8 Veza alternatives for identity security and access governance

Veza's Access Graph maps permissions across cloud environments with exceptional granularity and can natively revoke overprivileged access across connected systems, with integrations for ServiceNow, Jira, and Slack as additional remediation channels.

According to The Netwrix 2025 Cybersecurity Trends Report, 46% of organizations experienced cloud account compromise in 2025, up from just 16% in 2020; that risk compounds when the tool surfacing access exposure can't close it.

ServiceNow's March 2026 acquisition integrates Veza into its broader Security and Risk portfolio rather than developing it as a standalone platform, adding uncertainty around roadmap and pricing for organizations outside the ServiceNow ecosystem.

This article explores eight Veza alternatives for teams that need identity security to govern the full lifecycle and act on risk in-platform.

Why teams are looking for Veza alternatives

Several factors may push you to evaluate alternatives, many of which are accelerated by the acquisition.

• ServiceNow platform dependency: ServiceNow is folding Veza into its Autonomous Security and Risk offering. If you don't run ServiceNow, you may prefer a platform-agnostic vendor.
• Roadmap and pricing uncertainty: Acquisitions can introduce shifts in product strategy and slower iteration. Factor that risk into multi-year identity security commitments.
• Remediation approach: Veza can natively revoke access and trigger automated remediation for connected systems, but coverage depends on the connector. Teams that need consistent, policy-driven remediation across heterogeneous environments, particularly legacy or custom on-premises applications outside Veza's connector ecosystem, may encounter gaps where manual intervention remains necessary.
• Lifecycle management gaps: Veza includes provisioning, just-in-time access (JIT), and joiner-mover-leaver automation, while platforms like Omada and Saviynt offer more established coverage for traditional identity lifecycle governance.
• Hybrid coverage depth: Veza's platform centers on cloud and SaaS environments. On-premises provisioning via Access AuthZ arrived only in November 2025, newer and less proven than hybrid lifecycle management on dedicated IGA platforms. Teams with significant Active Directory or legacy infrastructure carry more implementation risk.

What to look for in a Veza alternative

The best alternatives close the gaps that pushed you to evaluate in the first place. Prioritize these four criteria.

• In-platform remediation: The ability to act on access risks directly, revoking permissions, triggering deprovisioning, enforcing JIT access, without leaving the platform or opening a ticket in a separate system.
• Identity lifecycle coverage: Mature identity lifecycle management, joiner-mover-leaver automation, access certifications, and separation of duties (SoD) enforcement built as core capabilities from the start, not bolted on after launch.
• Hybrid and on-premises support: Coverage for Active Directory, legacy systems, and mixed on-premises/cloud environments, not just cloud-native SaaS and infrastructure.
• Identity and data security convergence: Whether the platform connects access risk to actual data exposure through data access governance, showing not just who has access, but what sensitive data that access reaches.

8 Veza alternatives

The platforms below serve security and identity teams that need more than access mapping: teams responsible for governance workflows, in-platform remediation, hybrid environment coverage, or the connection between identity risk and data exposure.

1. Netwrix 1Secure

Netwrix 1Secure Platform is an identity-centric security platform that connects identity risk to data exposure across hybrid on-premises and cloud environments, covering Data Access Governance (DAG), Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR).

Key features:

• Unified identity and data security: Connects identity risk to data exposure, showing what sensitive data overprivileged access can reach.
• Full identity lifecycle management: Automates provisioning and deprovisioning across Active Directory and Entra ID with role-based access control (RBAC), certification campaigns, and policy-based workflows.
• Identity threat detection and response: Delivers 200+ security checks across data, identity, and infrastructure, covering compromised accounts, privilege escalation, and lateral movement.
• Deep Active Directory and hybrid coverage: Governs on-premises Active Directory and Entra ID alongside cloud environments, with attack path analysis through Netwrix PingCastle and continuous ISPM scoring.
• AI agent access governance: Monitors how AI agents and assistants, including Microsoft Copilot, access sensitive data alongside human and non-human accounts.
• MSP-ready deployment: Supports multi-tenant deployments with one-click tenant provisioning and ConnectWise and ServiceNow integrations.

