
"It is easy to manage. I can manage systems with policies and automate our systems. Any professional system can be easily integrated with Azure Active Directory. It is widely used with Windows versions."
"The ability to speed up ability is an asset."
"Don't delay implementing this solution, it's the best thing you can do for your identity protection."
"Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has improved our customers' security posture. Multi-factor authentication has two layers of authentication, which helps in case you input your credentials into a phishing website and then it has access to your credentials. So if they use your credentials, then you have proof on your phone that was sent to the end user."
"Some things are not very intuitive."
"It would be nice if the solution offered some sort of brochure with some high-level information that would help sell it to management. If they had details around how much time it saves an engineer, for example, to show the ROI, it would be helpful."
"API integrations are not supported for all HR tools."
"Other products have more flexibility and integration in managing identities."
"This solution is not stable, it wasted my time."
"Lacks sufficient integration with management tools."
"The bulk email ID creation must be improved. I had to create 50 to 60 IDs manually because when I tried the bulk option, it didn't work. I still had to cross-verify because some fields were empty."
"There is room for improvement in support, they should work on overall competence and turn-around time."
"The onboarding process for new users can be improved. It can be made simpler for people who have never registered to Azure AD previously and need to create an account and enable the MFA. The initial setup can be made simpler for non-IT people. It should be a bit simpler to use. Unless you get certifications, such as AZ-300 and AZ-301, it is not a simple thing to use at the enterprise scale."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"I would like to see a better delegation of access. For instance, we want to allow different groups within the company to manage different elements of Azure AD, but I need more granularity in delegating access."
"I would like it to be easier to integrate third-party applications."
"There is no great solution in the cloud for Conditional Access authentication and RADIUS-type authentication."
"The B2B Federation functionality is not perfect and could be improved. It is not on the same level that we could have if it were being used on-premises. It offers a different experience, which is a bit complicated and has some additional drawbacks."
"On-premise capabilities for information and identity management need improvement."
"The pricing is okay, however, it could always be better in the future."
ManageEngine ADManager Plus is ranked 1st in Active Directory Management with 13 reviews while Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 1st in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 190 reviews. ManageEngine ADManager Plus is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of ManageEngine ADManager Plus writes "An effective auditing solution that scours your AD and produces easy-to-understand logs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Entra ID writes "Allows users to authenticate from home and has excellent integrations in a simple, stable solution". ManageEngine ADManager Plus is most compared with One Identity Active Roles, SolarWinds Access Rights Manager, ManageEngine ADAudit Plus, Microsoft Active Directory and Lepide, whereas Microsoft Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Cisco Duo and Okta Workforce Identity. See our ManageEngine ADManager Plus vs. Microsoft Entra ID report.
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