Top picks: Orca Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management, AuthZed, Aserto — plus 45 more compared.
IAMCerbos is a commercial Identity Governance and Administration tool developed by Cerbos. Security professionals most commonly compare it with . All 48 alternatives are matched by shared capabilities, tags, and NIST CSF 2.0 coverage.
A closer look at the 8 most relevant alternatives and competitors to Cerbos, including their key features and shared capabilities.
Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Mgmt for multi-cloud identity & access control
Centralized authorization platform for fine-grained permissions at scale.
Shares 8 capabilities with Cerbos: Cloud Native, Least Privilege, RBAC, REST API +4 more
Fine-grained authorization service for apps and APIs with ~1ms latency.
Shares 5 capabilities with Cerbos: Cloud Native, Least Privilege, Policy, RBAC +1 more
Platform for standardizing authorization policies across software systems.
Shares 4 capabilities with Cerbos: Cloud Native, Policy, RBAC, Authorization
AI-driven IAM risk mitigation with automated least privilege enforcement & JIT access.
Shares 4 capabilities with Cerbos: Least Privilege, RBAC, Permissions, Agentic AI Security
AI-driven IGA platform for access governance, lifecycle mgmt, and identity risk.
Shares 4 capabilities with Cerbos: Least Privilege, RBAC, Permissions, Agentic AI Security
SaaS IAM platform covering IGA, SSO, MFA, and CIAM for all identity types.
Shares 4 capabilities with Cerbos: Least Privilege, RBAC, Authorization, Permissions
Agentic access mgmt platform for human & AI identity governance.
Shares 4 capabilities with Cerbos: Least Privilege, RBAC, Permissions, Agentic AI Security
Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Mgmt for multi-cloud identity & access control
Centralized authorization platform for fine-grained permissions at scale.
Fine-grained authorization service for apps and APIs with ~1ms latency.
Platform for standardizing authorization policies across software systems.
AI-driven IAM risk mitigation with automated least privilege enforcement & JIT access.
AI-driven IGA platform for access governance, lifecycle mgmt, and identity risk.
SaaS IAM platform covering IGA, SSO, MFA, and CIAM for all identity types.
Agentic access mgmt platform for human & AI identity governance.
IAM & IGA platform with AI for lifecycle mgmt, access governance & compliance.
AD permissions audit tool for analyzing ACLs, access rights, and security principals.
Identity data platform that unifies, observes, and acts on identity data
Data access governance platform enforcing least-privilege across data platforms
Centralized access mgmt platform for self-service requests & governance
Automates identity provisioning and deprovisioning across enterprise systems.
Identity Governance and Administration platform for identity lifecycle mgmt
Identity & Access Proxy for authenticating, authorizing & mutating HTTP requests
Manages AD, Entra ID & M365 with delegation, automation & least privilege
Multi-tenant IAM platform for MSPs and CSPs with SSO, MFA, and RBAC/ABAC
Audits and manages user permissions to reduce security risks.
Managed IAM service for user access control across enterprise resources.
Automates user access reviews with real-time visibility and audit-ready logging.
Unified RBAC & IGA platform for SaaS/cloud entitlement risk management.
ML-driven access governance for entitlement visibility & outlier detection.
IAM platform managing identity lifecycle, access requests, and certification.
SaaS excessive privilege detection and remediation platform.
AI-driven IGA platform managing access for humans, services, and AI agents.
Data access observability tool for monitoring user permissions and usage.
Cloud entitlement mgmt platform for managing & right-sizing cloud permissions.
Manages & secures non-human identities in cloud envs via least-privilege JIT perms.
Analyzes identities & entitlements to score risk and surface access insights.
Unified identity data platform for discovery, observability, and governance.
AWS IAM Access Analyzer is a tool for implementing and maintaining least privilege access in AWS environments through automated analysis and validation of IAM policies and permissions.
Open source authorization server based on Google Zanzibar for access control
IAM Zero detects identity and access management issues and automatically suggests least-privilege policies by analyzing application errors and access patterns in cloud environments.
A simple drop-in library for managing users, permissions, and groups in your application.
Repokid automatically removes unused service permissions from AWS IAM role inline policies using Access Advisor data to implement least privilege access.
Policy Sentry is an automated IAM policy generator that helps developers create least privilege AWS IAM policies through a template-based workflow.
Enterprise IAM platform with zero trust identity fabric capabilities
Identity management platform for access governance and Zero Trust security
IAM platform with visual identity orchestration and low/no-code workflows
Identity security platform unifying IAM data with usage-level visibility
Oracle Access Governance is an identity and access management solution that helps organizations control, monitor, and audit user access privileges across their IT environment.
Cloud-based IAM governance for access control and compliance management
Cloud-based IAM platform for identity mgmt, SSO, MFA, and lifecycle mgmt
Linux Identity Visibility & Intelligence Platform
Identity Security Posture Management platform for cloud identity protection
Identity management solution for automated provisioning and access control
Manages non-human identity lifecycle with automated key rotation & governance
Common questions security professionals ask when evaluating alternatives and competitors to Cerbos.
The most popular alternatives to Cerbos include Orca Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management, AuthZed, Aserto, Styra, and Opti Risk Mitigation. These Identity Governance and Administration tools offer similar capabilities and are frequently compared by security professionals evaluating their options.
There are 48 alternatives to Cerbos listed on CybersecTools, all within the Identity Governance and Administration category. Each alternative is matched based on shared capabilities, tags, and NIST CSF coverage areas.
Cerbos is a commercial Identity Governance and Administration tool. It requires a paid license or subscription. Both free and commercial alternatives are available for comparison.
Cerbos is a Identity Governance and Administration tool within the broader IAM category. It is used by security professionals for identity governance and administration capabilities and can be compared against 48 similar tools.
