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Saviynt
Cloud identity governance with privileged access in the same platform
As of 1 September 2026, Saviynt's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. An identity governance and administration platform that includes privileged access management rather than requiring a second vendor for it. Softwr lists it under Cybersecurity. Saviynt is available on Web.
Overview
What Saviynt does
Saviynt provides identity governance and administration, application access governance, cloud infrastructure entitlement management and privileged access management from one cloud platform. It handles joiner-mover-leaver provisioning, access certification campaigns, segregation of duties analysis for ERP systems, and time-bound privileged access without a standing credential vault in the traditional sense. The distinguishing point is convergence. Most enterprises buy governance from one vendor and privileged access from another, then discover that the privileged accounts are outside the certification scope that the auditor asked about. Saviynt covers both in one data model, so a privileged entitlement appears in an access review like any other. For an organisation with an audit finding about unreviewed administrative access, that closes the finding with one project instead of two. Buyers are large regulated enterprises, healthcare systems and public sector bodies, often replacing an ageing on premises governance product. The trade-off is implementation effort. Identity governance is one of the hardest enterprise software categories to deploy because it exposes every inconsistency in your HR and application data, and Saviynt deployments commonly run twelve months or more with partner involvement. Pricing is quoted per identity per year and is not published.
What people use it for
- An enterprise with an audit finding that privileged administrative accounts are excluded from access reviews
- A healthcare system governing clinician access to Epic alongside corporate applications in one certification campaign
- A company that has to prove segregation of duties in SAP to an external auditor every year
- A federal contractor needing an identity governance service with FedRAMP authorisation
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Saviynt.
- Implementation typically runs a year or more with a partner, and the cost of that work regularly exceeds the first year subscription, which is rarely in the initial business case.
- Governance quality is limited by HR and application data quality, so organisations with inconsistent joiner records spend the early phases correcting source data rather than certifying access.
- Pricing is per governed identity, so counting contractors, service accounts and non-employee identities materially changes the bill and the definition is worth negotiating explicitly.
- The privileged access module is younger than the governance core and is not a full substitute for a dedicated PAM product in estates with heavy session recording or credential rotation requirements.
- Connectors to less common applications require custom development, and each one adds a maintenance burden that reappears every time the target application changes its API.
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of Saviynt
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
- SaviyntvsOkta
Okta: Okta where the requirement is access management and lifecycle rather than audit-grade certification
- SaviyntvsDelinea
Delinea: Delinea if the real problem is privileged credentials rather than governance of ordinary access
Pricing
What Saviynt costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Saviynt Identity Cloud
On request
- Priced per governed identity per year
- Modules for governance, privileged access and cloud entitlements
- SaaS delivery with FedRAMP authorised offering available
- Implementation partner normally required
- Multi-year enterprise agreement
Capabilities
Features
Identity governance
Joiner-mover-leaver provisioning and deprovisioning across applications
Access certification
Scheduled review campaigns with manager and owner attestation
Segregation of duties
Rule analysis for ERP entitlements including SAP and Oracle
Privileged access
Time-bound elevated access without permanent standing privilege
Cloud entitlements
Visibility and control of AWS, Azure and GCP permissions
Third party access
Governance of contractor and vendor identities
Access request
Self-service requests with policy-driven approval routing
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Does Saviynt replace a PAM vendor?
It can for time-bound privileged access, but organisations with heavy session recording, credential rotation or legacy server access requirements often keep a dedicated PAM product alongside it.
Is there a FedRAMP authorised version?
Yes, Saviynt offers a FedRAMP authorised government cloud offering, which matters where that is an eligibility requirement rather than a preference.
How is it priced?
Per governed identity per year, quoted. Define carefully whether service accounts and contractors count toward the identity total.
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