We performed a comparison between ManageEngine ADManager Plus and Microsoft Active Directory 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 product helps to validate every activity."
"The most valuable feature for me is automation."
"The solution provides oversight, reports, and logs that are easy to understand."
"Makes it easy to administer your active directory."
"The scalability is also good. ADManager Plus is being used by seven to eight system administrators right now, and it has been working fine."
"The solution offers very good reports for management purposes."
"The most valuable feature was conducting the automation of our cloud and all services of the Active Directory."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use, the ability for us to customize the access privileges for the users, and integration with ServiceDesk Plus."
"The solution’s management capability is very good. The tool is also very scalable. You can add any number of users that you want to operate. Moreover, you can easily organize the solution."
"The scalability of the solution is high...The initial setup of the solution is easy, and I would rate it an eight or nine out of ten on a scale of one to ten, where one being difficult and ten being easy."
"It is an all-in-one solution for cybersecurity and is available at a very low price."
"It's useful in bringing order to the system."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Active Directory is the ability to search for computers and users. While I do not have administrative privileges to reset passwords, I can view user information such as department, and communicate with someone who can make the changes."
"Stability and performance are good. So far, we have not observed any major downtime or performance issues since we deployed it."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Active Directory are the management of user and group policies."
"The product is very stable and flexible. You can also integrate the solution with other products like mail solutions."
"The solution is very complex, especially when there's an active directory of more than 1,000 users, which makes it hard to administrate. They need to improve the management of the administrative process."
"There is room for improvement in support, they should work on overall competence and turn-around time."
"I think the cost of this product is a little higher than I would expect."
"API integrations are not supported for all HR tools."
"The number of main controllers affects the database for creating the hardware specs."
"Other products have more flexibility and integration in managing identities."
"Some things are not very intuitive."
"With the number of available integrations these days, it would be beneficial to have more ready-to-integrate technologies in other products as well."
"The scalability of the solution needs improvement."
"Typically, it depends on the customer's situation. If the customer operates in smaller locations where most PCs are in a common location, we usually aim to consolidate the directory infrastructure for easier maintenance. However, for distributed setups spanning multiple countries, configuring multiple sites becomes necessary and more intricate to handle. Our objective is to minimize the number of sites, simplifying operations for IT administrators and reducing errors. Mistakes in Active Directory can be costly for organizations, as disruptions can occur rapidly. Moreover, when it comes to hybrid single sign-on across various applications, Microsoft hasn't put forth significant effort. Single sign-on has become a challenge for many customers who utilize diverse solutions beyond Microsoft products. While implementing single sign-on is relatively straightforward in the Azure cloud, it's considerably more complex when dealing with the local Active Directory. This presents a big challenge for many of our customers."
"UI is not very user-friendly."
"There could be enough material to learn about the product."
"There are no reporting features."
"The solution could be made more safe by using authentication mechanisms."
"I did not have a good experience with the product's tech support. First-level support takes a lot of time since they ask many questions."
"If Microsoft is going to add anything to the on-prem solution, it should be an updated GUI."
ManageEngine ADManager Plus is ranked 1st in Active Directory Management with 13 reviews while Microsoft Active Directory is ranked 5th in Active Directory Management with 36 reviews. ManageEngine ADManager Plus is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Active Directory 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 Active Directory writes "A solution that easily merges with cloud-based ADs and provides superior data security". ManageEngine ADManager Plus is most compared with One Identity Active Roles, SolarWinds Access Rights Manager, Microsoft Entra ID, ManageEngine ADAudit Plus and Lepide, whereas Microsoft Active Directory is most compared with PingFederate, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Microsoft Entra ID and Auth0. See our ManageEngine ADManager Plus vs. Microsoft Active Directory report.
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