Specops Password Auditor 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Specops Password Auditor

4.8

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Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Specops Password Auditor

Specops Password Auditor is a password audit tool that can identify password-related vulnerabilities within Active Directory accounts. Designed to improve password security and help organizations meet compliance requirements, this tool can generate reports that list accounts with expired, reused, and blank passwords. It can proactively prevent data breaches caused by compromised passwords. Specops Password Auditor is compatible with Windows 8 and above, or Server 12 and above.

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Specops Password Auditor Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Pricing available upon request

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

Pricing available upon request

No plan information available

Specops Password Auditor Features

Popular features found in Password Management
Credential Management
Multi-Factor Authentication
Password Generator
Password Synchronization
Single Sign On
User Management
More features of Specops Password Auditor
Activity Dashboard
API
Audit Management
Authentication
Data Security
Email Alerts
Endpoint Protection
Network Scanning
Password Management
Password Policies
Password Protection
Real-Time Monitoring
Real-Time Notifications
Real-Time Reporting
Reporting/Analytics
Vulnerability Assessment
Vulnerability Protection
Vulnerability Scanning

Specops Password Auditor User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

80%

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Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

5.0

Value for money

4.9

Customer support

4.7

Functionality

4.7

Verified

Reviewer

Chemicals

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Reviewed June 2022

Excellent Password Auditor Software

It is has been fantastic from our initial and on-going conversations with the Account Manager and with their Technical department. They respond quickly and make themselves readily available for consultations and on-call meetings.

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Pros:

I love the fact that Password Auditor can compare up to date hashes with those already stored on a customers Active Directory. A number of reports including an executive summary can be easily created. The product has a plethora of features including: - Checks for known weak passwords - Identifies password vulnerabilities such as compromised passwords and those users too - Checks which users haven’t changed their passwords since a certain date - Identifies where passwords are not required - Identifies expired passwords - Identifies existing password policies - Displays password policy usage - Clearly highlights password policy compliance - Will only read information from Active Directory - Does not store Active Directory Data nor does it allow changes to company’s AD

Cons:

There really was nothing to dislike. Everything in terms of our communication with them has been positive.

Reasons for choosing Specops Password Auditor

Specops ticked all the boxes and met all our criteria. The Password Auditor was free and there was no compulsion to purchase further products. The service was exemplary and continues to be.

Sara A.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2024

Specops Password Auditor forever!

Specops Password Auditor helps me a lot to keep my network safer, and fix possible vulnerabilities such as weak passwords, stale users...

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Value for money

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Pros:

Specops Password Auditor is a must. Just deploy on your domain controller and download the database (it will take some time and create many files, so choose an empty directory as destination). Then the program will check all the domain user/administrators status, I mean not only if the password can be easily breached, but also if there are identical passwords, no password set, aged passwords, users that have no activity for a long time... and then you can download the lists in excel format or create a pdf. I highly recommend this program, you should run it regularly.

Cons:

The download of the database can take several minutes and create a lot of files

Paul M.

Verified reviewer

Oil & Energy

201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed January 2020

Easily see if we are in compliance.

Specops Password Auditor provides a quick an easy method to get a view of how your organization is complying with company password policy. The drill downs allow me to view the information that is most important.

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Pros:

The scan is very quick and easy to read the results. Provides me a quick way to see how we are doing at complying with our password policy.

Cons:

Would like to view the consoles remotely via web browser.

Reasons for choosing Specops Password Auditor

The product provided the options we were looking and the implementation process was fairly simple. The cost for the Specops product was reasonably for the benefits provided.

Ryan C.

Verified reviewer

Health, Wellness and Fitness

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Reviewed July 2023

Even if you dont go with the amazing SpecOps Password Policy this audit tool is a must!

Amazing lightweight tool which can be installed and used within minutes, provides key security information on what your users are doing with there password decisions and also there inactivity. Creates actionable spreadsheets and pdf's so you can target the users who are using breached password or sharing passwords with others.

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Value for money

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Pros:

Ease of use, can be loaded up instantly and provides real time up to date reports of whats going on within your enviroment regarding user passwords and user activity.

Cons:

For a free tool that provides a vast amount of information there are very little 'cons' I would only ask for improvements in the reporting area so the data could be filtered more but again these are more feature requests than cons.

Raza H.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed January 2020

Great product and easy to setup

The specops Has been great and their service is good and the password are one of the biggest day to day things which all admin dread having to reset specially after long weekend or after users gets back from vacation and forgets all the time ,

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Pros:

How easy it was to setup and how well it works , I have been using this for over two years and it makes my job so much easier and the time i get back not having to bother resetting password every day

Cons:

I have to say I have had any issues so far and I’m pretty luck not have had any major issues

Reasons for choosing Specops Password Auditor

How easy and simple and the price was no brainer

Shiva R.

Verified reviewer

Pharmaceuticals

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed November 2019

easy to use freeware tool

It was easy to install, configure and use the product and the vendor provided good documentation - very positive experience.

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Pros:

This is probably one of the best freeware tools available to review password policies,, compare and benchmark with others as well be able to audit the administration of password policy. It also helps generate reports that show weak passwords that are vulnerable as well as expired passwords and enhance password security.

Cons:

The tool fulfills its functionality and hence there is really nothing that I really would like to call out as missing or poorly done. The one suggestion that I have though is to include underlying details to the summary information on the dashboard.

Reasons for choosing Specops Password Auditor

It was a freeware tool that was serving the purpose of administering password policy whilee providing good reporting capability.

Robin K.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2021

Simple and straight forward

Would recommend to any org trying to block users from using inappropriate passwords.

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Pros:

Documentation was good. Updates are dynamic, so no need to babysit the app. Really like that you can create custom black lists to prevent users from using words that AD or Google allow.

Cons:

Nothing, it works as expected. We had to get some clarity on policies to meet our needs, but that was a simple email with support.

Kamal Y.

Verified reviewer

Financial Services

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed July 2023

Password auditor

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Pros:

The password hash comparison is one of the most useful features in the product, this is especially helpful for ensuring that privileged users are being as secure as they can be.

Cons:

Manually downloading the breached protection can be tedious and would be great if it was included as part of a software update.

Alex C.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed June 2022

Specops Auditor Review

Good software from start to finish.

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Pros:

Simple to use and navigate, for updating new password lists and separating different password categories.

Cons:

There wasn't anything to say that's negative.

nick c.

Verified reviewer

Financial Services

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed November 2019

Great integration of product

THis enabled us to keep an eye and have a dashboard to be more proactive and get good insights into our business.

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Pros:

The software was very easue to bring into architecture and use. We could not have asked for a more seemless transition.

Cons:

No issues of note. We are very happy with product.

Reasons for choosing Specops Password Auditor

It met our scability needs with minimal delays and intrusion.

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