ConductorOne vs Pathlock

The Pathlock alternative built for modern enterprises

ConductorOne provides a single, modern platform with flexible integrations and automation built for scale.

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Platform Architecture

Integrations

Time to Value

Extensability

User Experience

A modern, unified platform built from the ground up for a cohesive experience.

Deep, seamless integrations for cloud, on-premises, and homegrown apps (e.g., Oracle, AWS, Okta, etc.).

Live in weeks, not quarters. No heavy professional services required.

Modern API, CLI, webhooks, and Terraform support for full extensibility.

Intuitive UI and seamless experience for all users (web, Slack, MS Teams, CLI).

Pathlock

A patchwork of acquired technologies that do not integrate well together.

Strong, but limited to legacy enterprise apps like SAP and Oracle; lacks a modern connector model.

Difficult and complicated to deploy; requires significant professional services.

Limited extensibility; not built for a modern tech stack.

Legacy, complex UI not designed for end users.

Top 5 reasons security leaders prefer ConductorOne

Time to value

“The biggest ROI we have seen is in time. We have communicated to leadership and management our estimates and I'm very confident that the tool pays for itself.”

Robert Mateo, VP of IT Business Operations

Full visibility and control

“A huge win for me is the overall visibility. I don’t have to log into ten different places to figure out who has access to what – I can just go to ConductorOne.”

Paul Yoo, Head of Security Platform

Simple, intuitive design

“One day you requested AWS access through IT tickets. The next day you didn’t. We didn’t have to roll it out in stages — just a clean cutover.”

Stephen Darling, Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Committed to innovation

“None of the other options in the market were simple for us. ConductorOne was incredibly inquisitive, collaborative, iterative, and innovative.”

Tim Lisko, Director of Product and Infrastructure Security

Real security impact

“We’ve appreciably improved our security posture without spending a bunch of time and money, which is a huge benefit for our customers.”

Matthew Sullivan, Infrastructure Security Team Leader

More reasons to come aboard

The business case for modern IGA

Strengthen your security posture

Discover shadow apps, unused and orphaned accounts, and overprivileged users, and remediate identity-based risks.

Move to zero standing privileges

Enable just-in-time access for critical resources and infrastructure—without sacrificing productivity.

Streamline regulatory compliance

Automate user access reviews, separation of duties enforcement, onboarding, and offboarding.

Drive efficiency

Streamline self-service access requests, helpdesk automation, auto-approval workflows, and zero-touch provisioning with a modern user experience.

Enable technical teams

Support technical users with modern APIs, command line tools, Terraform for automated configuration, and webhooks for workflow orchestration.

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FAQs

Pathlock’s access governance is a legacy solution primarily focused on GRC functionality for a few specific critical applications like SAP. Its main use cases are segregation of duties (SoD) and continuous controls monitoring. ConductorOne is a modern, AI-native identity governance and administration (IGA) platform. It provides a unified, user-friendly solution for managing the complete identity lifecycle—from access certifications to privileged access management—across your entire application ecosystem, not just legacy ERPs.

Pathlock is designed for manual SoD analysis and risk management inside large, monolithic systems, which is essential for SOX compliance. ConductorOne’s modern approach to identity security reduces access risk in real-time by enforcing least privilege. Instead of just reporting on toxic combinations, we help eliminate the standing entitlements and permissions that create the risk in the first place, ensuring “always-on” audit readiness.

ConductorOne, SailPoint, Saviynt, and Pathlock are all identity and access management (IAM) providers, but they are built for different eras. Legacy platforms like SailPoint and Pathlock can be complex and costly. ConductorOne is the AI-native alternative, offering robust functionality and scalability without the high pricing and long implementation times. We deliver a better user experience and faster time-to-value for your cybersecurity initiatives.

For health tech organizations, enforcing security policies to protect sensitive data and meet HIPAA or HITRUST requirements is a core business need. This requires a modern identity management solution that automates the entire lifecycle management of a user’s access. While Pathlock provides access control within specific ERPs, ConductorOne provides unified governance across your entire cloud and on-prem stack. This ensures all access control changes are enforced in real-time, securing sensitive data and simplifying HIPAA compliance.