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 above 50 accounts is quote-only. Teams wanting one platform that also covers workload scanning will find the scope too focused.

Pricing

Partly published, which is unusual in CIEM. The Cloud Permissions Firewall pricing page (checked 2026-11-05) lists three tiers: Startup at a $15,000 a year minimum for small cloud footprints, $150 per cloud account per month for 10 to 50 accounts across AWS, Azure and GCP, and custom enterprise pricing above 50 accounts. Monthly contracts with monthly payments are available and can be cancelled with 30 days notice, and there is a 14-day free trial. The page does not say how the Startup minimum relates to the per-account rate, so confirm which tier applies at your account count. 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.