Beta Systems Garancy Suite vs EmpowerID Identity Governance

Beta Systems Garancy Suite manages digital identities and access rights through the employee lifecycle. It automates joiner, mover, and leaver processes, supports recurring access recertification, and centrally manages identities, roles, and groups. Rule-based permissions and self-service workflows handle authorization requests and approvals; approved permissions can be provisioned to connected systems through standard connectors or uConnect. Reports show roles, permissions, and risks for compliance work. Its Data Access Governance capability controls unstructured data down to folders and files, including in SharePoint, file servers, and shared mailboxes. Garancy can run on-premises or in the cloud, with subscription or one-time purchase licensing; no prices are stated. Integrations include ServiceNow, while release 26.1 adds SMART SCIM Connect for SCIM 2.0 applications, including AWS, Salesforce, Atlassian, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The product identifies compliance requirements including NIS-2, DORA, ISO 27001, the IT Security Act (KRITIS), BSI IT-Grundschutz, and TISAX. Its implementation process is described as five steps from kickoff to go-live, presented as ready to launch in 10 weeks.

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.