G2

Siddhartha S.

Senior System Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/17/2026

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Instant AD Alerts and Readable Audit Reports That Save Hours"

4/5

What do you like best about Netwrix Auditor?

Honestly, it’s the alerting that sold me. I don’t have to dig through event logs for hours anymore—if someone messes with AD, deletes a file, or changes a group policy, I get an email right away.

The reports are actually readable, too. When auditors ask for things like inactive users or password expiries, I can pull it up in a couple of clicks instead of writing a PowerShell script. It just makes life easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Netwrix Auditor?

What I dislike most is the search in my experience. It's kind of quirky and slow for me — when I'm trying to quickly figure out who did what in my environment, I end up having to fiddle with filters a lot, and I can't just do a simple "or" search.

For me, another big issue is that it only runs on Windows and needs SQL Server for my setup. I had to arrange a dedicated machine and a SQL license for my deployment, which made it expensive for my team fast. And since part of my infra is on Linux, it doesn't really help me there.

My initial setup was also a pain. I kept getting lots of small health log errors in my dashboard that were hard for me to diagnose, and I felt like my support tickets took a while to actually get fixed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Netwrix Auditor solving and how is that benefiting you?

For me, Netwrix Auditor solves my biggest headache: visibility. Before, I didn’t have a clear way to track who changed what in my AD. Now I use it to monitor my Active Directory, file servers, and group policies. If someone deletes a file in my environment or disables a user account, I can see exactly who did it, when it happened, and where it came from.

It’s been a big benefit because I no longer have to manually dig through event logs to piece things together. It saves me hours every week. When auditors ask for reports, I can pull clean, straightforward reports from the dashboard in minutes, which makes it much easier to prove compliance. On the security side, I also get alerts for suspicious changes in my system, so I can catch issues in my network before they turn into a bigger problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.