What Apono does

Apono is a cloud-native Privileged Access Management (PAM) company that builds a single platform to replace standing privileges with just-in-time, just-enough access provisioned dynamically at request time. Its technology creates IAM roles and policies in the native policy language of each cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP), manages access across Kubernetes and a broad set of databases, and runs on a patented secure connector architecture that does not store customer secrets or access customer data. The platform is composed of modular offerings — Infrastructure Guard, Privileged Cloud, and the more recent Agent Privilege Guard — and is extended by capabilities including Cloud Identity Governance, Access Threat Detection & Response, and Access Discovery and Remediation, with 85+ out-of-the-box integrations across cloud, identity, ITSM, ChatOps, and DevOps tools. Apono's newer AI capabilities include an AI-powered Access Assistant, an Apono Assist MCP Server that exposes permission APIs to coding agents such as Cursor and GitHub Copilot, and Intent-Based Access Control (IBAC) that validates AI-agent declared intent against actual actions.

Apono monetizes primarily through tiered SaaS subscriptions sold to mid-market and Fortune 500 enterprises via a direct enterprise field-sales motion augmented by self-serve free trial sign-up, technology integrations with cloud and security marketplaces, and a formal partner program for SIs and MSPs. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company reports customer outcomes including 96% reduction in standing privileges and sub-five-second provisioning, and it maintains compliance collateral for SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA/HITECH, GDPR, PCI DSS, NIST, and SOX. Headquartered in New York with engineering and R&D in Tel Aviv, Apono had 80 employees at acquisition and served customers across cybersecurity, healthcare, financial services, B2B SaaS, and AI/ML industries. Following a $34 million Series B in November 2025, Apono was acquired by 1Password on June 15, 2026 in a deal reported at $250-300 million, with its technology integrated into 1Password's Unified Access product.

Name

Apono

Legal name

Apono Inc

Website

https://apono.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Apono is a cloud-native privileged access management platform that replaces standing privileges with automated just-in-time access across AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and databases, serving mid-market to Fortune 500 enterprises before its June 2026 acquisition by 1Password.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Privileged Access Management / Cloud Identity Security

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (5132), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Privileged Access Management (PAM) (HDAEAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Privileged Access Management (PAM) (HDADAAAC), Cloud Identity & Access Management Infrastructure (IAM/IdP/MFA) (HDABAHAF), Privileged Access Management (PAM) (BPAMAEAD)

Keywords

• Privileged access management
• Cloud permission management
• Just-in-time access
• Cloud identity governance
• Zero standing privilege

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription: Recurring SaaS subscription for the cloud-native Privileged Access Management platform with tiered modules (Infrastructure Guard, Privileged Cloud, Agent Privilege Guard) and free trial entry point.
2. Professional Services & Implementation: Deployment services leveraging Terraform/CloudFormation/Helm, plus implementation support for enterprises migrating to ZSP. Most teams achieve initial deployment within 2 hours and full rollout within 2 weeks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels5 records

Core offering

Apono sells a cloud-native Privileged Access Management (PAM) / Cloud Permission Management Platform that automates and simplifies the granting of permissions across cloud, Kubernetes, SaaS, and database environments. The platform creates IAM roles and policies dynamically at request time in the native policy language of each cloud provider, delivering just-in-time, just-enough, zero-standing-privilege access for human users, machine identities, and AI agents. It is sold as a recurring SaaS subscription with optional professional services for deployment.

Product overview

Apono offers a single unified Cloud Permission Management Platform organized as a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core platform orchestrates access across 85+ cloud, SaaS, infrastructure, identity, and developer-tool integrations, and is extended by modules including Just-in-Time and Just Enough Privileges, Cloud Privileged Access, Cloud Identity Governance, Access Threat Detection & Response, and Access Discovery and Remediation. Around this core, Apono ships specialized offerings such as Apono Infrastructure Guard, Apono Privileged Cloud, Apono Space Management, and Apono Connectivity, plus newer AI-native products including the Apono AI-powered Access Assistant, the Apono Assist MCP Server, and Apono Agent Privilege Guard for governing autonomous AI agents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Apono Infrastructure Guard: Foundational module securing privileged access to on-prem and hybrid infrastructure: databases, Kubernetes, compute, and more. Combines account vaulting, MFA-enforced access requests, and dynamic guardrails.
• Apono Privileged Cloud
• Apono Agent Privilege Guard

