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A Canadian alternative to ManageEngine ADAudit Plus

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is a change and access auditing product for organizations with hybrid on-premises and multi-cloud IT environments (source). Lavawall® is a Canadian alternative for Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and file auditing, owned and hosted in Canada, with the closest match for each ADAudit Plus capability listed below.

On this page: ADAudit Plus at a glance, feature by feature, ADAudit Plus and Canada, and moving over.

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ManageEngine ADAudit Plus at a glance

What ADAudit Plus says about itself, with a link to the page each fact comes from.

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus at a glance, from its own website
Made forOrganizations with hybrid on-premises and multi-cloud IT environments (source)
Pricing modelPer server (domain controllers and other audited components), tiered editions (Free, Standard, Professional), annual subscription (source)
Free trial or free planTrial (30 days) and a free edition (source)
PlatformsInstalls on Windows or Windows Server; audits Active Directory, Entra ID, Windows servers, workstations, Windows, and NAS file servers (source)
DeploymentOn-premises (source)
Integrations it listsSplunk, ArcSight, and Syslog servers (source)
Data exportReports export to CSV, PDF, HTML, or XLSX (source)

ADAudit Plus feature by feature

ADAudit Plus lists these capabilities on its own website; each links to its source. Beside each is the closest Lavawall® feature and the article that shows how to use it.

ADAudit Plus capabilities and the closest Lavawall feature
What ADAudit Plus says it doesClosest Lavawall® featureHow-to article
Active Directory and Entra ID change auditing (source)Microsoft 365 configuration change monitoringConfiguration Changes
Real-time change alerts (source)Risk-based notifications to the right personNotification Setup
Logon monitoring and lockout analysis (source)Local account and logon auditing on managed computersLocal Account Logins
File server and NAS auditing (source)File change and access monitoring for Windows file serversOn-Prem File Monitor
Compliance reports for SOX, HIPAA, PCI DSS (source)Compliance reports and dashboardsReports & Analytics
Active Directory attack detection (source)No direct equivalent in Lavawall. Check whether you need it before you move. 
Privileged user monitoring (source)Tracking of who holds administrator access to each client systemCompany Systems & Admin Access

Lavawall® has a close match for 6 of these 7 ADAudit Plus capabilities. For the other 1, check whether you rely on them before you move.

For a longer comparison, see Lavawall® compared with ManageEngine ADAudit Plus.

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus and Canada

ManageEngine is a division of Zoho Corp., which is headquartered in Chennai, India. ADAudit Plus is software you install yourself, so where its data lives depends on where you run it.

Lavawall and ManageEngine ADAudit Plus compared on Canadian criteria
Canadian criterionLavawall®ManageEngine ADAudit Plus
Headquarters and ownershipCalgary, Alberta; fully Canadian-ownedChennai, India (Zoho Corp.)
Hosting in CanadaYes, by defaultRuns where you install it
Canadian-dollar pricingYes, with GST, HST, PST, and QSTSee ADAudit Plus’s pricing
Console in FrenchYes: Canadian French, Canadian English and US English, chosen by each person (details)No: Chinese and English (source)

Taken from ADAudit Plus’s own website and documentation in September 2026 and linked on this page. Tell us if something has changed and we will correct it.

Lavawall® is built and owned by ThreeShield Information Security Corporation in Calgary, hosted in Canada by default, billed in Canadian dollars, supported from Canada, and available in Canadian French. What makes Lavawall® Canadian.

Moving from ADAudit Plus to Lavawall®

  1. Export what you need from ADAudit Plus. Its documentation describes this: reports export to CSV, PDF, HTML, or XLSX.
  2. Start a free Lavawall® trial and add your companies.
  3. Install the Lavawall® agent on your file servers and computers, and connect your Microsoft 365 tenants. Monitoring starts as the agent reports in.
  4. Set up each feature from the table above. The how-to articles to start with: Configuration Changes, Notification Setup, Local Account Logins, On-Prem File Monitor.
  5. Run both side by side and turn ADAudit Plus off one company at a time, when your team is ready.

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Where ADAudit Plus may fit better

If you need an enterprise audit archive with the deepest data-source coverage, ADAudit Plus is built for that; Lavawall® covers what MSPs typically need for compliance inside a full RMM.

Lavawall® has no direct equivalent for these ADAudit Plus capabilities, so check whether you need them:

  • Active Directory attack detection

Frequently asked questions

Is Lavawall a Canadian alternative to ManageEngine ADAudit Plus?
Yes. Lavawall® is Canadian-owned and hosted in Canada by default. Of the 7 ADAudit Plus capabilities listed on this page, Lavawall has a close match for 6.
Does ADAudit Plus host data in Canada?
ADAudit Plus is software you install yourself, so where its data lives depends on where you run it. Lavawall® is delivered as a service, with data hosted in Canada by default.
How is ADAudit Plus priced?
Its own website describes its pricing as per server (domain controllers and other audited components), tiered editions (Free, Standard, Professional), annual subscription. Lavawall® publishes its prices in Canadian dollars on its pricing page, month-to-month.
Does ADAudit Plus offer a free trial?
Its own website lists this: trial (30 days) and a free edition. Lavawall® offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card.
What does Lavawall not replace in ADAudit Plus?
Lavawall® has no direct equivalent for these ADAudit Plus capabilities: Active Directory attack detection.
Can Lavawall replace ADAudit Plus?
For most MSPs and small and mid-sized organizations, yes: Lavawall® covers the Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and file activity monitoring they use for compliance, in the same console as the RMM.
Can I export my data from ADAudit Plus?
ADAudit Plus’s documentation describes this: reports export to CSV, PDF, HTML, or XLSX.
Is ManageEngine ADAudit Plus available in French?
No. ManageEngine lists ADAudit Plus in Chinese and English. Lavawall® works in Canadian French, Canadian English and US English, chosen by each person.

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus is a trademark of its owner. Other product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Lavawall is not affiliated with ADAudit Plus.