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Opal Security Reviews & Product Details

Opal is an authorization reasoning platform that empowers security and engineering teams to manage access and reduce identity risk at scale. We provide real-time visibility, prioritized insights, and frictionless just-in-time controls across every identity: from employees to AI agents. At our core is an intelligent data layer that continuously analyzes access behavior to surface and contextualize the most critical risks. Unlike legacy IGA or workflow tools, Opal gives our customers read-write authority to enforce least privilege and remediate exposures directly. As environments grow more dynamic and autonomous, Opal becomes a self-improving, policy-enforcing system – ensuring control, resilience, and the ability to move faster without increasing risk. The world's best companies, such as Databricks, Figma, Blend, and Cloudflare, trust Opal to govern and adapt sensitive access. Opal is backed by Greylock and some of the top security experts around the world, including Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI).

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Opal Security

Languages Supported

English

Product Description

With Opal, your company can provide engineers with complete onboarding, grant granular short-lived access across the company, and automate painful compliance workflows. Opal can be easily integrated into the modern developer stack and deployed in minutes.

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Logan Payne

Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

2 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

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Opal Security Media

Opal Security Demo - The Opal Risk Center

Opal’s Risk Layer gives your security team the visibility, intelligence, and control to confidently manage identity risk—across humans, service accounts, and AI agents—before it becomes a breach. At a high level, The Risk Summary helps you understand the risk associated with access that exists a...

Opal Security Demo - AI-Powered Risk Reccomendations

Opal's AI recommendations go into depth for each access risk so you can be better informed on how to move forward. Once risks are identified, you'll see a prioritized list of where to take action first—any of which you can drill down into and convert privileges to time-bound access, or remove i...

Opal Security Demo - Access Path Visualization

Get centralized visibility across cloud infrastructure, SaaS applications, and internal tools. Opal surfaces identity risks in an access graph paired with one-click remediations.

Opal Security Demo - Streamline User Access Reviews

Manage all existing access reviews from one central hub allowing centralized control and easy compliance management.

Opal Security Demo - Control Over provisioning with Access Requests

Access requests allow employees to request granular access across your applications down to the specific resource. AI coaching provides better justifications — making it easier to approve or deny access, and giving you stronger records later for audit or risk decisions.

Opal Security Reviews (30)

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Mike W.

Sr. Director of Security

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/30/2023

"Opal just makes things so much easier"

5/5

What do you like best about Opal Security?

The reduction in time necessary between an access request and provisioning has been reduced dramatically. This helps us meet our internal SLAs across the organization. Effective, time-limited, auto revoked access is the ideal state for any access management program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Opal Security?

I can't truthfully answer this question. There is nothing I have wanted Opal to do that it either doesn't do already, or hasn't been responded to very quickly by the product and support teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Opal Security solving and how is that benefiting you?

Access requests used to take a long time to go through and get all the approvals and passing tickets all over the place. Opal simplifies that into one easy workflow. Expired access was commonly not re-visited to be renewed or revoked. Opal integrates automatic deprovisioning of access after a predetermined amount of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Ling of Opal Security

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Thank you Mike for sharing your positive experience with Opal Security. It's great to hear that the tool has significantly reduced the time needed for access requests, helping you meet internal SLAs. It's also awesome to hear that Opal has been able to meet all your needs and that the product and support teams have been responsive to your requests. Thank you for supporting Opal and we look forward to serving our security roadmap!

Evgeny L.

Head of Cyber Security

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/16/2022

"Great product with a promising future"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Opal Security?

Ability to manage access approval workflows, time-restricted access, automate access provisioning, break-the-glass access. User access reviews via Opal make things streamlined and easy. Out of the box, it helps us save time on User Access Management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Opal Security?

It's a relatively new product that can be improved, but I have confidence in the team that is working on it. The features that were promised to us have been delivered on time. I have a positive outlook on the future of the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Ling of Opal Security

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Thank you, Evgeny, for taking the time to write a review! It's great to hear that you find Opal Security useful for managing access approval workflows and automating access provisioning. We look forward to supporting your security roadmap – we appreciate you!

