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ManageEngine ADAudit Plus,

The smarter alternative to Quest Change Auditor

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ADAudit Plus delivers stronger auditing at a lower price than Quest Change Auditor

  • Quest Change Auditor is licensed per user, so costs rise as you add users, even without adding servers. ADAudit Plus is licensed per server, helping you stay within your budget even as user numbers grow.
  • Both ADAudit Plus and Quest Change Auditor offer comparable auditing capabilities. However, ADAudit Plus goes further with features like GPO misconfiguration detection; risky configuration detection for Azure, AWS, and GCP; broader NAS device support including Synology, Hitachi, Huawei, Amazon FSx, QNAP, and Azure Files; agentless log collection; and incident response. For more information, check out the comparison table below.
Feature Description ADAudit Plus Quest Change Auditor
Logon auditing Monitors all Windows logon activity—from logon failures to logon history Supported Supported
Account lockout analysis Notifies of a lockout and helps analyze the source of authentication failure Supported Supported
Object change audit Monitors changes to users, groups, OUs, GPOs (including Group Policy setting changes), and other AD objects Supported Supported
GPO misconfiguration detection Compares GPO configurations against baseline standards to identify misconfigurations Supported Not supported
Privileged user monitoring Monitors actions carried out by administrators and other privileged users Supported Supported
AD attack detection Detects 25+ AD attacks, including Kerberoasting, DCSync, and pass-the-ticket Supported Supported
PowerShell auditing Monitors PowerShell processes along with commands executed in them Supported Not supported
File auditing Monitors file access events, permission changes, and more Supported Supported
Supported file environments Windows, NetApp, and EMC SupportedPlus Synology, Hitachi, Huawei, Amazon FSx, QNAP, Azure, Nutanix, and CTERA files Supported
Microsoft Entra ID auditing Monitors successful and failed user logons; changes to users, groups, roles, applications; and more Supported Supported
Cloud risky configuration detection Identifies risky Azure, AWS, or GCP configurations, like allowing public access to a virtual machine Supported Not supported
User behavior analytics Allows detection of abnormal user behavior based on users' previous activity patterns Supported Supported
Incident response Allows execution of a predetermined action when an alert gets triggered Supported Not supported
Agent-based and agentless log collection Allows options for agent-based and agentless log collection Supported Not supportedAllows for agent-based log collection only
Ticketing tool integration Integrates with IT help desk ticketing solutions to automate ticket generation for crucial AD events SupportedServiceNow, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, and Zendesk Not supported

Why choose ADAudit Plus?

Widely recognized

ADAudit Plus has been recognized as a Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Security Incident and Event Management for four consecutive years.

Competitive pricing

ADAudit Plus is licensed per server, unlike other IT auditors which are licensed per user. With per-server licensing, even with a growing number of users each year, you can continue to ingest log data without additional costs.

Easy deployment

Go from downloading ADAudit Plus to receiving predefined reports and alerts in under 30 minutes, without any professional help.

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ADAudit Plus: A one-stop solution for all your IT auditing, compliance, and security needs

ADAudit Plus provides capabilities like change auditing, logon monitoring, file tracking, compliance reporting, attack surface analysis, response automation, and backup and recovery for diverse IT systems.

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