# Page 3 | Netwrix Auditor Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 3 - Is Netwrix Auditor the right Integrated Risk Management solution for you? Explore 212 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/164872/Netwrix-Auditor/reviews --- Netwrix Auditor 4.5 (212) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated May 24th, 2026 # Page 3 - Reviews of Netwrix Auditor ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 212 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VD Vinh D. IT Oil & Energy Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful Tool for System administrator." July 11, 2024 4.0 A great tool to monitor your servers and networks. Pros I would have to say support at Netwrix was great to work with. Cons The complexity it takes to setup the software as there are so many options/feature. Review Source AR Anthony R. Security Operations Analyst Government Administration Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great visability into the overall picture of your environment" July 9, 2024 5.0 Pros I Like the versatility and thoroughness of the information it provides Cons The interaction with other security tools. Its a bit "noisy" Review Source TH Tom H. Net admin Information Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Netwrix auditor user" July 9, 2024 5.0 Pros Reporting features and functions of the reports Cons Ran out of disk space and memory and slow Review Source ES Ethan S. Systems Administrator Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Really simplifies some aspects of the job" July 9, 2024 5.0 Works like a charm, exactly as demonstrated. Pros Solid application that simplifies a host of scripts that it replaced. Cons As often as we use it, no real cons spring to mind. Review Source JW Jim W. Security Analyst Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easily helped us with a cyber incident to show nothing was accessed" July 9, 2024 5.0 Very good support in getting it setup and having several walkthroughs by Netwrix support professionals to get you comfortable with the software. Pros Once you have it setup, it works flawlessly and can give deep insight into the activities of employees. Cons Reports can be a little confusing as to the structure and figuring out how to get the best data you are looking for. The biggest issue I have is it shows available reports from non-licensed Netwrix applications. Review Source CC Corey C. Information Security Specialist Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Indium Info Sec Review " July 11, 2024 4.0 Pros Netwrix is useful for real time auditing and getting notifications when certain pre defined rules have been met. Cons It is not as straight forward to setup as other options, data is not as straight forward. Review Source PZ Pamela Z. Technical Suport Analyst Libraries Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good Tool for Monitoring AD Environment" July 9, 2024 5.0 Overall, it is a great tool for my agency to monitor our AD health environment. Pros Ability to track and record the users' logon activities, AD objects changes, and file access. I also like the reporting feature. Cons Need to deploy on-prem. It would be nice if they offered the cloud version. Review Source SS Stephanie S. Procurement Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Dependable" July 9, 2024 4.0 Pros Dependable, reliable, easy to use and cohesive Cons Have no complaints - we have used successfully Review Source DM David M. It Manager Government Relations Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Auditor Help us!" July 9, 2024 5.0 Some time our employees make a mistake or deliberate use equipment and files incorrectly, Auditor have help us to get it identify possible solutions. Pros Logs on files and devices usage making us able to literal Audit certain issues Cons I would see some dashboards with relevant information at glance Review Source OH Omar H. Systems Administrator Medical Practice Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Time saver" July 9, 2024 5.0 Overall it's been good. Easy to use and for finding specific logs. Pros The interface and the amount of predefined reports available. Cons Errors during SQL creation. It was eventually resolved with help from the Netwrix support team. Review Source EV Enrique V. IT Manager Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Netwrix wrocks" July 10, 2024 4.0 Pros The ability to aggregate Active Directory logs Cons The interface is a bit clunky and not as intuitive as I would have hoped. Review Source TL Tyson L. IT Security Analyst Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Netwrix Auditor is awesome" July 9, 2024 5.0 It has been positive. The more I work with it, the better I understand it. Pros I like how it has a security dashboard built in automatically. Cons Sometimes the connections break, and I'm not sure why. Reason for choosing Netwrix Auditor This product provides the logs that our company needs. Review Source SC Sarath C. Senior System Administrator Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Manning Review" July 9, 2024 4.0 Pros email alerts when things like user deleted massive files when space is running out AD reports Cons healthy issues on the data connectors had to move from azure to onprem to give more resources Review Source GH Gavin H. Procurmeent Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Netwrix Auditor Review" July 10, 2024 5.0 Very good. The team are very attentive and quick to respond to queries. Pros The features we use it for are great, however that comes at a significant cost Cons Not sure we know the full functionality. Review Source AM Alex M. IT Service Manager Retail Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Set it and forget it type product" July 9, 2024 5.0 Pros Once configured the product is very hands-off. Cons Bit of a complicated setup in that it’s not intuitive in some areas. The user interface feels old but is functional. Review Source Robert D. Haed of IT Chemicals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "For admins only - but powerful if you know how to use it" April 22, 2022 4.0 It was a steep learning curve to configure and initially use. There was good help from customer service but still quite painful. But it is usefull and required now that it is up and running. Pros IT's very powerful. It adds so much usefull functionality to the existing windows auditing that it can really manage the servers/office3365 ect well form a security/compliance/auditing point of view. Cons It's difficult to configure. It can be offputting to those who are not technical. Not really for smaller businesses. Alternatives considered [Lepide Data Security Platform](https://www.capterra.com/p/205542/Lepide-Data-Security-Platform/) Reason for choosing Netwrix Auditor cost benefit analysis. Lower cost for the functionality. Review Source RR Richie R. System Administrator Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Netwrix Auditor is great" July 9, 2024 5.0 Pros I like that i can run custom reports on the fly. Cons The