Pathlock
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What is Pathlock
Pathlock is a governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) and access control platform focused on securing ERP applications, with a strong emphasis on SAP environments. It supports identity governance, role and access risk analysis (e.g., segregation of duties), privileged access controls, and audit evidence workflows for business applications. Typical users include SAP security teams, IAM/GRC teams, and internal audit/compliance groups that need continuous monitoring and access governance across ERP landscapes. The product differentiates through application-aware controls and risk analytics tailored to SAP and other business applications rather than general-purpose IT controls only.
Strong SAP access risk focus
Pathlock centers on SAP security use cases such as role design, access risk analysis, and segregation-of-duties controls. This application-aware approach aligns well with how SAP authorizations and business processes create compliance risk. For organizations where SAP is a primary system of record, this reduces reliance on manual spreadsheets and periodic reviews.
Integrated GRC and IAM workflows
The platform combines access governance activities (requests, approvals, reviews) with compliance and audit-oriented workflows. This can help teams connect access changes to control objectives and evidence collection in a single system. Compared with tools that focus only on audit management or only on provisioning, this can reduce handoffs between systems.
Continuous monitoring for controls
Pathlock supports ongoing monitoring of access and control violations rather than only point-in-time assessments. This is useful for detecting risky access combinations and changes that occur between audit cycles. It fits organizations that need continuous controls monitoring for regulated environments.
ERP-centric scope
Pathlock’s strengths are most pronounced in SAP and business-application controls rather than broad endpoint, network, or cloud vulnerability management. Organizations seeking a single tool for enterprise-wide vulnerability scanning and remediation tracking may still need separate security tooling. The product is best evaluated as application security/GRC for ERP rather than a full vulnerability management suite.
Implementation requires SAP expertise
Effective deployment typically depends on accurate SAP role/authorization modeling and well-defined business processes. This can require specialized SAP security and GRC skills during design, integration, and ongoing tuning. Teams without mature SAP security practices may face longer time-to-value.
Complexity for smaller teams
Because it spans access governance, controls monitoring, and audit/compliance workflows, configuration and administration can be substantial. Smaller organizations with simpler access models may find the feature set more than they need. Licensing and module selection may require careful scoping to avoid paying for unused capabilities.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Vulnerability Management, Code Scanning. Reduced scope of checks; no remediation. (Free vulnerability scanner / Free Edition). |
| Essential | $7,500 per year (starting from) | Vulnerability Management, Code Scanning. (Minimum paid tier; "starting from" price published on Pathlock site.) |
| Professional | $15,000 per year (starting from) | Vulnerability Management, Code Scanning, Transport Control, Threat Detection. |
| Advanced | $30,000 per year (starting from) | Vulnerability Management, Code Scanning, Transport Control, Threat Detection, Application Profiler. |
| Custom / Create Your Own | Contact sales / custom pricing | Build a custom bundle of modules; contact Pathlock for tailored pricing. |
Notes: These prices are taken from Pathlock's official "SAP Cybersecurity Controls" product page, which publishes transparent "starting from" annual prices for the editions above. Other Pathlock products (Pathlock Cloud / Identity Security Platform, Application Access Governance, Continuous Controls Monitoring, Dynamic Access Control, etc.) do not appear to have public, detailed pricing published on the vendor site; those offerings direct visitors to request a demo or contact sales.
Seller details
Pathlock, Inc.
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2004
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