What to consider:

• Cloud infrastructure entitlement mapping is less granular than Veza's Access Graph, which provides detailed permission mapping for AWS, GCP, and Azure at the data-object level.
• Platform breadth means narrowly scoped deployments pay for capabilities outside their use case; evaluate scope before purchasing.
• Full data-identity correlation requires connecting multiple data sources and directories, so plan for a phased rollout.

Best for: Security and compliance teams in hybrid Microsoft environments that need identity governance, data security, and audit readiness in one platform.

2. Omada Identity

Omada Identity is an IGA platform focused on core identity lifecycle management, with a 12-week deployment timeline for its Identity Cloud Accelerator package under standard scope.

Key features:

• Automates joiner-mover-leaver workflows across on-premises and cloud applications with a code-free configuration framework.
• Uses role mining to help build and refine role structures without requiring organizations to define roles from scratch.
• Runs granular attestation campaigns targeting specific changes rather than blanket periodic reviews, with SoD controls.
• Delivers a 12-week deployment path through the Identity Cloud Accelerator package.
• Provides a self-service access request portal with approval-based workflows end users can operate without IT involvement.

What to consider:

• The prescriptive accelerator framework limits flexibility for non-standard governance processes and offers few out-of-the-box connectors.
• Some practitioners find the UI less intuitive than modern IGA platforms.

Best for: Organizations that need a structured IGA methodology with a predictable, time-boxed deployment.

3. Microsoft Entra ID Governance

Microsoft Entra ID Governance is Microsoft's IGA layer for organizations already running Microsoft 365 and Azure, providing identity lifecycle management, access reviews, entitlement management, and privileged identity management within the Microsoft identity stack.

Key features:

• Automates joiner-mover-leaver workflows through Lifecycle Workflows for Entra ID users, requiring the Governance add-on or Entra Suite.
• Provides Privileged Identity Management (PIM) for time-bound, approval-based role elevation across Entra, Azure, and Microsoft 365.
• Runs access reviews and entitlement management through configurable campaigns with self-service access packages and SoD checks.
• Integrates natively with the full Microsoft stack without additional connectors.

What to consider:

• Governance capability drops sharply outside the Microsoft ecosystem; non-Microsoft SaaS, legacy systems, and hybrid identity stores need additional tooling.
• Full lifecycle automation requires the Entra ID Governance add-on at $7/user/month or Entra Suite.

Best for: Organizations standardized on Microsoft 365 and Azure that want to extend existing investments into lifecycle governance.

4. One Identity Manager

One Identity Manager is an enterprise IGA platform built for hybrid environments that need to govern access across on-premises systems, including Active Directory and SAP, as well as modern cloud applications.

Key features:

• Governs provisioning and deprovisioning across on-premises directories, SAP, and cloud applications from a unified console, with SAP-certified integration.
• Supports granular attestation workflows focused on changes to specific users, roles, or assignments.
• Provides a self-service access request portal where users select from a predefined product catalog.
• Governs hybrid environments where legacy AD and cloud IAM coexist under consistent policies.
• Provides SoD enforcement with certified SAP risk rule sets via the IBS Schreiber integration.

What to consider:

• Version 10.0 added a browser-based admin interface to address longstanding UI complexity, but verify that it covers your specific workflows.
• Initial setup assumes prior enterprise IGA experience; organizations without dedicated IAM practitioners face a steep learning curve.

Best for: Enterprises with large hybrid environments and significant Active Directory or SAP infrastructure, particularly ahead of SAP IDM's 2027 maintenance end.

5. Lumos

Lumos is a SaaS access management and governance platform that centralizes access requests, approvals, and reviews through self-service workflows integrated with Slack and other workplace communication tools.

Key features:

• Lets employees request SaaS access through Slack, Teams, or ITSM tools, with AI-powered auto-approval for low-risk requests.
• Runs delta-based access reviews highlighting only changed entitlements, reducing reviewer fatigue.
• Automates provisioning and deprovisioning from HRIS lifecycle events, with native support for Workday and BambooHR.
• Discovers SaaS usage to surface shadow IT, unmanaged access, and unused licenses.
• Integrates with Okta, Azure AD, and common SaaS platforms so approved access changes propagate automatically.

