# Page 4 | Netwrix Auditor Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 4 - Is Netwrix Auditor the right Audit 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 4 - Reviews of Netwrix Auditor ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 76-100 of 212 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use BG Benson G. IT Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Valuable Compliance Managing App" April 17, 2024 5.0 Pros makes every compliance and tracking option efficient. Cons is determined in creating suitable network control. Review Source Sam L. Systems Administrator Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Tool for Sys Admins" February 24, 2021 5.0 Overall, I am extremely satisfied in this product for the features and function that save time. Having this tool has provided value several times over since installation several years ago, and the proof is in the pudding. It works and provides valuable insight into system health and the WHO, WHAT, WHEN and WHERE. Pros Easily identify the 4 W's: Who, what, when, where. Eliminates sifting through several event logs to find the relevant information. Allows easy investigation into changes not authorized or a failed system. Alerts easy to setup for notifications of items you need to know about. Cons Occasionally, services fail and don't stop, so monitoring the service doesn't tell you that there is a problem until it is too late. No preventative as I would like. Review Source DC Daniel C. Director of IT Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Netwrix Review " July 9, 2024 3.0 Pros The integrations, and the reporting. The information provided was helpful. Cons The slowness of the system, constant issues with configuration and unsure if it is 100% set up correctly. Review Source DS Deborah S. Audio Editor Media Production Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Netwix Auditor Program is the best overall in features, performance and price despite it's stepback." February 9, 2023 5.0 Using is good overall, and I can recommend it to be a valuable product that would save you much time in monitoring your server, treats, alerts and reports. Pros is one of the best preforming program overall, it is user friendly and easy to understand and it is advance in treat detection and aid in our IT overall protection.It has numerous upscaling features that make it stand out above other similar products.It is inexpensive and will give you value for your money. Cons I realized that it is not easy to use, more time would require to understand how to set it up properly.when running, it show error sometimes that is not understandable. Switched from [ZenGRC](https://www.capterra.com/p/157713/ZenGRC/) ZenGRC overall performance is not as effective as . Review Source KM Kyle M. Director of Internal Audit Banking Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great Website, Slick Interface. Awful Support" August 20, 2020 4.0 IT reported the technical support was responsive, but my experience with customer support was very negative. I had several instances of emails going unanswered, sometimes but not always because my contact left the company and our account was never handed over appropriately. Pros The website trial shows off the features of the software while also teaching how to perform a user access audit. The user interface is very clean, user-friendly, intuitive, and snappy. The software comes with a lot of explanations for the built-in reports to help users understand what the report is used for. The software also makes it really easy to monitor the organization, with alerts for unacceptable actions or for unusual behavior above thresholds. Cons Our IT department spent a long time working on getting some of the features and reports working, with some success, but many reports and features were never fixed after a whole year of working with support. Apparently Netwrix support was responsive, but their fixes often failed to work. Alternatives considered [ManageEngine ADAudit Plus](https://www.capterra.com/p/210774/ADAudit-Plus/) Reason for choosing Netwrix Auditor The trial was way more user friendly. I needed a software that could hold my hand while I learned how the various reports work, and Netwrix offered that. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Network Administrator Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "It has been refreshing to know that strange activity is going to notify me." July 30, 2018 4.0 Pros The alerting is incredibly valuable. Changes taking place to multiple files will generate an alert long before a human eye could notice what was happening. This is true of administrative logins and failed logins as well. The ability to audit changes in permissions so that they can be "seen" has been very helpful as well. Cons It can be a bit too quick to alert but this is configurable. The initial configuration will set the tone for the application and goes a long way toward the initial implementation and usage so plan your install and determine what you want it to do for you before you actually install it. Review Source Paul B. Technology Coordinator Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Netwrix Auditor for Dummies" January 23, 2019 4.0 We got this product to assist with our NIST 800-171 compliance with our aerospace customers. The logs and information it provides are invaluable. Pros It's very easy to configure most of what you'll want to log directly out of the box. The parts that are a little more confusing are easily done with talking to support. This is overall a great product and one that I've needed for years. Cons When you don't work with the setups on a regular basis it's sometimes time consuming to go back and make changes or add/delete things. Since it basically runs itself I haven't touched the setup in months. Review Source JM James M. Director of Information Security Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Netwrix auditor does what is needs to but watch out for hidden cost" April 21, 2020 2.0 Started off ok, but when the extra bill came and rude sales guy started in we were more than happy to turn this off. We moved to a fully managed SOC. Pros I liked I could get reports on who made changes to everything on my domain. I knew when someone adjusted a group policy, created a user, or made a change in SQL. Cons We set this up to monitor employees only. We did not want to monitor students or service accounts because of the extra cost. The count on the user side showed 2000+ and we were not licensed. I opened a support ticket with the company and was told not to worry about it because it would just not monitor any user because of the license. I didn't like the answer, but it was still monitoring so much more. Then a year later I was hit with a huge bill because we had 2000+ people being monitored. We decided to just turn of the service. Alternatives considered [DataPrivilege](https://www.capterra.com/p/155020/DataPrivilege/)[SolarWinds Service Desk](https://www.capterra.com/p/129478/Solarwinds-Service-Desk/)[ManageEngine Endpoint Central](https://www.capterra.com/p/170018/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central/) Reason for choosing Netwrix Auditor The cost of Netwrix was way lower than these, but turns out it was way more because of licenses. Review Source Kevin K. Network Sys Admin Warehousing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Product has consistently worked and is very reliable" January 18, 2018 5.0 Saved a lot of time with end users. Pros The product has always worked for us and is extremely easy to manage. The cost was definitely right for the product. Cons Only problem is that I haven't explored all the options that Netwrix has to offer. The have a wide range of products and I've just scratched the surface. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer System Analyst Luxury Goods & Jewelry Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Netwrix Review" January 23, 2019 4.0 good, but very difficult to do the upgrade. Pros That I can monitor all of my servers and get automated reports Cons Our current Sales Rep. Our first sales rep was very helpful and didn't lie about what we would be getting. Our current Sales rp has been extremely rude, and not helpful at all. Review Source JI Jen I. VP Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Review of software" July 9, 2024 4.0 great. the sales rep was excellent and support is very responsive Pros so much functionality, easy to use, good reporting features Cons nothing at this time. we just purchased so need more time to use Review Source Rahul P. Senior Systems Engineer Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Disappointed" September 13, 2018 2.0 Was hoping to leverage it for audit and compliance. Does collect all the logs, but reports and data handling has lot to desire. Pros Provides all the features you need...... Cons The features are there, however, reports hardly work, constant bug fixes or upgrades. Review Source MF Matthew F. Senior Systems Engineer Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Netwrix has helped revolutionize our processes and simplify environmental monitoring and management." July 17, 2017 5.0 We are able to easily spend our time on innovation as opposed to "fire-fighting." Pros Netwrix makes the process of auditing changes within our Active Directory environment very simple. We no longer have to spend additional time chasing down problems and what caused them. We can quickly evaluate what has recently changed, who changed it and then evaluate the best resolution without wasting time. This allows us to focus on the most important aspects of our jobs! Cons Netwrix does not have a lot of features that I do not find amazing. The only item that I can find that comes close to being a "con" involves the way that data is processed. I would love to find a method of auditing active directory and servers that do not involve granting Domain Admin rights to an account used for the product. It is understandable, though. Review Source RW Richard W. IT Mgr Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great software that reads your event logs and makes it easy to read, break down and report on." November 10, 2017 5.0 Know exactly what is happening in your network so you can detect problems and intrusion attempts before they get bad. Pros This software takes your computer and server event logs and breaks them down into reports that you can easy view and understand exactly what is going on with your environment. You can also record what anyone does on your servers as a video. All reports can have real time notifications of events you select like multiple failed logins etc. It is also an amazing price for all that you get. Cons The only thing i have had is that the new version doesn't support Windows Server 2003-2008 so what i did was spun up 2 VM's for this software and ran an older version on one VM and the newest version on an other so I can have the old version monitor the 2003-2008 servers and the newest version monitor 2008 R2 to 2016. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer IT Operations Supervisor Construction Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Netwrix Suite" January 24, 2019 5.0 After getting the system up and running it has been a great tool for being proactive when monitoring our environment. The automated reports work great. Pros Automation!! Set it and forget it. Once you set up the items you want to monitor, you have the ability to shift your focus to other important items and then be alerted when the criteria matches your rules. Cons A little complicated to get things working at first. Review Source AI Adrian I. Chief Technology Officer Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A auditing solution with huge value to the organization!" July 17, 2017 5.0 It makes AD auditing easier for our Information Security Officer, while providing real-time reports for our IT department. The program saves a lot of time that had been spent doing things manually. Pros The daily reporting is great at providing a snapshot of changes the environment for Information Security Officer. In our IT department we rely on the real-time alerts daily for user lockouts and other AD related changes to inform us of changes made so we can act accordingly. Cons It takes some time to get a handle on the on-demand reporting, but Netwrix provides a huge list of canned reports so you rarely have to create a customized report from scratch. Review Source SM Stan M. Network Administrator Consumer Goods Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "I have found the most reliable feature of the software is "No data is available "" July 17, 2017 3.0 The visibility on changes in Active Directory is incredibly valuable. Pros When the software works as advertised the information collection and reporting is far easier than attempting to extract the date from convoluted Microsoft logs using problematic scripts. The advertised data collection is extensive, and