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 solution provides oversight, reports, and logs that are easy to understand."
"Almost every feature of the solution is valuable to me. This includes the importing and exporting to the active directory from the CSC firewall."
"Simple with good automation."
"The most valuable feature for me is automation."
"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 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."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is an easy-to-use tool."
"Technical support is helpful."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Active Directory is the group policies."
"The solution is easy to install and has good reliability."
"We can also have separate domain controllers in different Active Directory sites based on their location."
"The Solution's most important feature is that it can merge with a cloud-based active directory via Azure AD Connect."
"It is easy to understand all the components."
"This solution is not stable, it wasted my time."
"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."
"I think the cost of this product is a little higher than I would expect."
"There is room for improvement in support, they should work on overall competence and turn-around time."
"The number of main controllers affects the database for creating the hardware specs."
"API integrations are not supported for all HR tools."
"Some things are not very intuitive."
"Other products have more flexibility and integration in managing identities."
"There has been a change in the layout of the user information. Previously, I had to go to properties to view the information, but now it is displayed directly below the search results. It takes some time to get used to."
"UI is not very user-friendly."
"If Microsoft is going to add anything to the on-prem solution, it should be an updated GUI."
"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."
"The solution needs to be simplified to navigate."
"The security features could be improved."
"It could be more scalable. We still need another software solution to monitor the network in addition to Active Directory and OpManager, our domain controller. We use SolarWinds."
"Microsoft Active Directory restricts most of the features our company's employees want to use since they are involved in research and development activities."
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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