What to consider:

• Out-of-the-box connectors cover only popular SaaS applications; connectivity to legacy and on-premises systems is limited.
• Non-human identity (NHI) governance is more limited than that of platforms with dedicated controls for NHI discovery and lifecycle management.

Best for: Mid-market organizations with SaaS-heavy environments that want lightweight access governance without enterprise IGA overhead.

6. CyberArk Identity Security (a Palo Alto Networks company)

CyberArk Identity Security is a PAM platform that added IGA capabilities following its February 2024 acquisition of Zilla Security. Palo Alto Networks acquired CyberArk for $25 billion in February 2026.

Key features:

• Vaults and rotates credentials for privileged human and non-human accounts across cloud, DevOps, and on-premises environments.
• Enforces just-in-time elevation so administrators obtain privileged access on demand rather than holding standing rights.
• Records and monitors privileged sessions with full playback for forensic investigation and compliance.
• Governs workforce identities with IGA capabilities from the Zilla acquisition, including AI-driven provisioning and access review recommendations.

What to consider:

• Product strategy will increasingly reflect Palo Alto Networks' consolidation priorities, introducing the same roadmap uncertainty driving Veza evaluations.
• IGA capabilities from the Zilla acquisition are newer and less proven, with limited independent customer validation for the lifecycle management module.

Best for: Organizations already running CyberArk for PAM that want to extend into IGA within the same vendor ecosystem.

7. Saviynt

Saviynt is a cloud-native IGA platform that combines IGA and PAM with application access governance into a single solution.

Key features:

• Provides out-of-the-box SoD rulesets for SAP, Oracle EBS, Workday, NetSuite, Salesforce, and PeopleSoft.
• Combines IGA, PAM, and cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) in a single platform.
• Governs non-human identities with Identity Security Posture Management, generally available since October 2025.
• Automates the full identity lifecycle with access requests, certifications, SoD enforcement, and joiner-mover-leaver workflows.
• Supports hybrid and cloud deployments across AWS, Azure, SAP, Oracle, Google Cloud, Snowflake, and Salesforce.

What to consider:

• Deployment requires a dedicated IAM team or experienced partner, and contracts are typically multi-year.
• The cloud-native architecture means depth outside AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and the supported SaaS platforms is limited; on-premises legacy directories need additional coverage.

Best for: Large, regulated enterprises running complex ERP environments, particularly SAP, Oracle, or Workday.

8. Okta Identity Governance

Okta Identity Governance is an IGA add-on for the Okta workforce identity platform, extending it with access requests, access reviews, and lifecycle governance for organizations already running Okta.

Key features:

• Extends existing Okta SSO, MFA, and directory infrastructure with governance workflows, without a new identity data store.
• Connects to SaaS and on-premises applications through Okta's pre-built connector library.
• Runs access reviews and attestation campaigns with Slack and Teams notifications, auto-certifications, and configurable bulk actions.
• Automates lifecycle workflows using a no-code builder for joiner-mover-leaver processes.

What to consider:

• Value depends almost entirely on existing Okta adoption; organizations that aren't running Okta gain little advantage over a standalone IGA platform.
• SoD controls, added in July 2025, aren't as mature as dedicated IGA platforms with years of SoD enforcement.

Best for: Organizations standardized on Okta for SSO and MFA that want to add governance without a separate vendor.

Choose the right Veza alternative for your environment

The right platform depends on which gap drove you to evaluate alternatives. If you need identity security to do more than map access, to govern data exposure, automate lifecycle workflows, detect threats in hybrid environments, and remediate inside a single platform, a unified approach outperforms a visibility-first tool.

Netwrix 1Secure connects identity governance, data security posture, and identity threat detection across on-premises, Microsoft 365, and cloud environments, covering both who has access and what that access reaches. Netwrix serves 14,000+ organizations, including nearly 25% of the Fortune 500.

Request a demo to see how Netwrix can help you govern identity risk and data exposure across hybrid environments.

Information accurate as of May 2026. Tool capabilities, pricing, and availability are subject to change.