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# ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

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> Get clear, real-time visibility into your hybrid IT environment with ADAudit Plus—an IT auditing, security, and compliance solution.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 101 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses ManageEngine ADAudit Plus?

Organizations using any or all of these: Windows Active Directory, Azure AD, and file servers (including NetApp, EMC, Synology, Hitachi and Huawei).

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 101 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support Software | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: ManageEngine
- **Location**: The Octagon, US
- **Founded**: 1996

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$595.00
- **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Pricing is dependent on the number of domain controllers and starts at $595/year for the Standard edition and $945/year for the Professional edition.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise)
- **Supported Languages**: Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
- **Available Countries**: Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, British Virgin Islands and 124 more

## Features

- Access Controls/Permissions
- Access Management
- Activity Tracking
- Anomaly/Malware Detection
- Archiving & Retention
- Attendance Tracking Software
- Audit Trail
- Authentication Software
- Behavioral Analytics
- Billable & Non-Billable Hours
- Compliance Management
- Compliance Tracking
- Continuous Monitoring
- Dashboard Software
- Data Discovery Software
- Data Security
- Data Visualization Software
- Employee Activity Monitoring
- Employee Database
- File Integrity Monitoring
- IT Asset Tracking
- IT Reporting
- Incident Management Software
- Issue Auditing
- Monitoring
- Network Provisioning
- Network Security Software
- PCI Assessment
- Patch Management Software
- Policy Management Software
- Privileged Account Management
- Productivity Analysis
- Real-Time Monitoring
- Real-Time Notifications
- Real-time Alerts
- Remote Monitoring & Management
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Risk Alerts
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Management Software
- Search/Filter
- Sensitive Data Identification
- Task Management Software
- Threat Intelligence
- Threat Response
- Time Tracking Software
- Timesheet Management
- User Activity Monitoring

... and 7 more features

## Integrations (4 total)

- OpenText Core Behavioral Signals
- ServiceNow
- Splunk Enterprise
- Syslog-ng

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base Software
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat

## Category

- [Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30656/grc/software)

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## Reviews

### "Powerful and efficient" — 5.0/5

> **Eric** | *June 22, 2026* | Civil Engineering | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Very efficient and quick to find out who deleted or moved files or folders on the network. For us it provides the info that we need in a timely fashion.
> 
> **Cons**: When things are old it get into archives and we need to extract those before we can do searches. This is the only downside of the tool so far.
> 
> Very happy for the help and time saving it provides to us. Searching for a file or a folder that was moved on the network is extremelly time consuming. AdAudit Plus do this in seconds.

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### "Soo accurate to have it." — 4.0/5

> **Tiffany** | *January 4, 2025* | Logistics & Supply Chain | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I love how I can integrate this tool with other external to check the login and access controls
> 
> **Cons**: It's costly and if it can be made cheaper the better

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### "Adaudit Review" — 4.0/5

> **Joseph** | *June 22, 2026* | Consumer Goods | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: What I liked most about ManageEngine ADAudit Plus was how clearly it surfaces Active Directory activity in one place. The real-time alerts, detailed audit reports, and user activity tracking make it much easier to spot suspicious behavior, investigate changes, and maintain compliance without manually digging through logs.
> 
> **Cons**: Some cons of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus are that the initial setup and configuration can take time, especially for larger Active Directory environments. The number of reports and alert options is useful, but it can also feel overwhelming at first.

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### "Easy-to-Use Active Directory Auditing Tool with Great Value" — 4.0/5

> **Jonathan** | *June 22, 2026* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The product is easy to use and offer a user-friendly interface to quickly find what you are looking for.&#10;&#10;Easy to deploy and the solution is competitive on the market to fit anyone's budget.
> 
> **Cons**: Deploy On-Premise it can be complex to maintain overtime and is not always the most responsive product, the interface can take time to load.
> 
> ManageEngine ADAudit Plus helps us collect logs from machines within the Active Directory environment. The products is able to help you define which GPO settings need to be configured to get the best out of those metrics and monitor you environment accordingly.

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### "Great product from Manage Engine to monitor all things Active Directory" — 5.0/5

> **Dan** | *June 22, 2026* | Utilities | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Fully functional for all of our needs.  It monitors any changes to our Active Directory and also our configured file servers for file change logging.
> 
> **Cons**: A detailed investigation of some directory logs is hard to decipher.  An example is when investigating login failures, there is no concise way to understand them.
> 
> Great product for our requirements.  Once configured, it is fairly simple to use and maintain.  Documentation is complete.

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