What Clear Skye does

Clear Skye is a privately held identity governance and administration (IGA) software company headquartered in Emeryville, California, founded in 2015. The company sells an enterprise IGA platform that automates user access reviews, access requests, identity lifecycle management, and separation-of-duties enforcement for large organizations. Its product is built natively on the ServiceNow Now Platform, allowing customers to run identity workflows inside their existing ServiceNow environment rather than deploying a separate IGA tool that requires external integration.

The technical architecture is differentiated by its native-only ServiceNow positioning: Clear Skye inherits ServiceNow's workflow engine, CMDB, ITSM, GRC, and security infrastructure, and exposes its capabilities to end users through the same ServiceNow interface. The current release (Clear Skye IGA 5.4) introduces Clear View AI, a transparent, read-only AI layer that helps teams understand why specific access entitlements exist. Clear Skye also ships pre-built connectors for enterprise systems, including specialized EPIC connectors for healthcare and SAP connectors for ERP environments.

The business model is subscription-based enterprise SaaS sold via direct field sales and quote-based pricing. The go-to-market targets large enterprise buyers, particularly in healthcare, higher education, and manufacturing, supported by a partner program and content-led demand generation including webinars, case studies, and a self-guided demo. Clear Skye has raised approximately $36.4 million across multiple rounds, most recently a $16.1 million round in September 2025, and was previously backed by Storm Ventures and Toba Capital via a $14 million Series A in March 2022.

Name

Clear Skye

Legal name

Clear Skye Inc.

Website

https://ClearSkye.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Clear Skye provides identity governance and administration software built natively on the ServiceNow platform, serving enterprise customers in healthcare, manufacturing, higher education, and financial services through direct enterprise subscription sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) (HDAEAJAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) (HDADAAAB), Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) (BPAMAEAC), Identity, Access & Account Services (SSO, MFA, Provisioning, Password Reset) (EDALAMAD)

Keywords

• Identity governance software
• User access reviews
• Access request management
• Identity lifecycle management
• Separation of duties

Headquarters

HQ city

Emeryville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Identity Governance and Administration Software: Clear Skye generates revenue through subscription-based licensing of its IGA software built natively on the ServiceNow platform. The software is sold to enterprise customers on a per-seat or platform subscription basis, with recurring annual revenue from renewals and potential upsell through expanded user counts or additional modules.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Clear Skye delivers Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) software built natively on the ServiceNow platform. The solution automates user access reviews, access requests, identity lifecycle management, and separation of duties enforcement within existing ServiceNow workflows, eliminating the need for separate standalone IGA tools. The platform includes Clear View AI, a transparent read-only AI layer that delivers access intelligence directly inside ServiceNow workflows.

Product overview

Clear Skye offers a unified identity governance and administration platform built natively on the ServiceNow platform. The core product is Clear Skye IGA, which includes four main capability modules: User Access Reviews, User Access Requests, Identity Lifecycle Management, and Separation of Duties. These modules work together within the ServiceNow ecosystem to automate identity security workflows, unify HR and IT processes, and provide comprehensive access governance. The platform also includes out-of-box connectors for enterprise integrations and specialized EPIC and SAP connectors for healthcare and enterprise resource planning systems. Clear View AI is an AI capability layer that provides transparent access intelligence within the workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clear Skye IGA The flagship Identity Governance and Administration platform built natively on the ServiceNow Now Platform, unifying identity workflows, reducing complexity, and providing identity clarity across the enterprise. It is licensed on a per-seat or platform subscription basis and sold to enterprise customers.
• Clear Skye User Access Reviews Automated user access review and certification capability that increases accuracy and speed while automating away manual steps using the existing ServiceNow workflow engine. For enterprise security and compliance teams.
• Clear Skye User Access Requests End-user access request management that operates natively within the ServiceNow interface, eliminating the need for a separate identity request experience. For enterprise end users and IT request owners.
• Clear Skye Identity Lifecycle Management Policy- and security-driven access provisioning that delivers the right access at the right time, extending identity capabilities through native interoperability with Security and Risk workloads on the ServiceNow platform. For enterprise IAM and IT teams.
• Clear Skye Separation of Duties Preventive and detective controls that prevent conflicting access assignments without risking business process inefficiency, supported by limitless automated remediation options. For enterprise security, risk, and audit teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fivefold (5x) revenue growth in 2021
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ServiceNowcoreTechnology or IntegrationClear Skye builds its entire Identity Governance and Administration product natively on the ServiceNow platform. This is a foundational technology partnership — Clear Skye's product is a native application on ServiceNow's Now Platform, leveraging its workflow engine, CMDB, GRC, and security features. Clear Skye maximizes customer ServiceNow investments by delivering IGA without external integrations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SailPoint: SailPoint is the legacy enterprise IGA market leader (now publicly traded again after Thoma Bravo), offering identity governance, access certifications, and lifecycle management. It is the most direct competitive head-to-head for Clear Skye, though it is platform-agnostic rather than ServiceNow-native.
• Saviynt: Saviynt is a cloud-native IGA platform competing head-to-head with Clear Skye in user access reviews, lifecycle management, and SoD. Both target large enterprises seeking modern IGA, though Saviynt has a larger customer base and more integrations.
• One Identity (Quest): One Identity provides identity governance, privileged access management, and AD management. It competes directly with Clear Skye in IGA for mid-to-large enterprises, with deeper on-prem heritage.
• Omada: Omada is a European-based IGA specialist with strong cloud IGA, identity lifecycle, and access certification capabilities. It is a direct competitor in the IGA category, particularly for European enterprises.

Broad incumbents

• Okta (IGA / Identity Governance): Okta is primarily an IAM/CIAM leader but has expanded into IGA via Okta Identity Governance. It competes with Clear Skye for governance budgets at Okta-shop enterprises but does not have native ServiceNow integration.
• Microsoft Entra ID Governance: Microsoft Entra ID Governance is the IGA offering within the broader Entra platform, deeply embedded in Microsoft 365 and Azure ecosystems. It is a broad incumbent threat to all IGA specialists including Clear Skye.
• ServiceNow (native IGA / Security & Risk): ServiceNow is both Clear Skye's primary platform partner and a potential competitive threat. ServiceNow's Integrated Risk Management and security operations products touch identity and access workflows, and the company could choose to build or buy native IGA capabilities.
• SAP Identity Management / SAP Cloud Identity Services: SAP offers identity governance capabilities tightly integrated with its ERP suite, and Clear Skye has an SAP connector. SAP is both a partner and a competitor for ERP-centric identity governance deals.
• CyberArk (Identity Governance components): CyberArk is the PAM market leader that has expanded into broader identity security and IGA-adjacent capabilities. While its primary focus is privileged access, its identity security portfolio overlaps with Clear Skye's enterprise IGA positioning.

Emerging players

• ConductorOne: ConductorOne is a venture-backed identity governance and access platform focused on modern, cloud-first IGA with strong developer experience. It is a comparable emerging player competing for next-generation IGA budgets alongside Clear Skye.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors4 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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