AccessOwl vs EmpowerID Identity Governance

AccessOwl is paid, web-based access-governance software for managing SaaS administration through employee onboarding, role changes, and departures. It provisions and removes access across 400+ applications, including those without SCIM or SAML. HR events can trigger onboarding and offboarding workflows, with templates for tools and permissions. Employees request access in Slack or a web dashboard, routed to managers, tool owners, or IT administrators. Access reviews synchronize users and permissions, invite reviewers, send Slack reminders, process changes, and create audit evidence for SOC 2 or ISO 27001. Shadow IT discovery scans Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 SSO logs and work-inbox invitations. Spend management tracks costs, unused licences, and renewals. Basic costs $4.50/user/mo with a $250 minimum; Growth costs $6.00/user/mo with the same minimum. A 7-day trial is listed, but there is no free plan.

EmpowerID Identity Governance manages identity lifecycles and access across cloud, on-premises, and SAP environments. It handles joiner, mover, and leaver changes, access requests, certifications, reviews, roles, delegated administration, and separation-of-duties remediation. The platform continuously compares actual access with policy, applies governed changes, and records policy, approval, fulfillment, remediation, and verification evidence. Automatic recalculation and fulfillment updates compliant access as people change roles or leave. EmpowerID lists more than 300 pre-built connectors, including Active Directory, Azure or Entra ID, SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, AWS, Oracle, and Windows Server. Supported protocols include SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM 2.0, and OAuth 2.0. The Identity Fabric can run as SaaS or in customer data centers, private, public, or sovereign clouds in dedicated single-tenant environments. It is self-hosted and web-accessible. Pricing is on request. Cloud Identity Service customers need the Cloud Gateway app on at least one on-premises Windows computer.