Zluri Platform for SaaS Management and Identity Governance & Administration

Business software usage has shifted from on-premises installs to cloud computing and SaaS, a transition accelerated by COVID-19 as organizations equipped remote employees quickly. While SaaS brings rapid deployment and removes the burden of local maintenance, it also enables uncontrolled procurement and a surge in shadow IT (and shadow AI), leaving some organizations with thousands of unsupervised apps. This creates major challenges: incomplete app inventories, unclear ownership and usage, wasted or misallocated licenses, risky configurations, weak deprovisioning for leavers, over-permissive access, and heightened exposure to security breaches and regulatory non-compliance. Procurement and finance teams also struggle to track costs, manage renewals, and identify redundancy or under-utilization.

These pressures have driven demand for SaaS Management platforms that deliver visibility, control, optimization, security, compliance, automation, and entitlement governance. Zluri, founded in 2020, offers a cloud-based platform combining SaaS Management with Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) through a discovery engine (AuthKnox), a policy engine, and an automation engine. Zluri emphasizes broad discovery via multiple data sources (SSO/IdP, finance, HR, MDM, CLM, CASB, desktop/browser agents, and direct app integrations), near real-time updates, and a centralized “single-pane-of-glass” dashboard.

Beyond discovery, Zluri focuses on cost optimization through usage-based insights, contract and renewal management (including AI-assisted contract ingestion), discrepancy detection between spend and contracts, chargeback by department, and policy-driven continuous optimization. Automation targets routine SaaS operations (including lifecycle provisioning/deprovisioning and subscription cancellation). The IGA module supports least-privilege access, streamlined access requests (including Slack workflows), faster access reviews with automated remediation, and auditable controls. Strengths include breadth of integrations, open APIs to reduce lock-in, role-based stakeholder access, onboarding support, and 99.8% availability; current gaps include segregation of duties and privileged access management, both on the roadmap.

• The shift to SaaS adoption accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic as employees needed tools to work from home.
• Employees in some organizations use thousands of SaaS applications without supervision from IT, security, privacy, compliance, or procurement teams.
• Zluri was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Bangalore, India.
• Zluri has partners in the US, UK, Israel, and the Netherlands and customers across North America, EMEA, and APAC.
• The Zluri Platform includes a discovery engine, a policy engine, and an automation engine supporting SaaS Management and IGA modules.
• Zluri’s integration library can identify and pull basic information for 250,000 SaaS applications.
• Zluri provides direct out-of-the-box integrations with more than 800 SaaS applications using OAuth 2.0 APIs.
• Zluri’s access request catalog provides access to over 225,000 applications.
• Zluri promises at least 99.8% availability.
• Zluri uses per-employee, per-year licensing based on the services customers choose.

• “Application discovery is the foundation of any SaaS management capability because what is unknown cannot be managed.”
• “Only with complete visibility of SaaS applications and related data, does it become possible to manage and optimize them…”
• “Access governance is one of the key challenges facing organizations adopting SaaS applications that cannot be addressed effectively using spreadsheets…”
• “Automation improves efficiency, reduces administrative burden, and minimizes human error.”
• “An inaccurate inventory of the SaaS applications being used in an organization can create security risks.”
• “The module provides secure and thorough user deprovisioning, including single-click offboarding for users to remove their access from all apps…”
• “This means that customers can ensure that only appropriate people have the right level of access to applications at all times.”
• “Reviews for high-risk applications can be set up at more regular intervals to ensure regulatory compliance and avoid delays in audit processes.”
• “The Zluri Platform enables customers to gain visibility of all SaaS applications and manage them efficiently to deliver direct cost savings…”
• “It is important to find the solution that works best for your company by conducting thorough research, evaluating demos, and considering specific business requirements…”