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Datawrapper vs ManageEngine M365 Security Plus
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Datawrapper and ManageEngine M365 Security Plus — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Datawrapper vs ManageEngine M365 Security Plus: at a glance
What is Datawrapper?
Datawrapper ships one small fix at a time, each named for the chart it touches
Datawrapper's changelog is a stream of single-item entries titled by date and chart type, most of them one sentence long. The recent run is almost entirely repair work across locator maps, choropleth and symbol maps, line charts and tables — a duplicated area marker in globe projection, a colour picker that failed for single lines with custom colours, region suggestions that now fill the data table cell immediately. The newest entry fixes SVG export so labels with strokes no longer carry an extra text layer when opened in Illustrator.
What is ManageEngine M365 Security Plus?
An on-prem M365 auditing tool whose releases are mostly dependency hygiene.
M365 Security Plus is an on-premises Java application for auditing and alerting on Microsoft 365 activity, shipped as numbered builds a few times a year. The last two builds are typical of the pattern: 4821 upgrades the bundled JRE from Java 8 to 11 and refreshes 7-Zip and Jackson libraries, while 4820 carries the only real functional work in the window — mailbox backups to local, shared, or NAS repositories, PST splitting for large exports, bulk mailbox selection from CSV, and audit logs that show object names instead of GUIDs. Security fixes appear in nearly every build.
Datawrapper vs ManageEngine M365 Security Plus: editorial side-by-side
Datawrapper
5.0ANALYTICS
Datawrapper ships one small fix at a time, each named for the chart it touches
◆ Current state
Datawrapper's changelog is a stream of single-item entries titled by date and chart type, most of them one sentence long. The recent run is almost entirely repair work across locator maps, choropleth and symbol maps, line charts and tables — a duplicated area marker in globe projection, a colour picker that failed for single lines with custom colours, region suggestions that now fill the data table cell immediately. The newest entry fixes SVG export so labels with strokes no longer carry an extra text layer when opened in Illustrator.
◆ Where it's heading
The pattern is a mature product being polished at the edges where its output meets other tools: the export path into Illustrator, screen readers announcing table search results, warnings when natural breaks fall outside a custom range. Genuinely new capability is rare and small when it appears, such as patterns becoming usable with range highlights. Anyone reading this feed for direction will find craft rather than strategy, which is consistent with a tool whose value is that charts behave predictably.
◆ Prediction
Expect the same cadence of narrow fixes across the map and chart types, with the next non-fix entry most likely another styling option extended to a chart type that did not have it.
ManageEngine M365 Security Plus
5.0ANALYTICS
An on-prem M365 auditing tool whose releases are mostly dependency hygiene.
◆ Current state
M365 Security Plus is an on-premises Java application for auditing and alerting on Microsoft 365 activity, shipped as numbered builds a few times a year. The last two builds are typical of the pattern: 4821 upgrades the bundled JRE from Java 8 to 11 and refreshes 7-Zip and Jackson libraries, while 4820 carries the only real functional work in the window — mailbox backups to local, shared, or NAS repositories, PST splitting for large exports, bulk mailbox selection from CSV, and audit logs that show object names instead of GUIDs. Security fixes appear in nearly every build.
◆ Where it's heading
Two forces set the release agenda, and neither is a roadmap. The first is Microsoft: deprecated cmdlets forced an audit rewrite onto Get-MessageTraceV2, and a tenant configuration change broke onboarding until build 4817 patched around it. The second is the supply chain — Log4j, Tomcat, Bouncy Castle, Zulu JRE, and now the Java 8 to 11 jump, all tracked build by build because on-premises customers inherit whatever the vendor bundles. The product work that does land clusters around the Backup module, which is the one area growing rather than being maintained.
◆ Prediction
With the JRE finally past Java 8, Tomcat 9 is the next end-of-life dependency in the bundle, and the Backup module's steady additions suggest export and retention options continue there.
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Recent activity from Datawrapper and ManageEngine M365 Security Plus
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 7d agoDatawrapperSVG export drops the extra text layer behind stroked labels
- 9d agoDatawrapperArea markers no longer render twice in globe projection
- 21d agoDatawrapperPatterns can now be used with range highlights
- 23d agoDatawrapperColor picker fixed for single lines with custom colors
- 27d agoDatawrapperRegion suggestions fill the data table cell immediately
- 29d agoDatawrapperWarning when natural breaks fall outside the custom range
- 1mo agoManageEngine M365 Security PlusBuild 4821: bundled JRE moves to Java 11
- 1mo agoManageEngine M365 Security PlusBuild 4820: NAS backup targets, PST splitting, readable audits
- 2mo agoManageEngine M365 Security PlusBuild 4817: tenant configuration unblocked
- 5mo agoManageEngine M365 Security PlusBuild 4816: Export Graph data-access fix and Log4j upgrade
- 7mo agoManageEngine M365 Security PlusBuild 4814: Duo SDK update before certificate expiry
- 7mo agoManageEngine M365 Security PlusBuild 4811: proxy, scheduler, and SSL launch fixes
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Datawrapper and ManageEngine M365 Security Plus?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Datawrapper and ManageEngine M365 Security Plus are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Datawrapper better than ManageEngine M365 Security Plus?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Datawrapper and ManageEngine M365 Security Plus are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Datawrapper?
Top Datawrapper alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Datawrapper alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/datawrapper for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to ManageEngine M365 Security Plus?
Top ManageEngine M365 Security Plus alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "ManageEngine M365 Security Plus alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/manageengine-m365-security-plus for the full list with editorial commentary on each.