The Legacy IGA Trap
If any of this sounds familiar, you are not alone. These are the patterns we hear from identity teams running enterprise IGA platforms today.
Total cost that dwarfs the license
Enterprise IGA tiers typically run $240–360 per identity per year. Then add integration, custom workflows, identity resolution, and ongoing support — routinely several multiples of the license itself.
Quarters to deploy, then a rip-and-replace to leave
12–18 months of customization and tuning just to go live. When you want to modernize, most platforms can't coexist — you must cut over entirely or run dual systems for months.
Batch-oriented, not real-time
Overnight sync jobs mean a 5 PM termination doesn't take effect until the 2 AM batch. Access to a compromised system stays open for hours.
Proprietary lock-in
Workflows, identity data models, and governance logic are trapped inside one vendor's stack. Moving to a new platform in five years repeats the entire cycle.
Ranges reflect published enterprise-tier list pricing and typical implementation timelines reported by identity teams across our customer base. Your numbers may vary.
Your portal on top. Our engine underneath.
Swap the front door anytime. Governance never moves.
Where Teams Start
Five high-impact scenarios where EmpowerNow IGA delivers value in weeks, not quarters.
JML Modernization
Real-time joiner/mover/leaver workflows. Hire someone on Monday; they have access by 9 AM. Change departments; roles update in seconds. Terminate; all access revoked immediately.
Access Request & Fulfillment
Replace spreadsheet-based access requests with policy-driven, auditable operations. Requests flow through PDP. Fulfillment happens in seconds. Every decision is signed and traceable. See Fulfillment →
Safe Revocation
Remove a role without breaking downstream access. Reference counting shows you what depends on what. Revoke safely, audit completely. No more broken access chains.
Hybrid Front-Door Governance
Keep your existing ServiceNow or SAP GRC portal. Plug EmpowerNow governance underneath. Swap portals later without re-platforming governance.
Agent-Callable Identity Operations
IGA operations (provisioning, access requests, revocation) are exposed as governed tools that agents can invoke — same policy enforcement as portal users. The agent runtime itself lives in ARIA →
Legacy IGA
- Batch sync every 8–16 hours
- 12–18 month implementation
- Rip-and-replace migration
- Portal and governance tightly coupled
- Per-identity licensing premium
EmpowerNow IGA
- Real-time event-driven operations
- Coexist from week one
- Incremental workload migration
- Portal-independent governance
- Flat-tier pricing, no per-identity tax
Security & Compliance, Not Just Governance
Identity governance is a security function. EmpowerNow treats it that way — every operation produces a cryptographic proof chain, every revocation is dependency-aware, and nothing waits for the overnight batch.
Revoke in seconds
Termination triggers immediate cascading revocation across every connected target. No overnight lag.
Prove every action
Every access decision — grant, deny, revoke — is signed and chained. Auditors get a tamper-evident ledger, not a log file.
No agent bypass
AI agents call the same governed operations as human users. Same policy enforcement, same proof chain. No shadow access.
No broken dependency chains
Reference counting means you always know what depends on what before you revoke. No more cascading breakage surprises.
The AuthZEN PDP that enforces your IGA governance rules — guardrails, separation of duties, birthright, temporal access — is the same engine that governs application access, AI agent tool calls, and identity token issuance. One policy language. One audit trail. One graph-backed fact model.
When You Need AI Agents to Operate on Identity
EmpowerNow IGA exposes governed identity operations that agents can request — same policy as portal users, same proof chain. But the full agent runtime, credential isolation, and MCP publication lives in ARIA.
Governed identity operations — JML, access requests, certifications, revocation — that agents can invoke through policy.
The agent runtime — credential isolation, runtime authorization, cryptographic proof, and MCP tool publication.
Pick the Right Starting Point
Every edition includes the full governance engine. The difference is scale, customization depth, and multi-tenant needs.
Core
Best for: replacing a legacy IGA with standard lifecycle needs
Typical trigger: SailPoint/Saviynt renewal coming, want to cut cost and go real-time without disrupting users.
- Full IGA lifecycle (JML, certification, provisioning)
- BYO Front Door — keep your existing portal
- Entitlement ledger with reference counting
- Real-time event-driven operations
- Up to 25K identities
- Contact Sales for pricing
Advanced
Best for: complex governance environments with custom workflow needs
Typical trigger: outgrew Core's workflows, need continuous compliance monitoring, or approaching 25K identities.
- Everything in Core, plus:
- Custom workflow authoring
- AccessPulse continuous monitoring
- Full Kafka event streaming
- Advanced governance analytics
- Up to 100K identities
- Contact Sales for pricing
Enterprise
Best for: multi-tenant environments, MSPs, or delegated admin at scale
Typical trigger: managing identity governance across subsidiaries, client tenants, or regional divisions with independent administration.
- Everything in Advanced, plus:
- Multi-tenant delegation
- Delegated administration hierarchy
- Cross-tenant governance reporting
- Unlimited identities
- Contact Sales for pricing
Modernize what's underneath — keep the front door your users know.
Tell us what your current IGA looks like and we'll map the fastest path to real-time governance — no rip-and-replace, no retraining.