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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AADAudit Plus offers real-time monitoring, user and entity behaviour analytics, and change audit reports that helps users keep AD and IT infrastructure secure and compliant. Track all changes to Windows AD objects including users, groups, computers, GPOs, and OUs. Achieve hybrid AD monitoring with a single, correlated view of all the activities happening across both on-premises AD and Azure AD. Monitor every user's logon and logoff activity, including…

    $595

    per year

    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) delivers application and server monitoring capabilities. SAM allows for self-service for easy setup, 1200+ monitoring templates, and customization options, as well as integrate with other SolarWinds products.N/A
    Pricing
    ManageEngine ADAudit PlusSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $595
    per year
    Professional
    $945
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ManageEngine ADAudit PlusSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is dependent on the number of domain controllers and starts at $595/year for the Standard edition, and $945/year for the Professional edition.SAM pricing starts at $2,995.
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    Community Pulse
    ManageEngine ADAudit PlusSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Considered Both Products
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Chose ManageEngine ADAudit Plus
    ADAudit Plus was the clear winner for us. Price, features, ease of use, etc.
    Incentivized
    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Solarwinds Server & Application Monitor is a great comprehensive monitoring solution. It covers all aspects of monitoring your infrastructure via a modular approach. While other applications can be slightly better at asset management or monitoring one specific application or …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    26 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    48 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    Features
    ManageEngine ADAudit PlusSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus and SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Feature
    ManageEngine ADAudit Plus
    7.0
    51 Ratings
    10% below category average
    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    -
    Ratings
    Remote monitoring6.631 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network device monitoring4.321 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Server Monitoring8.640 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-device monitoring8.526 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated alerts and notifications7.145 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus and SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Feature
    ManageEngine ADAudit Plus
    8.3
    33 Ratings
    12% above category average
    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    -
    Ratings
    Service configuration management7.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Software and hardware inventory10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based automation7.925 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting
    Comparison of Reporting features of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus and SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Feature
    ManageEngine ADAudit Plus
    8.1
    48 Ratings
    7% above category average
    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    -
    Ratings
    Performance data reports8.037 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reporting7.547 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data visualization8.442 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk analysis8.436 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus and SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Feature
    ManageEngine ADAudit Plus
    6.4
    45 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    -
    Ratings
    Data backup and recovery5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Antivirus and malware management6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administrator access control8.145 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus and SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Feature
    ManageEngine ADAudit Plus
    -
    Ratings
    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    8.6
    276 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Application monitoring00 Ratings8.9266 Ratings
    Database monitoring00 Ratings8.4230 Ratings
    Threshold alerts00 Ratings8.9271 Ratings
    Predictive capabilities00 Ratings8.2215 Ratings
    Application performance management console00 Ratings8.2239 Ratings
    Collaboration tools00 Ratings7.7148 Ratings
    Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications00 Ratings7.8256 Ratings
    Application dependency mapping and thresholding00 Ratings8.5216 Ratings
    Virtualization monitoring00 Ratings8.8234 Ratings
    Server availability and performance monitoring00 Ratings9.8269 Ratings
    Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting00 Ratings9.1250 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery00 Ratings9.0199 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ManageEngine ADAudit PlusSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (51 ratings)
    8.8
    (278 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (44 ratings)
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    4.5
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ManageEngine ADAudit PlusSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    ManageEngine is mostly a "check the box" solution for SIEM systems. We needed something that satisfied our customer and was cost-effective. I would highly rate the system on "worth what paid for". Support is eager to please and prompt. My only issue is that it's mostly based outside the US with helpful, but non-native speakers so it's hard to understand them. I wish they would spring for better help "phone lines" so I'm not dealing with difficult to understand and unclear speakers.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    For monitoring applications that run on Windows hosts on VMware or HyperV virtualization, SolarWindows offers a nice, vertical view of both the loads and the resources. In such an environment, this makes life really good! But if you have something else -- for example, Linux hosts -- you're on your own to some extent. That is, the things it does well, it does very well -- but everything else is much less polished.
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    Pros
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • ManageEngine ADAudit Plus changes for user and group management can be looked up in builtin reports
    • You can build your own reports based on almost every logic you can think of
    • You have the ability to create alerts based on logic and filters and sendout custom alerts to email, SMS or other means.
    • First you need to understand the basics of the software, after that the software itself is very helpfull in configuring specific items.
    • I really love the support that ManageEngine is giving the customer, for all questions I use the chat on their website. This is for me the best remote support I ever saw, and I saw a lot in my 20 years of experience in IT.
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    SolarWinds
    • Monitor Azure Cloud Severs- We use SolarWinds SAM to monitor Active Directory and DNS on Several DCs published on Azure Cloud.
    • Monitor Hyper V and VMware - SolarWinds SAM monitors applications on both Hyper V and VMware, while also monitoring the physical host machines.
    • It also helps us monitor Warranty expiration for physical servers.
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    Cons
