AccessOwl Reviews & Product Details

Orchestrate your employees' access to SaaS tools. Automate access requests, approvals and provisioning workflows. Automate on- & offboarding workflows Covering the entire employee lifecycle: AccessOwl ensures that new employees have access to all relevant tools on their starting date. Offboarding an user is as simple as a click of a button and no access is ever forgotten. Aligning HR, IT and line manager — eliminating the need for back-and-forth communication. Simplify approval workflows Your team can easily request new accesses on-demand via self-service — without leaving Slack. Give IT teams and tool owners full control over costs and access rights in an easy and seamless way. Make your auditors happy Get a crystal clear audit trail of who has been given access to which resource, when and why — available at the push of a button. Ensure that everyone has only the most necessary permissions ("Least privilege" principle). Control access requests in compliance with internal or external policies (such as GDPR, SOC2, ISO27001).

Seller

AccessOwl

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AccessOwl Community

Languages Supported

English

Overview by

Philip Eller

Value at a Glance

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

1 month

Return on Investment

8 months

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User Insights

Average based on 13 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

1 month

Aleksandar T.

IT Operations Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/10/2024

"Simple yet effective"

3.5/5

What do you like best about AccessOwl?

Their customer support and two-way communication is unparalleled since we have a direct Slack channel to their founders. Setting up the tool and integrations are very straightforward. The nature of approving requests in Slack and automated provisioning is very useful and saves time for approvers. Help streamline the IGA process and trumps Okta by harvesting information directly from GWS whilst decreasing manual work to create dummy applications for periodical Access Reviews. The "customers" like the easy unified requestables and dashboard inside Slack. Time saver for on and offboarding via profile templates for provisioning and deprovisioning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AccessOwl?

Not dislike but room for improvements: - GUI and grouping the administrative messages in Slack - Shadow IT discovery - Build integrations with SaaS and MDM vendors to streamline access Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David R.

IT Manager, Web Infrastructure

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/30/2024

"Tracking on/offboarding with a spreadsheet sucks. AccessOwl made that problem go away and more!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AccessOwl?

We used to use a spreadsheet to keep track of which apps each staff person needs access to, per team. With AccesssOwl we built template groups in which we assign apps to an employee, along with the roles and permissions inside that account. It's so much easier now to choose "New Staff Default" and at onboarding time their email account gets created, they get assigned to the whole office email group, they get their password manager account invite, Slack invite, Time tracker invite and so on. Yes, Access Owl does provisioning as well as de-provisioning when offboarding!

Secondly Access Owl has provided us a view we never had: Shadow IT! We can now see the hundreds of apps our staff have had invites into (we do not see active usage.. a feature i'm hoping will come in the future!) which has led us to managing access for many more apps than we "though we needed to manage".

All of this without paying the Single Sign On tax, AKA, the cost of upgrading accounts to be able to use SSO.

Plus it uses Slack as it's UI and client interface. It's so easy to work with their team in our own dedicated Slack channel. Love it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AccessOwl?

There were two things that shocked us when we started using AccessOwl: discovering just how many apps we had no idea our staff were using. (Shadow IT) That then led us to an even bigger shock: the cost to upgrade all those accounts to SSO enterprise level account if we wanted to use a service like Okta to manage them all. (SSOTax).

After using it for several months the only thing i'm still struggling with is to setup all the templates across all the teams to assign/remove permissions. Along with making sure all the permissions and roles for each application are also setup correctly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AccessOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were trying to manage user on and offboarding in a spreadsheet. We are over a hundred staff and a dozen Teams, each with their own sets of Apps, with each having different Roles and Permissions. AccessOwl has made it possible to manage that and to see what the current state is for our assigned (and synced) apps. Which we could not do previously! On and Off boarding now happen faster, without an Admin to manually create and assign all accounts, which leads to faster onboarding with less mistakes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andrew K.

Chief Technology Officer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/28/2024

"An innovation in SaaS access management, provisioning and auditing"

5/5

What do you like best about AccessOwl?

I was so thrilled to discover AccessOwl and it has proven to be invaluable tool to us as we have grown our employee base, hardened our access controls & vendor management procedures, and gone through third party audits. We regularly use AccessOwl to manage access and auditing of our 100+ applications and to do so without having to setup clunky, cumbersome SAML integrations.

Things that have worked great:The combination of the Slack-native experience for stakeholder requests and the web UI for admins has worked tremendously well

The Google-centric view of users and access management via oAuth aligns with our our bets for identity management and employee directories

Onboarding a new employee is dead simple and saves time in getting the right sets of applications provisioned

App notifies us continually when a new SaaS tool is used by our employees

The AccessOwl team is innovating rapidly and shares both regular roadmap updates as well as soliciting feedback on product direction

The UX continues to get better

The # of fully automated provisioning applications grows all the time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AccessOwl?

