We performed a comparison between ManageEngine ADAudit Plus and One Identity Active Roles 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."ADAudit Plus's best features are that it's very easy to use with a user-friendly interface, and it gives reports on group policy and object changes that we couldn't find in any other product."
"We use the product to track events and monitor logs of servers and workstations. I am impressed with the tool's tracking ability. It is intuitive and easy to use."
"I like the user behavior analytics (UBA). It's a machine learning feature that creates a standard profile for each user when you install it. It creates a baseline for every user, so it can detect when anyone deviates from that standard baseline profile. For example, if a user typically logs in at 9:30 am and logs out at 6 pm, ADAudit will flag it as an anomaly when that same logs in after normal hours and alert the admins."
"The Account Lockout Analyzer and the Inactive Users reports are particularly valuable."
"The most valuable feature of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is its reports."
"The most valuable feature is the control of the file server."
"The documentation for this solution is good."
"Real-time monitoring of AD changes and logons is valuable."
"The most valuable features include auditing, dynamic grouping, and creating dynamic groups based on AD attributes."
"It's valuable to us in that it resembles the native tools that most people have grown accustomed to... Active Roles resembles traditional tools, such as from Microsoft. That is really good because it eases the way people interact with the tool."
"Secure access is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is stable."
"With the use of the sync service we were able to import information from multiple external systems and populate them within our space and leverage them for downstream systems."
"Instead of deleting accounts, we like the deprovision option so that we can reverse any accidental deletions. It also gives a higher level of quality control in terms of enforcing any number of variables, such as making sure that an account has a description entered before the account can be created. We can backtrack and know the history of it that way."
"Active Roles improved the management of users, groups, and AD objects in the organization."
"Because of Active Roles, we're able to synchronize on an even more regular basis. It enables us to provide even more information to the Active Directory, which helped us to group our users in a more consistent manner."
"The initial setup was quite complex and required some research beforehand."
"ADAudit could have a more sophisticated interface design. They are using a plain UI, which is decent. However, customers have said that it looks a little flat compared to other vendors. It's not fancy."
"The initial setup was difficult."
"Sometimes the developers in technical support take time."
"There are so many reports that it sometimes makes it difficult to navigate to what you need."
"It assists in managing the active directory and modifying the reintegrated GPOs."
"Its configuration can be better. There were 44 pages of documented notes of what I had to do to get the product to work during the installation process."
"ADAudit Plus can be very tricky, especially if we need to do some high-availability configuration or distributed environment installation."
"The solution needs an attestation process that includes certification and recertification attestation."
"The third area for improvement, which is the weakest portion of ARS, is the workflow engine, which was introduced a few years ago. It's slow and not very intuitive to use, so I would like to see improvement there."
"Another issue we have with the product is that we run a lot of custom tasks. You have to program them to run on one particular host and there's no automatic failover to a second host. If that host is down when a task is supposed to run, it has to wait until the next time it runs when that host is up."
"Most of the time it just works."
"In terms of improvement, it could be made even more user-friendly for administrators when they need to create new workflows and rule sets."
"The initial setup was quite easy, but it was time-consuming. It took about three months."
"The ability to send logs to a SIEM would be very beneficial."
"For ActiveRoles, it would be good if the product supports multi-scripting language. You can use only VBScript."
ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is ranked 4th in Active Directory Management with 10 reviews while One Identity Active Roles is ranked 3rd in Active Directory Management with 17 reviews. ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is rated 8.6, while One Identity Active Roles is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus writes "Helpful for real-time monitoring of AD and quick response to threats, but its configuration should be better". On the other hand, the top reviewer of One Identity Active Roles writes "Single interface and workflows simplify AD and Azure AD management efficiency and security". ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is most compared with ManageEngine ADManager Plus, Quest Change Auditor for Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Netwrix Auditor and SolarWinds Access Rights Manager, whereas One Identity Active Roles is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, ManageEngine ADManager Plus, One Identity Manager, SailPoint IdentityIQ and Softerra Adaxes. See our ManageEngine ADAudit Plus vs. One Identity Active Roles report.
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