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ManageEngine ADAudit Plus vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricManageEngine ADAudit Plus

by Zoho

SolarWinds Security Event Manager

by SolarWinds Worldwide LLC

Overall rating4.64.0
Review count6376
Ease of use9.08.4
Ease of setup9.07.7
Quality of support8.68.4
Meets requirements9.28.8
NPS80.95238126.760563
Small Business9.5%9.3%
Mid-Market58.7%40.0%
Enterprise31.7%50.7%
Total page views505234
Total LLM citations2,971327

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

ADAudit Plus is a UBA-driven auditor that helps keep your AD, Azure AD, file systems (including Windows, NetApp, EMC, Synology, Hitachi, and Huawei), Windows servers, and workstations secure and compliant. ADAudit Plus transforms raw and noisy event log data into real-time reports and alerts, enabling you to get full visibility into activities happening across your Windows Server ecosystem in just a few clicks. More than 10,000 organizations across the world trust ADAudit Plus to: 1. Instantly notify them about changes in their Windows Server environments. 2.

Pros

  • Reporting
  • Features
  • Dashboard Usability
  • Dashboard Design
  • Detailed Information
  • Log Management

SolarWinds Security Event Manager

Security Event Manager (SEM) is a powerful, real-time Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution designed to act as a virtual Security Operations Center (SOC). It provides active monitoring and automated threat detection across multi-vendor network devices, servers, workstations, and applications. SEM is delivered as a downloadable virtual appliance for rapid deployment, and allows IT teams to centralize log data and enable real-time event correlation right out of the box. SEM goes beyond simple alerting by offering automated remediation actions.

Pros

  • Detection Efficiency
  • Ease of Use