Best Skyhawk Synthesis - CIEM Alternatives & Competitors in 2026

Andromeda Security Rightsize Your Permissions for Human Users + NHI

Cloud IAM permission rightsizing tool for human and non-human identities

Entitle Cloud Permissions Management

JIT cloud permissions mgmt platform enforcing least privilege access.

ObserveID CIEM

CIEM platform for multicloud identity visibility, monitoring, and remediation.

SecLogic CyberQ Shield - CIEM

Agentless CIEM tool for managing cloud entitlements & enforcing least privilege.

Sysdig Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM)

Cloud identity entitlement mgmt. for right-sizing perms & detecting compromise

Sonrai Cloud Permissions Firewall

Automates least privilege enforcement in cloud via centralized policies & ChatOps

Solvo CIEM

Cloud entitlements mgmt with least-privilege policy automation & risk remediation.

Apono Zero Standing Privileges

JIT/JEP access mgmt platform replacing standing privileges w/ time-bound access

Mesh Platform

Unified Zero Trust platform for enterprise security visibility and control

Saporo Cloud Hardening

Cloud security platform for identity & access risk analysis across Azure/M365

Simeio Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM)

Managed CIEM service for multi-cloud permission & entitlement management

Andromeda Continuous Least Privilege

Automates least privilege enforcement across cloud, SaaS, and on-prem identities.

C3M Cloud Control CIEM

Agentless CIEM for IAM governance and least privilege across multi-cloud.

Trustle

JIT access mgmt platform enforcing least privilege across cloud & SaaS.

AWS IAM Access Analyzer

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.

Repokid

Repokid automatically removes unused service permissions from AWS IAM role inline policies using Access Advisor data to implement least privilege access.

IAM Zero

IAM Zero detects identity and access management issues and automatically suggests least-privilege policies by analyzing application errors and access patterns in cloud environments.

Cloudsplaining

An AWS IAM security assessment tool that identifies least privilege violations and generates risk-prioritized reports for IAM policy remediation.

AirIAM

AirIAM analyzes AWS IAM usage patterns and generates least-privilege Terraform configurations to optimize cloud access management.

Policy Sentry IAM Least Privilege Policy Generator

Policy Sentry is an automated IAM policy generator that helps developers create least privilege AWS IAM policies through a template-based workflow.

CloudTracker

CloudTracker analyzes CloudTrail logs against IAM policies to identify over-privileged AWS users and roles by comparing actual permission usage with granted permissions.

Access Undenied on AWS

Access Undenied on AWS analyzes CloudTrail AccessDenied events to explain access denial reasons and provide least-privilege remediation suggestions.

ConsoleMe

ConsoleMe is a web service that simplifies AWS IAM permissions and credential management across multiple accounts through self-service workflows and centralized administration.

SkyWrapper

SkyWrapper analyzes temporary token behaviors in AWS accounts to detect suspicious activities and generates Excel reports with findings summaries.

Principal Mapper

Principal Mapper is a Python tool that models AWS IAM configurations as directed graphs to identify privilege escalation risks and alternative attack paths in AWS environments.

Aaia

Aaia visualizes AWS IAM and Organizations data in Neo4j graph format to help identify security outliers and conduct privilege escalation analysis through Cypher queries.

Kiam

Kiam is a Kubernetes agent that allows Pods to assume AWS IAM roles, though it is being deprecated in favor of AWS' official IAM roles for Service Accounts solution.

TrailScraper

TrailScraper is a command-line tool for extracting information from AWS CloudTrail logs and generating IAM policies based on actual API usage patterns.

IAMSpy

IAMSpy is a library that uses the Z3 prover to analyze AWS IAM policies and query whether specific actions are allowed or denied.

SkyArk

SkyArk is a cloud security scanning tool that identifies privileged entities in AWS and Azure environments to help mitigate Cloud Shadow Admin threats.

auspex

A graph-based tool for visualizing AWS access permissions and resource relationships to identify potential attack paths and privilege escalation opportunities.