We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Identity and ManageEngine ADManager Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"A valuable feature is user enrollment, where users can enroll their devices in their organizations themselves."
"The reporting and analytics features in Microsoft Intune have been a lifesaver."
"The initial setup is not overly complex or difficult."
"Fortunately, now everything is streamlined into a single, unified platform."
"The Autopilot feature is fantastic. It is a Microsoft product, so it deals best with Microsoft operating systems, but it can integrate with iOS, Mac OS, Linux, and Android."
"Its security is most valuable. It gives us a way to secure devices, not only those that are steady. We do have a few tablets and other devices, and it is a way for us to secure these devices and manage them. We know they're out there and what's their status. We can manage their life cycle and verify that they're updated properly."
"I like that we can implement conditional access."
"The most valuable feature for us is the security, including risk analysis and patch management."
"It is a very stable solution. I would rate it a ten out of ten."
"Although we have not looked at the whole product and explored it completely, we find that all the authentication features that we are using now are valuable."
"The Cloud Identity is well advanced in terms of features, applications, and the components that it is offering."
"Google is always on its own. Google Cloud Identity is pretty good on every point."
"Google Cloud Identity uses what they call organizational units (OUs) instead of the security groups you'd find in Microsoft's Entra."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"I used it as an administrator without implementing it myself. As for valuable aspects or benefits, the significant point is that it's a straightforward, single solution that just works."
"One of the most useful features was the single sign-on. You can use it as an identity provider or service provider. And you can use their organization unit feature to enable or disable some of the features for a specific group of users."
"It is a stable solution."
"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."
"Makes it easy to administer your active directory."
"The solution offers very good reports for management purposes."
"Almost every feature of the solution is valuable to me. This includes the importing and exporting to the active directory from the CSC firewall."
"It makes our job easier, especially for managing data for a bulk of users."
"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."
"When somebody has a customized application or their own company's application, we cannot deploy that application."
"There are a lot of small use cases where we realized that some technical solution was missing in Microsoft in comparison to other products. For example, it lacks something similar to sensing or location-based rules and configurations."
"Lacking in features such as Wi-Fi and network security."
"Integrating certain group policies can be challenging and may necessitate using on-premises systems to integrate them with Microsoft Intune."
"The reporting is subpar. That's the only issue we have with Intune. We use another solution for that purpose."
"The reporting needs to be a bit more interactive."
"I'd like some more reporting so that I don't have to delve into PowerShell and I can pull more of the local device information such as memory, apps installed, etc. It would be nice to be able to see the apps that are present there but might not be managed. For example, if they installed 7Zip, it could report that back via an installed program or feature to see what was currently installed."
"Microsoft Intune has a latency response time issue. The latency has room for improvement."
"Technical support is slow."
"The integration should be made easier."
"There is room for improvement in the configuration of their security policies. It seems quite basic."
"I would like to see more integration in future releases."
"They are going ahead and adding a few more things to the Google Cloud premium edition. Their stock management and remote computer management can be improved."
"I want the tool to improve its support. It should also incorporate some functionalities. Currently, preparing presentations in Google is a pain point. The tool’s certain features like user provisioning are not intuitive as well. The product’s LDAP support is very poor. Clients do not trust the product due to the spam."
"We cannot manage the attributes of SSPR."
"If I were to suggest enhancements, it would mainly revolve around ensuring compatibility and maximizing integration options with various services."
"This solution is not stable, it wasted my time."
"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 number of main controllers affects the database for creating the hardware specs."
"Other products have more flexibility and integration in managing identities."
"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."
"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."
"The solution should be made tablet friendly because it works well on iPhones and Android phones, but does not work on tablets."
Google Cloud Identity is ranked 7th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 21 reviews while ManageEngine ADManager Plus is ranked 1st in Active Directory Management with 13 reviews. Google Cloud Identity is rated 7.6, while ManageEngine ADManager Plus is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Identity writes "A stable and scalable cloud solution easily compatible with Google office Suite". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ManageEngine ADManager Plus writes "An effective auditing solution that scours your AD and produces easy-to-understand logs". Google Cloud Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Workforce Identity, JumpCloud, VMware Workspace ONE and ManageEngine Endpoint Central, whereas ManageEngine ADManager Plus is most compared with One Identity Active Roles, SolarWinds Access Rights Manager, Microsoft Entra ID, ManageEngine ADAudit Plus and Microsoft Active Directory. See our Google Cloud Identity vs. ManageEngine ADManager Plus report.
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