P0 Security
Capability scores
Methodology →- Authentication
- 3.5
- SSO & Federation
- 3.0
- Authorization
- 4.5
- Lifecycle & Provisioning
- 4.0
- MFA & Passwordless
- 2.5
- Governance & Audit
- 4.0
- Developer Experience
- 4.0
- Deployment Flexibility
- 3.5
- Pricing Transparency
- 2.5
- Support & Ecosystem
- 3.0
Scored 0–5 against a published rubric. Independent analysis, no vendor sponsorship.
Overview
P0 Security provides cloud access governance across human and non-human identities, with just-in-time access and visibility into machine credentials and privileges. Founded in 2022 in Menlo Park, it is engineering-led and agentless, discovering identities through an Identity Graph that stitches together directories, identity providers, cloud IAM and key applications rather than deploying collectors.
It is also, as of late 2026, one of the few vendors in its category that a buyer can still purchase standalone. Astrix went to Cisco and Entro to SailPoint on the same day in June 2026, SGNL to CrowdStrike in January, with Natoma and Oasis both under pending deals.
What it is good at
Eliminating standing access rather than cataloguing it. Just-in-time provisioning across AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle Cloud, Kubernetes and on-premises resources is the core, delivered through Slack, the CLI, GitHub and Jenkins so it lands in the workflows engineers already use.
The February 2026 extension of its authorization control plane to service accounts, workloads and AI agents is well designed. Agent access is evaluated at runtime from the invoking identity, the agent identity, the tool authorisation and the resource entitlements together, with secondary authorization narrowing a broad agent permission to the end user's actual scope, and session replay tying every action back to a human. Integrations cover AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI and Microsoft's agent platform.
Pricing transparency deserves credit. A published AWS Marketplace listing at 5,000 dollars for 100 users on a 12-month contract, metered per verified identity, is more than any of its competitors offer.
Where it falls short
It is early-stage and shows it. Total funding is 20 million dollars, there is no disclosed customer count or named reference logos, and legacy and very large-scale coverage is thinner than established privileged access platforms.
Compliance stops at SOC 2 Type II. No ISO 27001, no FedRAMP, which rules out some regulated and public sector buyers.
MCP server support is not documented, unlike several competitors, and the agent scope covers first-party agents you deploy rather than vendor-hosted assistants.
The zero-CVE record reflects a small closed-source product with limited external research attention rather than demonstrated hardening.
Pricing
AWS Marketplace: 5,000 dollars for 100 users on a 12-month contract, 50 dollars per additional user per month, metered per verified identity. Above 100 users, quoted. No free tier or trial listed. Model it with our TCO calculator.
Best for, and who should look elsewhere
Choose P0 for cloud-native teams wanting to remove standing privilege across multi-cloud infrastructure, who value buying from an independent vendor. Choose Token Security, Clutch Security or Oasis Security if discovery of existing non-human identities is the priority, or CyberArk (now Idira, part of Palo Alto Networks) or Delinea for full enterprise privileged access.
Bottom line
A well-designed just-in-time cloud access platform with rare pricing transparency, now notable as much for remaining independent as for its product.
P0 Security: frequently asked questions
- How much does P0 Security cost?
- P0 publishes a real figure through AWS Marketplace, which is unusual in this segment: a 12-month contract at 5,000 dollars for 100 users, with additional usage at 50 dollars per user per month, and deployments above 100 users directed to sales. The licensing unit is defined on the listing as a verified identity that requests and receives access through the platform, so you pay per identity rather than per cloud account or per workload. Two caveats. There is no pricing page on p0.dev, which returns a 404, so everything beyond the marketplace listing is quote-based. And the two published figures do not reconcile arithmetically into a single blended rate, so treat the 5,000 dollars as an entry contract and the 50 dollars as an overage dimension rather than computing a combined cost.
- Is P0 Security still independent?
- Yes, and in this segment that is now a differentiator worth stating. The non-human identity category consolidated sharply in the first half of 2026: Astrix Security was acquired by Cisco and closed 29 June 2026, Entro Security by SailPoint the same day, SGNL by CrowdStrike in January 2026, and Natoma and Oasis Security both have pending deals. P0 has neither acquired nor been acquired. It raised a 15 million dollar Series A in September 2024 led by SYN Ventures with participation from Zscaler and existing investor Lightspeed, bringing total funding to 20 million dollars. No Series B has been announced and no valuation has been disclosed.
- What does P0 Security actually do?
- It positions as unified identity governance and privileged access for cloud, covering both human and non-human identities, with an agentless architecture. Discovery works through an Identity Graph that connects data from directories, identity providers, cloud identity services and key applications rather than deploying agents. Coverage spans AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes and on-premises resources, with workflow integrations into Slack, the CLI, GitHub and Jenkins. Just-in-time access provisioning is the core function.
- Does P0 Security cover AI agents?
- Yes, and this is recent. On 24 February 2026 P0 extended its authorization control plane to service accounts, workloads and AI agents, which is its formal entry into non-human identity coverage. The agent capability provisions just-in-time access with human in the loop, explicitly without vaults, static credentials or overly permissive keys, applies secondary authorization to narrow a broad agent permission down to the invoking end user's scope, and provides session-level audit and replay tying every action back to the triggering human identity. Named platform integrations are AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI and Microsoft's agent platform. Note the scope is first-party agents you deploy, not vendor-hosted assistants, and MCP support is not documented.
- How does P0 differ from Astrix, Entro and the other NHI vendors?
- Direction of travel, mainly. P0 started in cloud privileged access and identity governance and extended into non-human identity in 2026; Astrix and Entro started in non-human identity discovery and extended into agents. That produces a real architectural difference: Astrix does centralised secrets management across vaults, while P0 explicitly positions against vaults and static credentials in favour of just-in-time issuance. If your problem is inventorying credentials that already exist, the discovery-first vendors fit better. If your problem is eliminating standing access in the first place, P0's model fits better.
- Is P0 Security compliant and secure?
- It holds SOC 2 Type II, audited by Advantage Partners, with the report available under NDA through a sales representative. It runs annual third-party penetration testing plus internal red team exercises, issues its own production access just in time, and requires FIDO2 multi-factor authentication or passkeys for developer and production access, which is a reasonable signal that the company runs its own advice. No ISO 27001 certification and no FedRAMP authorization appear on its trust centre, so do not assume either. The National Vulnerability Database contains no CVEs attributable to P0 Security, and there is no CISA KEV entry or breach disclosure.
- How big is P0 Security?
- Small, and it does not disclose much. Founded in 2022 in Menlo Park, total funding is 20 million dollars across a 5 million dollar seed led by Lightspeed and the 2024 Series A. No customer count, named customer logos, ARR or valuation is published. Employee estimates on third-party trackers conflict and sit somewhere in the 30 to 45 range, but none is authoritative enough to quote. Buyers evaluating P0 should weigh the early-stage profile against the fact that most of its competitors have just been absorbed into platform vendors.
- What are the best P0 Security alternatives?
- Oasis Security is now the best-funded independent in the segment, with 195 million dollars raised including a 120 million dollar Series B in March 2026, though Cyera has since signed a letter of intent to acquire it. GitGuardian remains independent with a 2026 raise and strong secrets-scanning heritage. Token Security, Clutch Security, Aembit and Corsha compete on non-human identity discovery. Astrix is now Cisco and no longer sold standalone; Entro is now SailPoint. For the cloud privileged access half of P0's pitch, compare Britive and the cloud modules of CyberArk and Delinea.
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By SWI Community Team · Last evaluated 2026-10-16
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