Enterprise-grade governance.
Without the enterprise timeline.
Gain complete visibility into identities and access, automate governance, and continuously manage identity risk across your enterprise.
The architectural difference
SailPoint governs what you planned for. Zluri governs what you actually use
SailPoint's heritage is deep, code-configurable governance for SAP, Oracle, mainframe, and on-prem directories: genuinely strong, and genuinely heavy to stand up. Zluri is architected for the way identity actually sprawls today: hundreds of SaaS apps, shadow IT that never touches SSO, and posture that drifts between review cycles. Three areas where the difference shows up first.
Live in weeks, not a multi-quarter program.
SailPoint deployments are widely reported by customers to run 4–12+ months and often lean on professional services or certified partners due to implementation complexity. Zluri is configured with a no-code workflow builder. Most customers go live in weeks, then make changes themselves.
SaaS-native discovery: 9 signal sources.
Zluri discovers apps through 9 methods: IdPs & SSO, finance & expense systems, direct integrations, desktop agents, browser extensions, CASBs, MDMs, HRMS, and directories. That catches SaaS and shadow IT that never reach the enterprise directory.
A dedicated ISPM layer, on the same platform.
Zluri ships a dedicated Identity Security Posture Management product: continuous over-privilege and dormant-account detection, identity risk scoring (privilege level, blast radius, exploitability, activity), and 1,500+ remediation actions, all native to the same platform as IGA.
The honest comparison
Every capability that matters. Scored.
We don't hide the rows where SailPoint is competitive or ahead, its enterprise depth, role mining, and certification heritage are real. Click any row to see what the score means and how we got there.
Zluri uses 9 discovery methods (IdPs & SSO, finance & expense, direct integrations, desktop agents, browser extensions, CASBs, MDMs, HRMS, directories), purpose-built to surface SaaS that bypasses SSO. SailPoint is strong at discovery across connected enterprise sources, with Shadow AI Remediation and Accelerated Application Management addressing unsanctioned tools as separate products.
Different shapes of breadth. SailPoint states support for more than 1,100 enterprise applications (plus 20,000 custom apps), including SAP, Oracle, mainframe, and on-prem directories. Zluri ships 300+ out-of-the-box SaaS-native connectors with deep, action-level integration. If raw enterprise/legacy coverage is the priority, SailPoint leads; if SaaS depth and speed are, Zluri does.
SailPoint launched Shadow AI Remediation (SAIR) in March 2026: a lightweight browser extension (deployed via Intune or JAMF) targeting unsanctioned AI tools, with identity-graph integration as its differentiation. Zluri surfaces AI and SaaS usage through its broader 9-source discovery engine, governing it alongside everything else on the same platform.
SailPoint deployments typically take 4–12+ months and often require professional services or certified partners due to implementation complexity (per SailPoint's own documentation and consistent customer reviews). Zluri markets deployment in weeks rather than months; customer-reported go-live is typically 4–12 weeks depending on scope.
Zluri's no-code workflow builder lets admins change automation themselves, with 1,000–1,500+ pre-built actions. SailPoint customers frequently report engaging professional services for workflow changes and troubleshooting; legacy IdentityIQ's reliance on Java/BeanShell amplifies the dependency.
Honest admission: this is a genuine SailPoint strength. SailPoint offers business and IT role mining, configurable algorithms, parent/child entitlement analysis, privilege classification, and the Identity Graph, backed by customer-confirmed reductions in access-assignment time. If deep, large-scale role engineering across legacy systems is core to your program, SailPoint is purpose-built for it.
Zluri ships a dedicated employee App Catalog (225,000+ app database, Slack-native requests, multi-level approvals, branding customization). SailPoint does ship a self-service request portal, but its end-user and manager UX is widely described by customers as complex and dated, requiring significant training. The critique is about polish, not absence.
Honest admission: certification campaigns are a SailPoint core strength and a primary customer use case; SailPoint is frequently cited as the #1 IGA vendor by revenue. Zluri runs robust certification campaigns too. Where it pulls ahead is automation and audit time: Assured Allies reduced SOC 2 audit prep by 90% using Zluri's automated reviews.
Zluri generates timestamped, non-editable, audit-ready PDF reports and markets up to 90% reduction in audit time, a figure supported by the Assured Allies case study. SailPoint produces certification evidence as well, but typically with heavier configuration and services overhead.
for SAP/ERP, SailPoint's Access Risk Management (ARM, the former ERP Maestro) is purpose-built with pre-built rule sets. If transaction-level ERP SoD is your primary requirement, that's a SailPoint strength. Note: SailPoint also runs a separate generic, entitlement-based SoD engine in Identity Security Cloud, and has announced a comprehensive SoD revamp for H2 2026.
For modern SaaS, Zluri offers a configurable SoD module with toxic-combination detection that applies across its native integrations to apps like Salesforce, Okta, GitHub, and Jira. SailPoint's native SaaS SoD requires customers to manually build entitlement lists per policy; neither vendor ships pre-built SaaS policy libraries today, so the differentiator is speed-to-configure on SaaS, where Zluri leads.
Zluri ships a dedicated ISPM product: continuous over-privilege and dormant-account detection, access drift monitoring, and 1,500+ automated remediation actions. SailPoint does not offer a product explicitly branded ISPM. Its continuous governance framework is maturing: real-time monitoring exists today via Observability & Insights and Data Access Activity Monitoring, with full adaptive governance on the 2026 roadmap.
Zluri scores identity risk using privilege level, blast radius, exploitability, and activity patterns, so teams prioritize the highest-risk identities first. SailPoint surfaces risk through its Identity Graph and Observability & Insights, oriented toward its certification and privilege-security workflows.
Proof of Value
“Autify aligns with SOC 2, and we seriously care about security. Undiscovered SaaS applications created a security vulnerability. Zluri’s closed this security gap efficiently and effectively.”
Takumi, Manager, IT & Administration
“We thought we had a couple of 100 applications. After we engaged Zluri, we discovered well over 2500 apps in our ecosystem!”
Terry LaRock, Head of Procurement
“With Zluri, we quickly discovered all the different applications and current usages inside every platform. We noticed several apps were not utilized by multiple users in the last 30 or 60 days.”
Lior Zagury, Director of Global IT
IMPACT METRICS
Results that speak for themselves
Results that speak for themselves
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Provisioning time per user, via Zluri's no-code workflows
Provisioning time per user, via Zluri's no-code workflows
Provisioning time per user, via Zluri's no-code workflows
The questions your evaluation committee will ask.
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SOC 2 (Type I & II), ISO 27001, SOX ITGC, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. Audit trails are auto-collected and exportable as timestamped, non-editable PDFs, no manual assembly. Assured Allies reduced SOC 2 audit prep by 90%, taking what previously took a full workday down to about 30 minutes of configuration.
For SAP/ERP transaction-level SoD, SailPoint's Access Risk Management (formerly ERP Maestro) is purpose-built with pre-built rule sets, a real strength. For modern SaaS, Zluri offers a configurable SoD module with toxic-combination detection that applies across native integrations to Salesforce, Okta, GitHub, and Jira. Be aware that neither vendor ships pre-built SaaS policy libraries today; both provide engines you configure. SailPoint has also announced an SoD revamp for H2 2026.
There is no current Magic Quadrant for IGA. Gartner retired it after 2021 and now publishes a Market Guide for IGA (2025) that lists representative vendors without "Leader" designations. SailPoint was a Leader in every IGA Magic Quadrant from 2013–2021, and remains highly regarded (frequently cited as #1 in IGA by revenue and a Peer Insights Customers' Choice). We mention this so the comparison stays accurate on both sides.
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