Todd T.

Lead Security Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/22/2022

"Access orchestration and lifecycle at scale."

5/5

What do you like best about Opal Security?

The team at Opal is in touch with the technical requirements of the target market. I can't say that for a lot of early-stage companies. They're building proper tooling and technology, such as the early prioritization of a terraform provider and a high-quality AWS SSO integration, to enable their customers to scale. They've also addressed the access-lifecycle reporting/auditing components that allow for rapid deployment of access workflows to gain approvals from internal compliance and audit teams. The pace of delivery in 2022 has been extraordinary - and they're one of the most promising companies I've had the pleasure to work with in a long time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Opal Security?

Not so much a dislike of anything from Opal but more of an understanding that the problem space they're building for is massive. A challenge they will need to overcome is that many companies will try to pull Opal in several directions. Maintaining discipline and telling customers, 'no, we're not going to build that, it's not part of our core mission' is not easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Ling of Opal Security

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Hey Todd – thank you for your review of Opal Security. It's great to hear that you appreciate the team's technical expertise and focus on delivering useful features, such as the Terraform provider and AWS SSO integration. I'm glad that Opal is helping you to build flexible access automation without having to create your own internal tooling. Thank you for your product feedback and support! We appreciate you!

Enrique E.

Co-Founder & CEO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/21/2022

"Essential security platform to enforce least privilege"

5/5

What do you like best about Opal Security?

Opal's platform has allowed us to manage our GCP environment in a SOC-2 compliant and secure manner. We can easily demonstrate that our critical databases and servers are time-bounded, have escalation paths, and are fully audited. Our developers love using the platform - Opal's CLI and Slack bot are slick! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Opal Security?

Overall, we have been delighted with Opal! The team has been responsive to our questions and feedback. If there's any constructive feedback, I hope they can expand their list of integrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Ling of Opal Security

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Thank you so much for the positive review, Enrique! We are thrilled to be working with you. Managing least privilege in GCP is definitely not easy and your team has done a fantastic job automating access reviews and requests.

Noah S.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/1/2023

"First few weeks using Opal"

4/5

What do you like best about Opal Security?

Love the ability to quickly request access to nearly all of our resources, removing the need to reach out to specific people. Being able to view the progress of an access request and who is required to grant access is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Opal Security?

I think Opal definitely has some room to improve in their CLI and UI experiences. The CLI tool needs to be more flexible to allow for user to better integrate it into their workflows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Ling of Opal Security

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Thank you Noah for your positive feedback on Opal Security. We are thrilled to hear that our platform has made it easy for you to request access to your resources, while also allowing you to track the progress of your requests.

We appreciate your feedback regarding our CLI and UI experiences. Since your review, we have implemented many changes to drastically improve the CLI and UI experiences.Thanks again for sharing your experience with Opal and for being such a great customer. We appreciate you!

Mini R.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/23/2023

"A very useful tool that manages inventory of resources and permissions to it."

3.5/5

What do you like best about Opal Security?

It has built in integrations with AWS , mongo and several other commonly used tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Opal Security?

The UI is a bit messy and it will help to have finer grained controls on approval process like: require manager approval require FIDO approval , multiple approval. ALso the webhook solution for custom integrations needs to be per resource. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Ling of Opal Security

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Thank you Mini for your feedback on Opal Security. We are thrilled to hear that our platform has been a useful tool for managing your inventory of resources and permissions. We appreciate your feedback regarding our UI and approval process. Since your review, we have released a completely new user experience and design system. We really appreciate your helpful product feedback and we look forward to continuing to support your business.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/14/2022

"New age product with a lot of potential"

4/5

What do you like best about Opal Security?

Opal's willingness to listen to our feedback and fix/enhance faster than any other product I have worked with.

Intuitive UI, and so far, nothing has 'broken'.