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • In earlier releases there were quite a few bugs and performance issues. These have since been resolved.
    • When integrated with the Log360 Suite, it can be confusing on whether EventLog Analyzer or ADAudit Plus are "managing"/"Ingesting" the data from a given endpoint.
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    SolarWinds
    • Provides basic monitoring/visibility. Visibility into detailed/fine-grained issues best suited for more specialized/expensive solutions.
    • Licensing per monitored application rapidly uses up purchased license count.
    • More out-of-the-box templates or easier setup of monitoring less-common applications would make the solution more appealing given the target audience of the product.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    It works great for everything we need and use. Any issues in the software are pretty easy to resolve with tech support. And they are very responsive to resolving issues. Even ones where a fix/patch are required. At present, the software does everything we need it to for compliance, audit, and account review.
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    SolarWinds
    We are heavily invested in Solarwinds products for a reason. They are generally easy to setup and run with, requiring only some interfacing with support or help articles on rare occasions. They do what we bought them to do and we can't ask for more.
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    Usability
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    ADAudit with its cloud and on prem install option allows any organization to get in on AD report management. Whether you need to report internally only for for external audit controls its a great tool with flexibility to handle most any user or group report capability. Since this also includes m365 integration it enables IT pros to administer usage, license, cost control and permission access to most anything in Microsoft's portfolio. Its a great tool all around for AD integrated access needs.
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    SolarWinds
    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor is quite easy to use and super versatile. It allows you to do just about anything you can through premade templates or through scripting. You can use an agent on the servers if you want to, or you can monitor through WMI or SNMP credentials. You can customize thresholds for alerting quickly, and you can configure alerts to be as complex or as simple as you want.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    uptime good
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    SolarWinds
    The tool works and monitors items 24x7, it only requires maintenance a little more frequently due to security fixes in the Windows operating system.
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    Performance
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Integration/overlap between products could be improved
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    SolarWinds
    The graphical interface and the performance of the database leave a little to be desired, they could be better explored.Some functionality and screens do not work well depending on the browser used. The integrations never had any problems or caused crashes in other systems.
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    Support Rating
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    The attention to cases or situations with the tool has been exceptional. being able to count on the manufacturer either by mail, call or chat. generate cases directly from the application allows you to have personalized support in order to solve problems that has been able to appear.
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    SolarWinds
    I think there was only a couple times I had to open a support case for SAM and one time they got multiple engineers on the phone to get a better idea what I was trying to monitor and was able to point me in the best direction to monitor that system.
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    Online Training
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    knowledgable and prompt response
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    SolarWinds
    It was sufficient to read their documentation and watch videos.
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    Implementation Rating
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    The remote setup team helped when i needed it and setup weas very straight forward and easy. The advanced setup for an external db and customizations for our latest version AD environment went pretty easy once they found documentation on customization.
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    SolarWinds
    Make sure SNMP and WMI are configured ahead of time
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    Alternatives Considered
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    In terms of features, ADAudit Plus offers a comprehensive set of features for monitoring and auditing Active Directory, including real-time alerts, detailed reports, and user behavior analytics. The platform also offers support for multiple platforms, including Windows, UNIX, and Linux, as well as integration with other ManageEngine tools.
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    SolarWinds
    It has been a while since we first purchased SolarWinds, but I looked over several other products that I can't remember now. Many other products tried to scan the network to find computers but given that our computers are located in various places across campus with other computers in our buildings that are not ours that type of network scanning was not what we needed. Other services have extra services that we had no need of and I liked the ability to add custom fields in SolarWinds so we can track the information on each computer that we need to know.
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    Scalability
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    updates are effective and system is reliable
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    SolarWinds
    It is hard to find the recommended SQL setup and convince others that is the way you should configure the server when you set it up
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    Return on Investment
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • Positive impact- instead of paying an external source to do reports manually, ManageEngine has provided this in just a few clicks of a button
    • Positive Impact- Less disruption to staff in gathering data for important occurrences
    • Positive impact- full visibility into real time information , alerts etc.
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    SolarWinds
    • Less time spent investigating causes of issues. We are alerted straight away and can find the root cause of the issue in less time.
    • We have been able to ditch all our previous individual monitoring solutions, none of which integrated with each other for a single solution which fully integrates with each of the different modules to provide a single portal for monitoring and alerting.
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    ScreenShots

    ManageEngine ADAudit Plus Screenshots

    Screenshot of Active Directory AuditingScreenshot of Track Account LockoutsScreenshot of Logon MonitoringScreenshot of Audit User PrivilegesScreenshot of PCI - DSS Compliance

    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Screenshots

    Screenshot of Multi-vendor application performance monitoringScreenshot of Multi-vendor server monitoringScreenshot of Application dependency mapping with AppStack™ dashboardScreenshot of Microsoft Exchange performance monitoring with AppInsight™ templateScreenshot of Microsoft IIS performance monitoring with AppInsight™ templateScreenshot of Server hardware health monitoring