- We have a long tail of SaaS applications which require some human intervention to provision.

- Requiring an user seat per SaaS app to automate provisioning does come at a cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Serhii B.

Security System Administrator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/28/2024

"Access Owl at Hiveon"

5/5

What do you like best about AccessOwl?

Access Review, Application Access Management, Access Requests, Integration with Slack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AccessOwl?

It would be good to have more options for various types of customizations, but the AccessOwl team is working on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AccessOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

A few months ago, we were looking for a product that would provide us with access management processes, access reviews, and responsible access management. We chose AccessOwl and did not make a mistake. From the very beginning, Philip and his team approached solving our issues professionally, striving to understand our needs and help us address them. After implementing AccessOwl in our organization, the AccessOwl team accepted our feedback and released an update that addressed our needs completely. The implementation of AccessOwl was quick and easy. At this stage, AccessOwl greatly assists us in access management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dave M.

Director of Platform Engineering

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/9/2024

"An excellent solution to a decades old problem that no one was addressing well."

5/5

What do you like best about AccessOwl?

Having a single source of truth for employee access to all of our vendors is amazing. And not just access, but level of access within the vendor as well. Access Owl is highly customizable, and in a very easy and intuitive way. A lot of thought has been put into the UI and it shows. The integration with Slack is excellent, enabling both requestors and app admins to interact with Access Owl within a very familiar environment. Thanks to its ease of use, it was very quickly adopted as the starting point for all access requests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AccessOwl?

Very little. The experience with Access Owl, both the tool itself and how they solve access management, has been very positive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AccessOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

The problem we had was simple: How do we manage 100's of vendors, each with their own internal users, and unique levels of access? Next, how do we enable 100's of users to request access in an easy and scalable way? Finally, how do we delegate Access Approvals, Provisioning, and Deprovisioning, to the owners of those vendors? Access Owl solved all of these problems. On top of all that, it integrates with many of our vendors and Identity provider to enable automatic provisioning/deprovisioning so that all that is needed by an app owner is to click "I approve" and Access Owl handles the rest. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Janine C.

IT Support Lead

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/18/2024

"Easy to Setup, and maintain. Users love the simple interface"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AccessOwl?

Reviews of Access can be compiled in minutes, rather than days

Easy interface for end users

Onboarding Templates are very useful

New features released regularly

Great Support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AccessOwl?

Owing to the Slack Integration, there is a limit on certain things like length of descriptions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tobias B.

Head of Security

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/10/2024

"Simple access management system for Slack-forward organizations"

5/5

What do you like best about AccessOwl?

Organizations who use Slack will love it, the Slack integration is the best one out there. AccessOwl is very simple to understand and setup. Perfect for startups, small, and medium-sized businesses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AccessOwl?

Very large organizations with complicated processes may not be able to map their processes to AccessOwl. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/4/2024

"Easy peace of mind"

5/5

What do you like best about AccessOwl?

Easiest way to track SaaS apps we use -- even with Okta. There's just so many apps and not all of them work with SSO. The shadow IT feature is helpful to auto-populate this. The offboarding approach sure beats my old eternally-out-of-date Notion list. The team has been super responsive, and setting it all up was easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AccessOwl?

Shadow IT feature can be a bit noisy sometimes -- people sign up for a lot of tools! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Clémentine U.

Head of Engineering

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/1/2024

"Useful product for SOC2 with a reactive team. Constantly improving product."

4/5

What do you like best about AccessOwl?

The team is really reactive & available, and is visibly improving the product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AccessOwl?

We are missing some integrations to fully connect and have real automations. The product is still in progress so the UX could be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Wholesale

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/12/2023

"Great Experience!"

5/5

What do you like best about AccessOwl?

AccessOwl's combination of ease of use, Slack integration, and reliable support team makes it a desirable option for many users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AccessOwl?

Overall, I have had an excellent experience with AccessOwl, and I highly recommend it to any organization looking for a reliable and user-friendly solution for their identity and access management needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AccessOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. Access Control: In a hyper growth startup, it's common for access to be granted and lost frequently, which can create security risks. AccessOwl's solution can help your organization manage access requests and automate access approvals, which can reduce the likelihood of unauthorized access and help maintain a secure environment.

2. Offboarding: When employees leave the organization, their access to sensitive information and resources should be revoked to prevent data breaches and insider threats. AccessOwl's solution can automate the offboarding process, ensuring that access is revoked automatically when an employee leaves the organization, which can help mitigate security risks and improve compliance.

3. Governance: Sensitive access to information and resources should be governed carefully to protect against security risks and maintain compliance with regulatory requirements. AccessOwl's solution offers features such as role-based access control, compliance reporting, and user permission reviews, which can help your organization govern sensitive access more effectively and efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.