SSPM tools connect to your SaaS applications over their APIs, read the configuration, and check it against security policies — then rank what they find and tell you how to fix it. The seven vendors below all do that; they differ on how many apps they cover, whether you can see and edit the policies, which compliance frameworks they map to, whether they include identity threat detection, and whether you can learn the price without a sales call.
Black Cat SSPM is the policy-first option in this list: 1814 documented checks across 62 connectors, NIS2 and DORA as built-in mappings, and published pricing. It does not offer ITDR — four of the six others do. Every claim in the table is sourced and dated at the bottom of the page.
Seven SSPM tools at a glance
| Vendor | Native integrations (as claimed) | Pricing | Frameworks named on the vendor site | AI governance | ITDR | Customer-authored policies | HQ / ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Cat SSPM | 62, each documented check by check | Published: €79 / €349 / €999 per month; 14-day trial, no card | ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS v8, NIST CSF, GDPR, HIPAA, NIS2, DORA (8 built-in, plus custom frameworks) | Two customer-authorable CEL rule engines (AI apps, AI agents) + agent inventory | Not offered — posture-first; pair with your SIEM/ITDR | Yes — severity overrides, custom frameworks, exception workflows | Paris, France — independent |
| AppOmni | "Over 100" apps | Quote-only; Vendr buyer sample median ≈ $97k/yr | SOC 2, HIPAA, FedRAMP Moderate, NIST CSF, GDPR, ISO 27001 — NIS2/DORA not named | Marlin AI (May 2026) for investigation and remediation; AgentGuard runtime guardrails with Cisco (June 2026) | Yes | Not publicly documented | San Mateo, US — independent |
| Wing Security (With Wings) | No published connector catalog; wing.security now redirects to withwings.ai | No published price list; historically a freemium tier | Not named | Pivoted to AI-agent security ("keep agent actions aligned with intent", Sept 2025) | Not published | Not published | Tel Aviv, Israel — independent |
| CrowdStrike Falcon Shield | "150+ apps" out of the box | Quote-only, sold as a Falcon platform module | "23 built-in industry standards" (list not published) — NIS2/DORA not named | AI-agent discovery and visibility (Dec 2025) | Via the Falcon platform | "Customize policy and severity levels" | Austin, US — Adaptive Shield acquired by CrowdStrike, Nov 2024 (~$214M) |
| Obsidian Security | "Hundreds of connectors" (no number published) | Free tier ($0, up to 1K users; discovery and phishing only); SSPM/ITDR on quote; Vendr median ≈ $49.5k/yr | ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS, NIST — NIS2/DORA not named | Agent visibility and agent governance; shadow-AI discovery inside trusted apps | Yes | Yes — "build custom posture rules" | Palo Alto, US — independent ($85M Series D, Aug 2026) |
| Valence Security | "Over 175" SaaS and AI apps (platform page says "over 150") | No price list; free API-connected risk assessment; Vendr median ≈ $100.8k/yr | CIS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, HIPAA — NIS2/DORA not named | Shadow-AI tools, AI agents and built-in AI features; agent access and permission control | Yes | Yes (briefly documented) | Israel-founded — independent |
| Reco | "270+" agent and app integrations (homepage says 260) | No price list, no self-serve trial; Vendr median ≈ $12k/yr (small-deal sample) | GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, CIS "and 15+ others" — NIS2/DORA not named | Shadow-AI discovery; agent inventory; "1,000+ pre-built detection controls" | Yes | Yes — no-code "custom policy studio" | New York, US — independent ($30M Series B, Feb 2026) |
Integration counts are the vendors' own claims and sometimes disagree with themselves across pages (Valence: 150 vs 175; Reco: 260 vs 270). Vendr medians are unaudited samples of what buyers reported paying, not list prices.
What changed in 2025–2026
- Nov 2024 — CrowdStrike closed the Adaptive Shield acquisition (~$214.4M); the product is now Falcon Shield.
- Sept 2025 — Wing Security announced an AI-security-centric pivot; wing.security now redirects to withwings.ai ("With Wings").
- Dec 2025 — Falcon Shield added AI-agent discovery and visibility.
- Feb 2026 — Reco raised a $30M Series B (total $85M) on SaaS and AI-agent security demand.
- May 2026 — AppOmni launched Marlin AI to automate SaaS security investigation and remediation.
- Aug 2026 — Obsidian Security raised an $85M Series D at a $1.1B valuation.
How to choose
You run a SOC and need detection, not only posture
AppOmni, Obsidian, Valence and Reco pair posture management with ITDR; Falcon Shield sits inside the CrowdStrike platform. If real-time identity threat detection is a hard requirement, shortlist those and treat the posture checks as the second criterion. Black Cat SSPM is not in this group.
You are audited against NIS2 or DORA
On the vendor sites reviewed in September 2026, Black Cat SSPM is the only one that names NIS2 and DORA as built-in framework mappings, with the DORA Register of Information generated from the connector inventory. The others name SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, CIS, HIPAA or GDPR. Ask any vendor for its current mapping list rather than relying on a "20+ frameworks" claim.
