Apono vs Veza
ILM Reference editors · Editorial assessment · Published 2026-09-28
Veza scores higher overall on our weights: 69/100 against 35/100 for Apono. Apono wins one of the seven criteria (pricing transparency) and Veza wins six (disconnected-app coverage, orphan and local account discovery, JML automation, certification campaign depth, audit evidence and works alongside existing IdP and IGA). On disconnected-app coverage, the heaviest-weighted criterion, Veza leads 65 to 15.
Scores are an editorial assessment of public vendor material. See Editorial method.
How do Apono and Veza score on each criterion?
| Criterion (weight) | Apono | Veza | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disconnected-app coverage (22) | 15 | 65 | Veza |
| Orphan and local account discovery (18) | 20 | 80 | Veza |
| JML automation (15) | 20 | 72 | Veza |
| Certification campaign depth (12) | 30 | 78 | Veza |
| Audit evidence (13) | 60 | 70 | Veza |
| Works alongside existing IdP and IGA (12) | 70 | 75 | Veza |
| Pricing transparency (8) | 65 | 20 | Apono |
| Lifecycle coverage score | 35 | 69 | Veza |
Read the reasons for each score
- Disconnected-app coverage
- Apono: Not documented. Its home page does not describe discovering or onboarding applications outside its integrations; it brokers just-in-time access to AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes and databases through 85+ integrations.
- Veza: Reveals accounts that exist outside identity platforms; custom systems connect through the Open Authorization API.
- Orphan and local account discovery
- Apono: Not documented. Discovery of orphan, dormant or local accounts is not described; its zero standing privilege model grants time-bound access and revokes it automatically.
- Veza: Detects dormant accounts and reveals local, machine and service accounts.
- JML automation
- Apono: Not documented. HR-driven joiner, mover and leaver automation is not described; access is granted and revoked per just-in-time request.
- Veza: Birthright access, role-change and offboarding automation, including local accounts, with Dry Run and Safety Limits.
- Certification campaign depth
- Apono: No certification campaign module described.
- Veza: Access certification campaigns prioritized by risk, with effective permissions in plain terms.
- Audit evidence
- Apono: Audit logs and AI session summaries; no framework-mapped evidence export described.
- Veza: Audit logging for lifecycle actions; no framework-specific evidence export described on the pages reviewed.
- Works alongside existing IdP and IGA
- Apono: Requests run through Slack, CLI or Apono Assist with 85+ integrations; its pages do not describe identity provider or IGA functions, so it sits beside them rather than replacing them.
- Veza: Integrates with Okta and HR sources and adds visibility beside existing IdP tooling.
- Pricing transparency
- Apono: No pricing page on apono.io (/pricing redirects to the home page). AWS Marketplace, 1-month contract: $4,900.00 per month for 100 users, plus $49.00 per month for each extra user.
- Veza: No public pricing.
What does each tool do?
Cloud privileged access that grants just-in-time access to people, machines and AI agents and revokes it automatically. Now part of 1Password.
Category Just-in-time privileged access
Builds an Access Graph of effective permissions across 325+ integrations and runs reviews and lifecycle actions on top of it.
Category Access graph and governance
How do Apono and Veza compare on pricing and deployment?
| Fact | Apono | Veza |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | No pricing page on its own site. AWS Marketplace, 1-month contract: $4,900.00 per month commit for 100 users, plus $49.00 per month for each extra user. | Not published. Contact sales. |
| Deployment | Described as cloud-native; listed on AWS Marketplace. | SaaS (agentless integrations as described by Veza). |
How do they handle disconnected applications?
| Tool | Discovery of the app | Account data collection | Leaver action on the app | Method described | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veza | Not documented | Documented accounts outside identity platforms, custom systems via OAA | Documented offboarding including local accounts | Access Graph integrations and OAA | Source: veza.com lifecycle and access reviews pages · Reviewed Sep 2026 |
| Apono | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Just-in-time access through 85+ integrations; handling of apps outside them not described | Source: apono.io · Reviewed Sep 2026 |
Source: veza.com lifecycle and access reviews pages · Reviewed Sep 2026
Source: apono.io · Reviewed Sep 2026
Which should you choose?
Choose Apono if you need a published price to model the budget before a sales call.
Cloud privileged access that grants just-in-time access to people, machines and AI agents and revokes it automatically. Now part of 1Password.
Choose Veza if you need coverage for applications with no connector, no SCIM endpoint and no SSO integration, or if finding orphan, dormant and local accounts is the priority.
Builds an Access Graph of effective permissions across 325+ integrations and runs reviews and lifecycle actions on top of it.
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FAQ
Which is better for identity lifecycle management, Apono or Veza?
On our rubric Veza scores 69/100 and Apono 35/100. Veza is ahead mainly on disconnected-app coverage and orphan and local account discovery. Buyers who weight pricing transparency more heavily may prefer Apono; the calculator shows how the order changes.
Which handles disconnected applications better, Apono or Veza?
Veza scores 65 to 15 on disconnected-app coverage. Apono: Not documented. Its home page does not describe discovering or onboarding applications outside its integrations; it brokers just-in-time access to AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes and databases through 85+ integrations. Veza: Reveals accounts that exist outside identity platforms; custom systems connect through the Open Authorization API.
Do Apono and Veza publish pricing?
Apono: No pricing page on its own site. AWS Marketplace, 1-month contract: $4,900.00 per month commit for 100 users, plus $49.00 per month for each extra user. Veza: Not published. Contact sales.
Keep reading
Sources
- apono.io
- apono.io/pricing (redirects to the home page)
- AWS Marketplace: Apono
- veza.com lifecycle management
- veza.com access reviews
- veza.com
Reviewed Sep 2026