Skip the SSO Tax, access your user data with OSS
As the former CTO of an Insurtech and Fintech startup I always had the “pleasure” to keep regulators and auditors happy. Think of documenting who has access to what, quarterly access reviews, yearly audits and so on… Like many others we couldn’t justify the Enterprise-plan for every SaaS tool to simply get access to SSO and SCIM/SAML APIs. For Notion alone the cost would have nearly doubled to $14 per user per month. That’s insane! Mostly unknown to people, SSO Tax also limits access to APIs that are used for managing user access (SCIM/SAML). This has proven to be an incredibly…
Skip the SSO Tax, access your user data with OSS launched on April 11, 2023 with 220 votes, #121 of 4,853 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
This open-source tool provides SSO and user access management capabilities without requiring expensive enterprise plan upgrades. Designed for regulated industries and companies managing multiple SaaS tools, it enables users to control access documentation, perform quarterly reviews, and automate user provisioning through SCIM and SAML APIs. It addresses the "SSO Tax" problem where vendors charge significantly more for standard access management features that users need for compliance and auditing.
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From the sources
Download user lists including user permissions from various SaaS applications without the need for a public API - AccessOwl/open_owl
In the maker’s words, at launch
As the former CTO of an Insurtech and Fintech startup I always had the “pleasure” to keep regulators and auditors happy. Think of documenting who has access to what, quarterly access reviews, yearly audits and so on… Like many others we couldn’t justify the Enterprise-plan for every SaaS tool to simply get access to…
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