ManageEngine ADAudit Plus
The smarter alternative to Varonis

Find out why more businesses are turning to ManageEngine ADAudit Plus for reliable Active Directory (AD) auditing, easy
compliance audits, and actionable risk insights.

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Stats That Prove Our Edge

Over 280000+ Organizations Secured

15+ Years in Securing Critical AD Infrastructure

190+ Countries Served

ADAudit Plus delivers stronger auditing at a lower price than Varonis.

Varonis is licensed per user, so costs rise as you add users—even without adding servers. In contrast, ADAudit Plus is licensed per server, helping you stay within budget even as user numbers grow.
While both tools offer similar hybrid AD and file server auditing, ADAudit Plus stands out with advanced capabilities like GPO misconfiguration detection, user productivity tracking, replication auditing, PowerShell monitoring, and comprehensive data archiving.

How ADAudit Plus stacks up against Varonis

Feature

Description

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

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1. Logon auditing

Monitor all user logon attempts—both successful and failed—for complete visibility into logon activities.

2. Account lockout analysis

Instantly detect and investigate account lockouts to quickly resolve login issues and prevent downtime.

3. AD Object change audit

Track changes to users, computers, groups, GPOs and OUs to maintain control over AD management operations.

4. GPO misconfiguration detection

Compare GPO configurations against baseline standards to identify misconfigurations

5. Attack surface analyzer for AD, Azure, AWS, and GCP

Detect over 25 common on-premises AD attacks including kerberoasting, golden ticket, pass-the-hash, DCSync, and more. Also, identify potential misconfigurations across Azure, AWS, and GCP and get actionable remediation steps aligned with best practices.

6. Revert AD changes

Instantly revert unwanted changes to AD objects directly from reports.

7. AD backup and recovery

Safeguard AD objects against accidental deletion, modification, or other incidents with continuous backup and restoration capabilities.

8. Azure AD audit

Get complete Azure AD visibility—track logons and changes to users, roles, groups, and applications.

9. File/folder change and permission change audit

Monitor all file and folder changes to prevent data tampering and ensure compliance. Also, track file and folder permission changes to maintain data access control.

10. Supported File servers and NAS devices

Windows, NetApp, and EMC, Hitachi, Amazon FSx for NetApp, CTERA, Nutanix Files and Azure Files.

including Synology, Huawei, Amazon FSx for Windows, and QNAP

11. File analysis

Gain critical insights into file server security and storage aspects using metadata and disk space scans.

12. Windows LAPS auditing

Know exactly who accessed or changed local admin credentials to prevent privilege abuse.

13. Printer and removable storage auditing

Track printer usage and monitor file activity on USB and external storage devices to manage resources and detect potential abuse or data leaks.

14. Scheduled tasks and processes auditing

Stay informed on creation or deletion of scheduled tasks and processes for threat detection.

15. Replication auditing

Get visibility into AD replication status to detect and resolve sync issues.

16. PowerShell auditing

Monitor PowerShell command execution to detect suspicious scripts and lateral movement.

17. User work hours

Analyze user productivity with detailed reports on active vs idle time on endpoints.

18. User session recording

Review user sessions with a video recording of user's screen activity.

19. Log retention(Archiving)

Securely archive audit logs to meet internal security policies and industry compliance mandates.

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Available as part of Varonis Data Transport Engine

20. Ticketing tool integration

Automate helpdesk workflows by generating tickets for critical AD events in real time.

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3 compelling reasons to choose ADAudit Plus

Widely recognized

ADAudit Plus has been recognized as a Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Security Incident & Event Management (SIEM) 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.

Why businesses choose ADAudit Plus
"ADAudit Plus, in a nutshell, has allowed me to sleep better. Without it, I can't imagine how many hours we would've spent trying to do forensics on certain incidents."

Vinit Khandelwal
Senior Director of Client Technology Architecture
Cushman & Wakefield
Why businesses choose ADAudit Plus
"From a security, ISO 27001, and GDPR perspective, we use ADAudit Plus to help us keep an eye on [the] number of intruder lockouts and other various metrics in terms of breach detection."

James McMillan
Chief Technology Officer
Redinet

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Disclaimer

This comparison is based on the information available online as of December, 2024, and while much care has been taken to prepare this comparison, we give no warranties whatsoever, including but not limited to the accuracy of any information contained herein.
Varonis' pricing information is not publicly available, the details in this page have been obtained from third-party sources.

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus The smarter alternative to Varonis