Adcyma vs SailPoint
SailPoint is one of the biggest names in identity governance - and for good reason. But when a 200-person company asks "should we use SailPoint?", the honest answer is usually: probably not. This comparison explains why, and when each one actually makes sense.
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SailPoint is an enterprise-grade IGA platform built for organizations with thousands of users, hundreds of applications, and dedicated IAM teams. It's excellent at that job.
Adcyma is built for companies with 50-1,000 employees running on Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory. Automated lifecycle management, access reviews, and compliance reporting - deployed in a day, not six months.
Comparing them isn't apples to apples. It's a commercial truck vs a delivery van. Both move things from A to B, but one is designed for a very different scale.
Where SailPoint shines
SailPoint has been doing identity governance since 2005. They're publicly traded, they serve the largest organizations on the planet, and their platform is deeply capable.
Enterprise-grade governance.
Role mining, advanced access certifications, separation of duties policies, AI-driven access recommendations, and custom workflow engines. When you have thousands of users across hundreds of applications, these features solve real problems.
Massive connector ecosystem.
SailPoint connects to hundreds of SaaS and on-premises applications. If your identity landscape spans dozens of enterprise systems, that breadth matters.
Proven at scale.
SailPoint handles some of the most complex identity environments in the world. Their track record with large financial services, healthcare, and government organizations is extensive.
Two deployment options.
IdentityNow (cloud) and IdentityIQ (on-premises) serve different infrastructure needs.
Why 200-person companies hesitate on SailPoint
The pricing conversation is uncomfortable.
Depending on tier and features, mid-market SailPoint deployments typically land between €50,000 and €200,000+ per year. That's before implementation costs, which can match or exceed the first year's license.
Implementation takes months.
Even a straightforward SailPoint deployment takes 4-8 months. During that time, your IT team is heavily involved in workshops, configuration, and testing. For a team that's already stretched, that's a significant burden.
You need expertise you probably don't have.
Configuring connectors, building custom workflows, tuning role models - these require deep SailPoint expertise. You'll likely need an implementation partner, which adds cost and creates ongoing dependency.
You use a fraction of what you pay for.
Most mid-market companies don't need role mining across 200 applications. They don't need separation of duties matrices. They don't need AI-powered outlier detection. They need reliable onboarding, offboarding, access reviews, and audit reports. Paying for the full enterprise suite to use the basics is overkill.
Built for the gap SailPoint doesn't serve
Adcyma exists because 80% of companies need 20% of what enterprise IGA platforms offer - and shouldn't have to pay for the other 80%.
Automated lifecycle management.
Define what each role needs once. When someone joins, moves, or leaves, access changes happen automatically. Connected to your HR system or triggered manually. Consistent every time.
Access reviews that don't require a project.
Structured campaigns with ownership, deadlines, escalation, and full audit trails. Runs alongside your normal workflow - not a separate initiative.
Compliance reporting for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIS2.
Pre-built reports. One place. No assembling evidence from five different sources under audit pressure.
Operational in a day.
Connect to your Entra ID tenant or Active Directory, define your role structure, and you're running. No consultants, no partner, no workshops.
Feature-by-feature breakdown
| SailPoint | Adcyma | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | 1,000+ employees | 50-1,000 employees |
| Implementation time | 4-8+ months | 1-2 days |
| Annual cost (typical mid-market) | €50,000-€200,000+ | A fraction of that |
| Requires consultants | Usually yes | No |
| Identity platform | Multi-platform (hundreds of connectors) | Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory |
| Dedicated IAM team needed | Recommended | Not needed |
| Automated onboarding/offboarding | Yes (cross-platform) | Yes (Entra ID and Active Directory) |
| Access reviews | Advanced, cross-platform | Straightforward, audit-ready |
| Role mining | Yes | Yes |
| Separation of duties | Yes | Not our focus |
| AI-driven access recommendations | Yes | On the roadmap |
| Compliance reporting | Extensive | SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIS2 |
| Self-service setup | No | Yes |
Which one should you choose?
Choose SailPoint if:
- You have 1,000+ employees
- You manage identities across many platforms (not just Entra ID)
- You have a dedicated IAM or security team
- You need advanced separation of duties policies across hundreds of applications
- Your compliance requirements span multiple jurisdictions and frameworks
- You have the budget and timeline for an enterprise deployment
Choose Adcyma if:
- You have 50-1,000 employees
- Microsoft Entra ID and/or Active Directory is your primary identity platform
- Your IT team is small and can't dedicate months to an implementation
- You need compliance-ready governance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIS2) without enterprise complexity
- You want something running this week, not this year
- Your budget doesn't support six-figure annual licensing
Questions we hear from companies evaluating both
Maybe. If you eventually reach 2,000+ employees with a complex multi-platform identity landscape, an enterprise IGA might make sense then. But solving a future problem with today's budget and team size doesn't make sense. You wouldn't lease office space for 500 people at 150. Same logic.
AI-driven access recommendations and anomaly detection are valuable when you have thousands of users and hundreds of applications - enough data to train meaningful models. We already have role mining built in, and AI-driven access recommendations are next on our roadmap. The difference is we're designing these features for mid-market scale, where the data patterns and team sizes are fundamentally different from enterprise.
Auditors care about controls, not vendors. They want to see that you have automated provisioning, documented access reviews, and complete audit trails. Adcyma provides all of that. The question isn't who made the tool - it's whether your controls are in place and evidenced.
They might. Enterprise vendors have been talking about "going down-market" for years. The structural challenge is that simplifying an enterprise platform without compromising its core capabilities is extremely difficult. We built for mid-market from day one rather than trying to scale down.
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