# ManageEngine ADAudit Plus vs Microsoft Defender for Identity Comparison

| | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.4 out of 5 | 4.3 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 29 | 98 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (48.3% of reviews) | Enterprise (35.9% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | Starting at $595.00 2 Domain controllers Per Year | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

Pros:
- Reporting (3 reviews)
- Dashboard Usability (2 reviews)

Cons:
- Alert Management (1 reviews)
- Data Overload (1 reviews)

### Microsoft Defender for Identity

**Not enough data**

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.8 (26 reviews) | 8.5 (76 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.5 (26 reviews) | 8.1 (77 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.6 (20 reviews) | 7.8 (41 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.2 (19 reviews) | 7.9 (39 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 7.3 (25 reviews) | 7.9 (73 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.5 (18 reviews) | 8.2 (37 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.7 (26 reviews) | 8.4 (72 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Standard

Price: Starting at $595.00 2 Domain controllers Per Year

Description: Reports and alerts on event log data collected from licensed components:

Key Features:
- AD Logon Activity Monitoring
- Azure AD Tenants
- Windows servers

[Browse all 2 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/manageengine-adaudit-plus/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

### Microsoft Defender for Identity

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **ManageEngine ADAudit Plus** | N/A | N/A |
| **Microsoft Defender for Identity** | N/A | N/A |

#### Activity Monitoring

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Usage Monitoring** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Database Monitoring** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **API Monitoring** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Activity Monitoring** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Security

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Compliance Monitoring** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Risk Analysis** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Reporting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Administration

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Security Automation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Security Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multicloud Visibility** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

### Log Analysis

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **ManageEngine ADAudit Plus** | 9.0/10 | 5 |
| **Microsoft Defender for Identity** | N/A | N/A |

#### Data Preparation

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Sources** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Indexing** | 9.3 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Automated Tagging** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Blending** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

#### Analysis

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Track Trends** | 8.7 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Detect Anomalies** | 8.7 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Metric and Event Data** | 8.7 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Search** | 9.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Alerts** | 9.3 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Live Tail** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Visualization

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Dashboards** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Discovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Log Analysis

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

### Network Detection and Response (NDR)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **ManageEngine ADAudit Plus** | N/A | N/A |
| **Microsoft Defender for Identity** | N/A | N/A |

#### Analysis

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Incident Reporting** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Network Visibility** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Metadata Enrichment** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Metadata Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Response

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Incident Alerts** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Response Orchestration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Response Automation** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

#### Detection

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Multi-Network Monitoring** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Asset Discovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Anomaly Detection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Services - Network Detection and Response (NDR)

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Managed Services** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

### Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **ManageEngine ADAudit Plus** | N/A | N/A |
| **Microsoft Defender for Identity** | 8.1/10 | 36 |

#### Monitoring

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Investigate** | Not enough data | 8.2 (29 reviews) | 
| **Monitoring** | Not enough data | 8.4 (29 reviews) | 
| **Misconfigurations** | Not enough data | 7.3 (22 reviews) | 
| **Integrate** | Not enough data | 8.3 (27 reviews) | 
| **Visability** | Not enough data | 8.3 (26 reviews) | 

#### Remediation

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Remediation** | Not enough data | 8.1 (27 reviews) | 
| **Audit** | Not enough data | 8.3 (27 reviews) | 

### User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **ManageEngine ADAudit Plus** | 8.4/10 | 7 |
| **Microsoft Defender for Identity** | 8.3/10 | 30 |

#### Agentic AI - User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

#### Analysis

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Continuous Analysis** | 7.8 (6 reviews) | 8.2 (24 reviews) | 
| **Behavioral Analysis** | 7.8 (6 reviews) | 8.0 (25 reviews) | 
| **Data Context** | 8.7 (5 reviews) | 8.1 (26 reviews) | 
| **Activity Logging** | 9.0 (7 reviews) | 8.2 (28 reviews) | 

#### Detection

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Anomaly Detection** | 8.3 (6 reviews) | 8.3 (26 reviews) | 
| **Incident Alerts** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 8.3 (26 reviews) | 
| **Activity Monitoring** | 8.3 (6 reviews) | 8.3 (25 reviews) | 

### Cloud Security

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **ManageEngine ADAudit Plus** | N/A | N/A |
| **Microsoft Defender for Identity** | N/A | N/A |

#### Cloud Visibility

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Discovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cloud Registry** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cloud Gap Analytics** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Security

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data loss Prevention** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Security Auditing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Identity

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **SSO** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Governance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **User Analytics** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **ManageEngine ADAudit Plus** | 7.9/10 | 5 |
| **Microsoft Defender for Identity** | N/A | N/A |

#### Network Management

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Activity Monitoring** | 8.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Asset Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Log Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Incident Management

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Event Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Automated Response** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Incident Reporting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Security Intelligence

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Threat Intelligence** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Vulnerability Assessment** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Advanced Analytics** | 7.7 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Examination** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

| Feature | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/user-and-entity-behavior-analytics-ueba)

**Unique to ManageEngine ADAudit Plus (4):** [Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/security-information-and-event-management-siem), [Log Analysis Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/log-analysis), [Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-security-monitoring-and-analytics), [Network Detection and Response (NDR) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/network-detection-and-response-ndr)

**Unique to Microsoft Defender for Identity (1):** [Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)  Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/identity-threat-detection-and-response-itdr)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | Microsoft Defender for Identity | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 6.9% | 32.6% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 44.8% | 31.5% | 
| **Enterprise** | 48.3% | 35.9% | 

### By Industry

#### ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

- **Real Estate:** 10.3%
- **Insurance:** 10.3%
- **Education Management:** 10.3%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 6.9%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 6.9%
- **Financial Services:** 6.9%
- **Airlines/Aviation:** 3.4%
- **Banking:** 3.4%
- **Broadcast Media:** 3.4%
- **Computer Networking:** 3.4%
- **Other:** 34.5%

#### Microsoft Defender for Identity

- **Information Technology and Services:** 28.6%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 8.8%
- **Computer Software:** 7.7%
- **Banking:** 6.6%
- **Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing:** 4.4%
- **Financial Services:** 4.4%
- **Management Consulting:** 4.4%
- **Accounting:** 3.3%
- **Retail:** 2.2%
- **Telecommunications:** 2.2%
- **Other:** 27.5%

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## Top Discussions

### ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

No discussions available for this product.

### Microsoft Defender for Identity

- Title: [The best](https://www.g2.com/discussions/36626-the-best) — 1 comment, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Always the best to provide additional insights while investigating potential threats"

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**Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/manageengine-adaudit-plus-vs-microsoft-defender-for-identity)