covers the most critical areas needed by a small business IT department with a limited staff. The active directory reporting is incredibly valuable and should be a mandatory for any business with or without a dedicated IT department. Cons Getting the data collection to work, and then keeping the data collection working is almost nothing short of an exercise in futility. The purpose of the software is to collect and report data, and yet Netwrix does not seem to hold back on making the process seem like a customer problem by providing numerous dead end resolutions. The lack of data collection troubleshooting tools does not go unnoticed. Review Source Rob S. IT Manager Staffing and Recruiting Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great product, easy to use & helps with GDPR compliance" August 29, 2018 5.0 Netwrix saves me time not having to go through continuous logs. I can just run reports on demand and review the scheduled reports. It also ensures helps to manage permissions and AD accounts. Netwrix saves me quite a bit of time on a weekly basis. Pros Consolidates logs, easy to access reports on AD/file server changes. You are also able to set up alerts for account lockouts, failed logins and more. Netwrix can also help detect ransomware by reporting on bulk file changes (thankfully this isn't an issue for us). The application is easy to set up and navigate. Cons Whilst the modular approach is great for price/budgeting, it's a shame you can't trial the different modules for 30/60/90 days before making a decision on which modules to implement. Review Source GJ Glenn J. St. Systems and Security Architect Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Netwrix Auditor is a fairly easy software package to use. It also converse a lot of system types." July 17, 2017 4.0 The software covered most of the system that we were required to audit. Pros can be setup to audit most all of the systems that a company is running. It also allows, for one price to audit most of the systems that need to be audited. In addition you can audit systems that are not part of Netwrix by using the Integration API. Cons The primary con with Netwrix is that the documentation is not complete. It does show how to configure a basic system but then stops there. It should also show how to configure more complex configurations. This then requires you to submit a ticket which might take a bit to get a proper answer. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Systems Engineer Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The additional set of eyes you need." January 24, 2019 5.0 Pros was easy to deploy and you can very quickly gain deep insights into what is occurring in your environment. A huge positive is that a single application can provide data for so many different environments. Cons Not a knock against the software itself, but in some cases, requirements for certain audit features could be documented a bit better or more centrally. Perhaps this has been improved upon since my initial deployment 5+ years ago. Review Source GJ Glenn J. Sr. Systems and Security Architect Government Relations Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A lot of features at a good price." April 19, 2018 4.0 It has been used to show my company does take securing sensitive information seriously. Pros audits a lot of different products such as SQL Server, Windows Servers, Active Directory and NetApp file servers. It is very consistent in its runs and produces reports and alerts that our US government clients fully accept. It has helped my company receive numerous accreditation for performing auditing properly. Cons It can be difficult to configure and sometimes fails during a heavy load. Although it may fail every now and then, it will go back and gather the information it missed in the last run and get backup to date on the audits. Review Source Nathan K. Sr. Manager, Business Applications Chemicals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "One of the easiest products to use." January 25, 2019 5.0 Pros Its User Interface. Netwrix has a lot of built-in features that come right out of the box. Cons It needs a full time person to run the software. Review Source ML Min L. Chief Information Officer Machinery Used the software for: 2+ years ### "This application has helped us to determine weaknesses in our server securities." July 18, 2017 3.0 Monitor the usage of all our proprietary information and be able to track the specific computer and user. Pros Monitor our file server usages and provide detail reporting on abnormal access to sensitive information. Cons We are experiencing resource issues when the application is running. When running scan on the server over the WAN, the application seems to use a large amount of memory. Review Source JB Jack B. Chief Technology Officer Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Invaluable solution for our Microsoft Active Directory auditing requirements." July 17, 2017 4.0 Ease of addressing our Microsoft audit/compliance activities. Pros Netwrix provides a thorough, easy to use interface to address supporting documentation for almost all of our Microsoft audit requirements. We have been able to easily produce the documentation and evidence for all requests from our audit team with ease. Something that used to take a considerable amount of time to compile. Cons Would prefer that the client be web based, as opposed to the Windows client that is used today. Additional detail in error reports to help identify exactly what is not working would be extremely helpful as well. We occasionally have to do quite a bit of exploration to determine exactly what component is generating the error. Review Source MG Matthew G. IT Manager Government Relations Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Use this software to monitor, alert, and create reports for Government IT Audits" July 17, 2017 5.0 Easier domain management, real time security alerts, it is a wonderful piece of software. Pros The fact that Netwrix always includes new and better features all of the time. Great price for the software and once it is in place and working it is very stable and solid. The new 9.0 version really allows for so much more than the old versions. Cons Some of the plugins are hard to use. I have a hard time figuring out what is causing errors sometimes when it runs its nightly scans of my systems. But customer support is always very good in helping solve the issues. 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.