Onwardly

Name

Onwardly

Legal name

Sydekick Ltd.

Website

https://onwardly.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity governance software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Other Computer Related Services (541519), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Business Continuity, Crisis Management & Resilience Planning (BPAKADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & Resilience Engineering Tooling (HDABAIAE), Security Operations Center (SOC) as a Service (BPAEADAB)

Keywords

• Cyber resilience platform
• Security governance software
• Compliance management software
• Cybersecurity assessment tools
• Small business security SaaS

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

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. SaaS Subscription: Subscription-based SaaS model with tiered plans for cyber resilience and governance platform access. Pricing tiers include different framework capabilities and compliance options.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Onwardly (operating as Sydekick) sells a cloud-based SaaS cyber resilience and governance platform for micro and small-medium businesses. The platform runs a 15-minute resilience assessment that identifies security gaps and produces a prioritised action plan, generates automated tasks mapped to compliance frameworks including Essential 8 and ISO 27001, tracks progress with real-time scoring, and ships with runbooks plus integrations to Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Jira so non-security teams can operate a cyber resilience program in roughly 30 minutes per week.

Product overview

Sydekick is a unified SaaS platform for cyber resilience and governance targeted at micro and small-medium businesses. The platform operates as an integrated suite combining a core cyber resilience engine with modular components: the Onwardly Platform (central hub), Resilience Assessments (gap identification and maturity evaluation), Governance Framework (policy and strategy management), Compliance module (ISO 27001 and other standards), Progress Tracking (real-time scoring and reporting), Privacy Readiness (30-day privacy operationalisation), and Integrations (Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams connectivity). The platform's flagship feature is a 15-minute assessment that generates a prioritised action plan, enabling teams to build and scale a cyber resilience program in approximately 30 minutes per week.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sydekick cyber resilience platform Cloud-based SaaS cyber resilience and governance platform for micro and small-medium businesses, featuring a 15-minute resilience assessment, automated and prioritised action plan, compliance-mapped tasks for Essential 8 and ISO 27001, real-time progress scoring, pre-built runbooks, and integrations with Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Jira. Designed to let non-security-expert teams run a cyber resilience program in approximately 30 minutes per week.

Quantifiable outcome

• Build, launch and scale a cyber resilience program in 30 minutes a week
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• JiracoreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration with Jira for task management. Allows users to streamline cybersecurity tasks and progress tracking within their existing Jira workflow.
• SlackcoreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration with Slack for team collaboration. Progress reports can be reviewed and security updates shared within existing Slack channels.
• Microsoft TeamscoreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration with Microsoft Teams for collaboration. Enables progress tracking and security reporting within Teams environment.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vanta: Leading automated compliance and security posture management platform targeting SMBs and mid-market with ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, and other frameworks. Direct competitor in the same SME GRC/cyber resilience category, with substantially more capital and broader framework coverage.
• Drata: Compliance automation and continuous monitoring platform serving startups through enterprises with automated evidence collection for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and more. Direct competitor in the same SME-first GRC category with a similar self-serve motion.
• Secureframe: Compliance and security automation platform built for SMBs and startups, with continuous monitoring, audit management, and framework coverage overlapping heavily with Onwardly's compliance module.
• Sprinto: Compliance automation platform focused on cloud-native SaaS companies and SMBs, automating SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR and other frameworks. Direct competitor in SME GRC with comparable target customer.
• Thoropass: Compliance and audit management platform combining automation with in-house auditor expertise, serving mid-market and SMB customers across frameworks including ISO 27001 and SOC 2.
• Laika: Compliance and security posture platform combining GRC automation with infosec-as-a-service, targeting SaaS companies and SMBs with SOC 2, ISO 27001 and related frameworks.
• Hyperproof: Compliance operations platform that helps organisations manage and scale multiple security and privacy frameworks, with overlap in cyber resilience and continuous compliance for growing companies.

Emerging players

• Scytale: AI-driven compliance automation platform focused on SOC 2, ISO 27001 and other frameworks for SaaS startups and SMBs, with a similar self-serve and customer-success-driven motion.
• UpGuard: Cyber risk and attack surface management platform with vendor risk and compliance components, partially overlapping with Onwardly's security posture and resilience assessments.

Broad incumbents

• Tugboat Logic (OneTrust): Tugboat Logic was an SME-focused GRC platform now part of OneTrust, the broad privacy, security and governance incumbent. Relevant as a competing GRC product and as a marker of consolidation pressure in the category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/onwardlyapp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sydekick

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

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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