Cydenti vs US NHI Platforms
8 non-human identity security vendor acquisitions in 24 months, every one led by a US or Israeli group. Cydenti remains the independent, European platform in the field.
A fast, entirely US-led consolidation
In two years, eight non-human identity security vendors have been acquired — every single one by a US or Israeli group. That's not an isolated coincidence; it's the structure of the market. For a security team that wants to keep control of its data and its product roadmap, this acquisition wave is worth studying closely before signing a multi-year contract.
| Acquired vendor | Acquirer | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Astrix | Cisco | Standalone sales ended June 30, 2026 |
| Entro | SailPoint | ~$200M, June 2026 |
| Natoma | Snowflake | — |
| Veza | ServiceNow | — |
| Savvy | SailPoint | — |
| Adaptive Shield | CrowdStrike | — |
| Venafi | CyberArk | — |
| CyberArk | Palo Alto Networks | ~$25B |
Cydenti's independent, European approach
Cydenti remains an independently owned, privately held company based in Paris. Cloud-agnostic, hosted in Europe wherever you need it (Hetzner Germany, OVHcloud, Scaleway). GDPR-compliant by design. Cydenti connects to your SaaS stack through a read-only API, no agents required, with a first risk report delivered within a week.
Transparent pricing, NIS2 readiness from day one
Only 4 of 36 NHI security vendors publish any pricing — Cydenti is one of them. France's NIS2 transposition (the Resilience bill) is still before Parliament: Cydenti's Audit Flash covers ANSSI ReCyF Objective 10 checks from the moment you deploy.
Cydenti vs the US NHI platform field
| Criteria | Cydenti | US platform field |
|---|---|---|
| Independence / ownership | Independent, privately held (Paris, France) | 8 of the field's leading vendors acquired in 24 months, all by US groups |
| Data residency | Cloud-agnostic, hosted in Europe wherever you need it (Hetzner Germany, OVHcloud, Scaleway) | Consolidated platforms headquartered in the US |
| NIS2 / ReCyF readiness | Audit Flash covers ANSSI ReCyF Objective 10 checks from day one | Not purpose-built for the French ReCyF framework |
| Published pricing | Transparent, published pricing | Only 4 of 36 NHI vendors publish any pricing |
| Deployment | Agentless, read-only API — first report within a week | Varies; enterprise sales cycles typical of consolidated suites |
| Free assessment | Free Audit Flash, no commitment, no credit card | Typically demo-request only |
Independent
No acquisition, no roadmap dictated by a new parent company.
EU-Hosted
Cloud-agnostic, hosted in Europe wherever you need it (Hetzner Germany, OVHcloud, Scaleway). GDPR by design.
Transparent
Published pricing, no hidden quotes — rare in this market.
Discover the machine identities you didn't know you had
— the first inventory usually lands within a week.
The Audit Flash connects up to three SaaS apps through a read-only API and lists the service accounts, orphaned credentials, OAuth grants, and AI agents it can see. The first identity inventory usually lands within a week. A full sharing scan on a large tenant can take longer. No commitment.
No commitment • No credit card • Data hosted in Europe • Response within 24h