You want to know the price before the call
Black Cat publishes its tiers; Obsidian publishes a $0 discovery tier and quotes the rest. Everyone else is quote-only. For a team under a few hundred people, the difference between a published €79/month tier and a five-figure quote usually decides the shortlist on its own.
Your problem is AI agents, not SaaS settings
Every vendor in the table now discovers shadow AI. With Wings (formerly Wing Security) has repositioned around agent-action alignment; Reco, Obsidian and Valence emphasise agent inventory and governance; Falcon Shield added agent discovery in late 2025. Black Cat's differentiator here is that the AI-app and AI-agent policies are rule engines you author yourself — see AI and shadow-AI SaaS governance compared.
Adjacent categories, not in the table
Zluri ("300+ out-of-the-box connectors") positions itself as identity security and SaaS management — licence and access lifecycle rather than configuration posture. DoControl (nine listed integrations) is SaaS data-access security and DLP with write-capable remediation. Both overlap with SSPM on discovery and OAuth-app governance, but neither publishes a configuration-check catalog, so we do not score them on the same rows.
One-to-one comparisons
- AppOmni alternatives
- Wing Security alternative
- Adaptive Shield / Falcon Shield alternative
- AI and shadow-AI SaaS governance
Frequently asked questions
What is an SSPM tool?
A SaaS Security Posture Management tool connects to your SaaS applications over their APIs, reads their configuration, and checks it against security policies — MFA on admins, external sharing, OAuth grants, logging, AI agents — then ranks the findings and tells you how to fix them. Most also map findings to compliance frameworks.
Which SSPM vendors publish their pricing?
As of 2026-09, Black Cat SSPM publishes its tiers (€79, €349 and €999 per month). Obsidian publishes a $0 discovery tier but quotes SSPM and ITDR. AppOmni, Falcon Shield, Valence and Reco are quote-only; the only public figures are third-party buyer samples (Vendr), which are not vendor-published prices.
Which SSPM tools map to NIS2 and DORA?
On the vendor sites we reviewed in September 2026, only Black Cat SSPM names NIS2 and DORA as built-in framework mappings (40 and 58 mapped controls). The others name SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, CIS, HIPAA or GDPR; some mention NIS2 or DORA only as market drivers. Check the current mapping list before relying on any vendor for an EU-regulated audit.
Which SSPM tools include identity threat detection (ITDR)?
AppOmni, Obsidian, Valence and Reco advertise ITDR; Falcon Shield inherits it from the CrowdStrike platform. Black Cat SSPM does not offer ITDR — it is posture-first and is designed to run next to your SIEM or ITDR tool.
How should a small or mid-size team choose?
Start from the apps you actually run and the frameworks you are audited against, then check three things on each vendor: whether its connectors cover your identity provider and productivity suite in depth, whether you can see and customise the policies, and whether the price is knowable before a sales call. Run a trial where one exists.
Sources (accessed 2026-09-05)
- AppOmni — https://appomni.com/ · Marlin AI (SiliconANGLE, 2026-05-26): https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/26/appomni-launches-marlin-ai-automate-saas-security-investigation-remediation/ · Vendr sample: https://www.vendr.com/marketplace/appomni
- Wing Security / With Wings — https://withwings.ai/ · pivot PR (2025-09-30): https://withwings.ai/blog/wing-security-evolves-ai-security-centric-company-pr
- CrowdStrike Falcon Shield — acquisition (2024-11-20): https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/crowdstrike-acquires-adaptive-shield-and-integrates-saas-protection/ · features: https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-gb/platform/falcon-shield/prevention-features/ · AI-agent visibility (2025-12-08): https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/falcon-shield-evolves-ai-agent-visibility/
- Obsidian Security — SSPM: https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/sspm · pricing: https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/pricing · integrations: https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/obsidian-integrations-hub · Series D (2026-08-04): https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/news/unlocking-ai-potential-securely · Vendr sample: https://www.vendr.com/marketplace/obsidian-security
- Valence Security — https://www.valencesecurity.com/ · platform: https://www.valencesecurity.com/platform · risk assessment: https://www.valencesecurity.com/saas-risk-assessment · Vendr sample: https://www.vendr.com/marketplace/valence-security
- Reco — https://www.reco.ai/ · integrations: https://www.reco.ai/integrations · compliance: https://www.reco.ai/solutions/automated-saas-compliance-monitoring · custom policy studio: https://www.reco.ai/use-cases/custom-policy-studio · Series B (2026-02-10): https://www.reco.ai/blog/reco-raises-30m-b-round-for-a-total-of-85m-to-meet-rapidly-growing-demand-for-saas-ai-security-among-enterprises · Vendr sample: https://www.vendr.com/marketplace/reco
- Zluri — https://www.zluri.com/integrations · DoControl — https://www.docontrol.io/integrations · https://www.docontrol.io/blog/sspm