Lepide auditor alternative | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

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Pay less and get more with ADAudit Plus.

LepideAuditor is licensed on a per-user basis, i.e., the more new users you add, the more it will cost you. This means that even without an increase in the number of servers, your costs will likely increase each year. However, ADAudit Plus is licensed on a per-server basis, which ensures that even with an increase in the number of users, you can aggregate data from licensed servers, and remain within your budget over the years.
Both ADAudit Plus and Lepide Auditor offer Azure AD and file server auditing capabilities that are on-par. However, ADAudit Plus provides additional Active Directory (AD) auditing capabilities, including user work hours tracking, AD FS auditing, AD CS auditing, LDAP authentication auditing, and PowerShell auditing. For more information, check out the comparison table below. .

Feature	Description	Manage Engine ADAudit Plus	LepideAuditor for AD and File Server
Logon auditing	Provides information on both successful and failed logons
Account lockout analysis	Provides information on locked out user accounts, along with the probable source of lockout
User work hour tracking	Provides information on employees' actual work hours (displays active and idle times separately)
Object change auditing	Provides information on changes to AD objects such as users, computers, groups, organizational units (OUs), and more
GPO change auditing	Provides information on Group Policy Object (GPO) management actions and GPO settings changes

Feature	Description	Manage Engine ADAudit Plus	LepideAuditor for AD and File Server
AD Federation Services auditing	Provides information on both successful and failed AD FS logons
LDAP authentication auditing	Provides information on LDAP authentication events
PowerShell auditing	Provides information on PowerShell processes, along with the commands executed by them
1.14 AD Certificate Services (AD CS) auditing	Provides information on certificate-related activities on your AD CS servers
Azure AD auditing	Provides information on successful and failed user logons; changes to Azure AD users, groups, roles, applications; and more

Feature	Description	Manage Engine ADAudit Plus	LepideAuditor for AD and File Server
File or folder access auditing	Provides information on file or folder read, create, delete, and modify actions
File or folder permission change auditing	Provides information on file or folder read, create, delete, and modify actions
File or folder failed attempts auditing	Provides information on failed attempts to read, write, and delete files or folders
File integrity monitoring	Provides information on failed attempts to read, write, and delete files or folders
Supported environments	Windows, NetApp, and EMC	+ Synology, Hitachi, Huawei, Amazon FSx for Windows, QNAP, and Azure

Feature	Description	Manage Engine ADAudit Plus	LepideAuditor for AD and File Server
Change auditing and reporting	Provides reports that detail who did what, when, and from where. Helps demonstrate compliance with SOX, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GLBA, GDPR, and other IT mandates
Ransomware detection	Provides instant notifications about security incidents via email or SMS. Allows configuration of triggers based on volume, time, etc. to spot activities like mass file access. Also allows execution of scripts to automate response actions like shutting down a device
Privileged user monitoring	Provides a comprehensive audit trail of privileged user activity
Insider threat detection	Leverages user behavior analytics (UBA) to detect suspicious user behavior based on users' previous activity patterns
Architecture	Offers both agentless and agent-based audit data collection

Disclaimer

The purpose of this comparison is to give the reader an idea about the Active Directory, Azure AD, and file server auditing capabilities of ManageEngine ADAudit Plus and LepideAuditor for Active Directory and File Server.
This comparison is based on the information available online as of March 2024. 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.
Lepide Auditor's pricing information is not publicly available, the details in this page have been obtained from third-party sources.