Products and services

• Apono Cloud Permission Management Platform The unified cloud-native Privileged Access Management platform that orchestrates just-in-time, just-enough access across cloud, SaaS, Kubernetes, and database environments for enterprise and mid-market customers; composed of foundational capabilities including JIT/JEP privilege orchestration, Cloud Privileged Access, Cloud Identity Governance, Access Threat Detection & Response, and Access Discovery and Remediation, with 85+ out-of-the-box integrations and a patented secure connector architecture that does not store customer secrets.
• Apono Agent Privilege Guard Standalone product purpose-built to govern least-privilege access for autonomous AI agents operating across cloud environments; applies Intent-Based Access Control (IBAC), ephemeral credentials scoped to the task, automated approve/route/block decisions on every privilege request, and returns environments to Zero Standing Privileges on completion. Targets enterprises deploying AI agents and AI-driven systems.
• Apono AI-powered Access Assistant AI-driven assistant that lets users request, understand, and provision cloud permissions using natural-language prompts; interprets natural-language requests, translates them into access policies, and provisions them automatically. Targets developers and platform engineering teams using chat and IDE surfaces.
• Apono Assist MCP Server Model Context Protocol server that exposes Apono's permission APIs to AI tools and coding agents (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude); enables AI agents to discover, request, and revoke access to cloud resources programmatically without seeing credentials. Targets AI coding agent platforms and developer IDEs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% reduction in standing admin privileges on average
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration67 records

AI capability11 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• 1PasswordflagshipOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 15 June 20261Password acquired Apono on June 15, 2026 in a deal valued at $250-300 million (per Calcalist). All 80 Apono employees joined 1Password, with ~50 in Israel. Apono's just-in-time access governance technology is integrated into 1Password's Unified Access product. Apono's HQ (NYC) and Tel Aviv R&D office continue to operate.
• Grafana LabscoreTechnology or Integration · 9 March 2026Partnership announced March 9, 2026 to provide incident-aware, just-in-time permissions for Grafana data sources via Grafana Cloud IRM. The integration eliminates standing access and reduces lingering permissions during incident response, lowers attack surface, and removes ticket-based access workflows.
• Check Point Software TechnologiesflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 January 2026Strategic partnership and technology integration announced January 6, 2026. Apono integrates its dynamic identity governance and Zero Standing Privileges technology with Check Point's Harmony SASE enforcement platform, delivering a SASE-based Zero Standing Privilege architecture that eliminates long-lived permissions by enforcing temporary, event-driven access. Replaces slow SCIM-based identity sync (30-60 minutes) with real-time least-privilege access. Both companies plan to expand the integration with advanced automation, additional context triggers, and broader governance workflows.
• Channel Partners (Technology Providers, SIs, MSPs)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorApono runs a formal Apono Partner Program for technology providers, systems integrators, and MSPs with co-marketing, co-selling, and a deal registration portal. Pre-built integrations with AWS, Azure, GCP, GitHub, Okta, Entra ID, Jira, and dozens more.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CyberArk: CyberArk is the largest dedicated privileged access management vendor and the category incumbent. Apono explicitly positions against CyberArk's vault- and bastion-centric architecture with its cloud-native, runtime-orchestrated alternative targeting the same enterprise buyer.
• BeyondTrust: BeyondTrust is a long-standing PAM vendor offering privileged password, session, and endpoint management. It competes with Apono for the same privileged-access budget, particularly in regulated industries where Apono's cloud-native messaging challenges its on-prem-leaning footprint.
• Delinea: Delinea (formed from the merger of Thycotic and Centrify) is a direct PAM competitor offering privileged password management, least privilege, and cloud workload entitlement controls. Both vendors target the cloud-native privileged access use case with overlapping enterprise buyer personas.
• Teleport: Teleport is a cloud-native privileged access platform purpose-built for engineering and infrastructure teams using Kubernetes and SSH. It overlaps directly with Apono Infrastructure Guard and Apono Privileged Cloud in offering JIT access for cloud workloads.
• StrongDM: StrongDM delivers cloud-native privileged access management for databases, servers, Kubernetes, and internal applications. Like Apono, it emphasizes just-in-time access, zero-trust networking, and a faster deployment model versus legacy PAM tools.
• HashiCorp Vault: HashiCorp Vault is the de facto open-source secrets management and dynamic credentials platform. Apono integrates with Vault and competes for overlapping use cases around dynamic, just-in-time secrets and credential issuance in cloud and Kubernetes environments.
• Axis Security (HPE Aruba): Axis Security, now part of HPE Aruba, provides a cloud-native ZTNA / application access gateway with privileged access features. Its agentless zero-trust approach and HPE distribution make it a directly comparable peer to Apono's cloud-first privileged access pitch.

Broad incumbents

• Okta: Okta is the leading identity platform offering SSO, lifecycle management, and increasingly privileged access and identity governance capabilities. Apono competes with Okta's broader identity governance roadmap while leveraging Okta as an SSO integration dependency.

Emerging players

• Saviynt: Saviynt is a cloud identity governance and administration platform with growing privileged access and cloud entitlement management capabilities. It competes for the same cloud-first identity governance budget as Apono's Cloud Identity Governance module.
• Sonrai Security: Sonrai Security focuses on cloud identity and entitlement risk, including over-privileged detection in AWS, Azure, and GCP. It overlaps with Apono's Access Discovery and Remediation module in addressing cloud entitlement sprawl.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors13 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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