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 most valuable feature for me is automation."
"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 offers very good reports for management purposes."
"The solution provides oversight, reports, and logs that are easy to understand."
"The most valuable feature was conducting the automation of our cloud and all services of the Active Directory."
"Simple with good automation."
"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 product helps to validate every activity."
"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."
"The ability for a single sign-on for applications."
"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."
"It is very user-friendly."
"It's useful in bringing order to the system."
"It is easy to handle, and it gives a hundred percent results with the group policies."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is an easy-to-use tool."
"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."
"This solution is not stable, it wasted my time."
"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."
"I think the cost of this product is a little higher than I would expect."
"With the number of available integrations these days, it would be beneficial to have more ready-to-integrate technologies in other products as well."
"Some things are not very intuitive."
"The number of main controllers affects the database for creating the hardware specs."
"Microsoft Active Directory restricts most of the features our company's employees want to use since they are involved in research and development activities."
"The solution could be made more safe by using authentication mechanisms."
"The cloud service of Microsoft Active Directory is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The interface hasn't changed much over the years. It's suitable for my tastes, but that doesn't mean everybody likes it."
"The product's premium support services could be less expensive."
"The DNS services could improve in Microsoft Active Directory."
"I would like to see the integration with Mac and IOS products improved."
"The security features could be improved."
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 Ping Identity Platform, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Microsoft Entra ID and Auth0. See our ManageEngine ADManager Plus vs. Microsoft Active Directory report.
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