Sonrai Security

Overview

Sonrai Security is one of the original cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) vendors, focused on cloud identity, permissions, and data access governance. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, it built its business around mapping who and what can reach sensitive cloud resources, with a heavy emphasis on least privilege rather than treating CIEM as a side feature.

What it is good at

Sonrai goes deep on effective permissions and the relationships between identities, roles, and data stores across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Its Cloud Permissions Firewall and least-privilege automation can strip unused permissions and gate access without breaking applications, which is genuinely useful at scale. Governance and audit reporting are strong, and tying identity to data access is a meaningful differentiator: it answers not just who is over-privileged but what sensitive data that exposure reaches. For least-privilege enforcement programs, the entitlement depth is a real strength.

Where it falls short

It is narrower than full CNAPP suites, so you may run it alongside other cloud security tools rather than consolidating. Authentication, SSO, and MFA are outside its domain, since it analyzes cloud-native identity rather than acting as an IdP. Deployment is SaaS-only, onboarding large multi-account estates takes effort, and pricing is opaque. Teams wanting one platform that also covers workload scanning will find the scope too focused.

Pricing

Quote-based and not published. Cost generally scales with cloud accounts and identities under management, with annual contracts and a sales-led process. Model it with the TCO calculator.

Best for, and who should look elsewhere

Choose Sonrai when least-privilege enforcement and cloud entitlement depth are the priority. For entitlements inside a broader CNAPP, compare Wiz (see Wiz vs Sonrai); for just-in-time brokering, see Britive and the CIEM category.

Bottom line

The CIEM choice when least-privilege enforcement and entitlement depth matter most, not when you want one vendor to cover both CIEM and broader workload security.