menus could be a little less complicated to navigate but still not bad Review Source RP Robert P. Chief Technology Officer Law Practice Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product!" July 9, 2024 5.0 Pros Ease of use and ability to setup quickly! Cons Would like to purchase multiple year license Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Lead System Administrator Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "If you are held to a number of regulatory governances, Netwrix Auditor is for you" January 24, 2019 5.0 If ever anyone is requiring a software that will audit their systems, I immediately recommend Netwrix because of the community presence (I have dealt with them primarily on the Spiceworks forums), and their amazing canned reports. Pros The amount of data you can collect about security events, group changes, object moves and deletions, system and file access (and much more) is astounding, especially considering the price. If I need to track something new that I wasn't thinking of when I bought this software, I only need to dig a little and there's something there already for me to utilize. The variety of things we can monitor from a system level is fantastic too. Windows domains, file servers, Office 365, VMWare, SharePoint, SQL and more...each type of audit task yields the same types of reports as the other. Easy color coding for quick visual assessment. Setting up is a cinch. The documentation has just about everything you'll need to get running, and the knowledgebase handles all the extra gotchas that you may run into if you have a temperamental environment :) Probably one of my favorite things about Netwrix Auditor: no-nonsense licensing. Cons I think that the UI change from the prior major version to the new was the most jarring. I suspect it wouldn't have been as difficult to understand had I started with the newest UI. Review Source KP Kenny P. IT Manager Oil & Energy Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "netwrix review" July 9, 2024 4.0 It has been ok. The reports are good but not all the features are there. Pros you can see who made changes to file or removed or added them Cons You are not able to tell who delete a file. Just removed them. Review Source Jordan D. IT Manager Consumer Goods Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great tool for network visibility" October 8, 2018 4.0 I find visibility to be one of the greatest tools as a network manager. Netwrix gives me the ability to monitor file actions as well as account actions that may tip me off to a security breach on the network. Or, if an employee wants to know the exact reason a file went missing I am able to query Netwrix and provide an exact answer, even a screen capture of the event in progress if I wanted. With customizable notifications I am able to get on the spot information when specific events occur, like somebody attempting to log into a Domain Administrator's account without authorization. Though a little expensive, it is better to have the security Netwrix auditor provides than to allow a network breach go unnoticed until it is too late. Pros Easy to setup monitor AD, Logs, Events, etc customizable notifications visibility into files, Group Policy, Active Directory, Office 365, Azure, etc advanced features that help track down file actions, like screen captures or recordings of the actual event Cons The interface is sluggish can cause some network interference if not tuned properly cost Review Source CH Chris H. Systems Administrator Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Netwrix Review" July 9, 2024 5.0 Pros I like the broad spectrum of reports available Cons It can be cumbersome to create a new report in my opinion. Review Source AJ Anthony J. Director of Enterprise Services Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Netwrix Auditor (AD, File, Windows Server, Logon Activity Auditing)" December 12, 2018 5.0 My Company has been using Netwrix since 2013, and it has been great for us. We love the reports that it generates around our Active Directory, Exchange, Windows Servers etc., including the alerts that we subscribe to for delivery. We've also used the Audit reports for our Auditing request, which we can produce in minutes with Netwrix, which used to take us days to put together. We've also used as a training tool to teach helpdesk level personnel, as it helped us capture errors that were done in Active Directory (and reverted back with the nifty Rollback feature), and that allowed us to customize training for an new employees while working in Active Directory. Wading through event viewer events is no fun and very tedious, enter Netwrix that makes much more efficient, as you can build reports on a specific object and/or date range. I can’t tell you how many times we've used it to trace a lockout of a user and where exactly the user was being locked out from - incredibly helpful, as this occurs with regularity. Netwrix has been absolutely brilliant for us, it's auditing, alerting and reporting capabilities has been and continues to be of great use for my Company. I must also give kudos to the Netwrix helpdesk, as there are very knowledgeable and have assisted successfully on numerous occasions. Highly recommend Netwrix for any company that’s looking to audit their internal systems, with great reporting and alerting for all your critical and non-critical systems. Pros Ease of installation and usage, Reporting, alerts, etc. Cons I noticed that the new version of Netwrix tends to eat up a lot more hardrive disk space, but this is due to fine tuning Audit. Without proper tuning, it will easily eat up 100GB - which is what I experienced. Review Source DS Daniel S. AD Administrator Automotive Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Daniel Serrano Review" July 9, 2024 4.0 Good product but limited in some aspects- Pros Friendly interface and responsive support. Cons It is not optimized in most cases you are limited. Review Source Glenn J. Sr. Systems and Security Architect Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A good product for the money" October 22, 2018 5.0 We have been quite happy with Netwrix and staff are starting to rely on it for detailed auditing. Pros Netwrix Auditor is a good product that audits all of the items we need to audit. It will audit file servers, database server, Active Directory Servers, SharePoint servers and a whole lot more. We use it for all of these items and the price did not go up because we added more machine types. Cons Netwrix can be a bit finicky at times. We have has it stop auditing a server because the configuration on the server was changed. It took a bit of work with support for them to realize that it shouldn't have stopped due to the configuration change and once they figured that out, they fixed the problem. Once we got the auditing to start, it picked up all of the items it missed while it wasn't auditing, so we lost nothing. Review Source ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox. Talk to a Capterra advisor for free and get results within 15 minutes.