All the features work as expected, unlike many industry-leading products that advertise features that do not work when the tire meets the road. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Opal Security?

Dependency on Okta groups for access governance. I would rather see Opal reconciling access directly from the applications, providing the actual state of application access.

Reporting capabilities leave a lot to be desired. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Ling of Opal Security

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Thank you for sharing your feedback on Opal Security. It's great to hear that you find Opal to be a responsive and reliable solution with an intuitive user interface.

We appreciate your feedback regarding reporting capabilities. We have worked really closely with your team to address these challenges and your feedback has greatly improved our platform. Thank you for your support and we look forward to serving you!

Verified User in Financial Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/12/2022

"The best permissions management platform on the market"

5/5

What do you like best about Opal Security?

Opal's has designed every feature perfectly. I personally LOVE their least privilege automation. I can comfortably know that someone who was given production database access while they're oncall won't have it after their rotation. I've also heard resounding reviews from our more technical engineers on its implementation. It's definitely made for developers and admins intelligently.

Lastly, the Opal team always seems committed to our success. They follow up regularly and clearly communicate when anything (rarely) doesn't go as planned. A team of rockstars who will treat you with respect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Opal Security?

I had to sit here for a while to come up with something I'm not happy with so take that into account. If there's anything I could say is lacking it would be that they aren't self service. I've heard they're working on this, but right now you have to schedule a demo to see the product which is sometimes something I'd rather not do. What I will say though, is it's well worth it to go through their process. Their success team alone dramatically improved our quality of life and honestly for such a complex organization like ours its helpful to be guided through it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Opal Security solving and how is that benefiting you?

Opal is helping us solve least privilege and manage our most sensitive aspects of our business. We are able to carefully manage, audit, and maintain an amazing practice around permissions. This means our teams are more productive and we close more deals by being able to focus less on SOC/SOX/ and ISO compliance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Ling of Opal Security

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Thank you so much for the positive review! We've worked really closely with developers to ensure a seamless experience. Self-service is an active area of exploration – stay tuned for more updates!

Gil F.

Co-Founder

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/26/2022

"Opal = Top Notch Security"

5/5

What do you like best about Opal Security?

At Merge, we're all about security. We have numerous security certifications and must ensure we're following industry best practices. Using Opal, we've built exactly what we need. Time-based access, easy Slack-based approvals, and flexibility to use it for anything, including internal tools, have made it a game-changer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Opal Security?

There isn't much we don't like about Opal. Obviously a world where they connect to every tool in existence would be amazing, but it's not realistic, and their flexible webhooks enable us to connect it to anything we need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Ling of Opal Security

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Hey Gil! Thank you for your feedback! It's really important for scaling companies to adopt time-based access. We really appreciate your support and partnership! We are heavily invested in the custom applications API and we've made significant improvements since your review!

Verified User in Mental Health Care

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/14/2022

"Streamlined access request platform"

5/5

What do you like best about Opal Security?

The Opal platform has helped my organization to implement federated access to engineering systems and makes it easy to track who is assigned to what. We have received good feedback from engineers regarding the self-service UI and central repository for access requests. Integrations with our core apps have made it easy to onboard and exit users from those apps from a central place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Opal Security?

The Opal product is maturing and the philosophy regarding objects and functionality within the application. This isn't really a bad thing, it just brings with it some changes to UI and thought process about objects within Opal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Opal Security solving and how is that benefiting you?

Opal has helped us in our journey to federated access and least privilege in AWS. The integrations with Google and Okta have allowed us to implement pipelines for user onboarding and day 1 standard access, as well as self service for elevated access. The team at Opal routinely meets with us to discuss our progress toward our goals, ask for feedback about the system, and demo new functionality coming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Ling of Opal Security

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Thank you for sharing your positive experience with Opal! It's great to hear that the platform has helped your organization implement federated access to engineering systems and to track access assignments easily. It's also good to know that the self-service UI and central repository for access requests have received positive feedback from engineers. We appreciate you!