Oasis Security vs Astrix for NHI Lifecycle and OAuth Governance

A lead asks a useful question before the RFP: is the open Monday ticket “who owns this service account, and can we rotate or retire it before Friday,” or “which OAuth apps still hold standing grants into Salesforce and the rest of SaaS?” Both land under non-human identity language. They do not hire the same operator.

Between these two, Oasis Security productizes NHI lifecycle and ownership plus Agentic Access Management: inventory across cloud and SaaS, ownership campaigns, posture, Scout anomaly detection, and short-lived least-privilege sessions for agent actions. Astrix Security productizes Discover-Secure-Deploy for OAuth apps, third-party integrations, service accounts, API keys, AI agents, and MCP servers on the Cisco Identity Intelligence path after the June 2026 close. Oasis still sees SaaS NHIs. Astrix still remediates risk. The centers still differ.

Aembit versus Astrix is the workload IAM fork. Astrix versus Entro is the secrets-lineage fork. For the wider shortlist, see non-human identity tools and Compare.

	Oasis Security	Astrix Security
Job	NHI lifecycle, ownership, posture, and Agentic Access Management sessions	OAuth / SaaS / third-party app-to-app NHI Discover-Secure-Deploy (Cisco path)
How a bad day closes	Owner assigned, credential rotated or decommissioned, agent session torn down after the task	Risky OAuth grant or connected app revoked; Identity Graph shows blast radius
Operator morning unit	Orphaned NHIs, ownership gaps, lifecycle queues, AAM policy decisions	OAuth apps, third-party integrations, agent/MCP inventory, access anomalies
Deploy	Agentless connectors across cloud, SaaS, vaults, on-prem identity; AAM in the agent access path	Agentless non-proxy API / metadata connectors; evaluate via Cisco after 30 Jun 2026
License/pricing	Sales-quoted; no public dollar SKU (checked 13 Sep 2026); Cyera LOI announced 28 Jul 2026	New standalone licenses ended 30 Jun 2026; evaluate via Cisco; no public self-serve dollar table
Who operates it	Identity / IAM teams owning NHI lifecycle and agentic access policy	Identity / AppSec / SaaS-TPRM on the Cisco identity stack

That naming fight is why “NHI platform” RFPs still mix lifecycle ownership with OAuth governance. Oasis hires the ownership and session desk. Astrix hires the connected-app desk.

We reviewed first-party documentation, pricing and plans pages, product announcements, and live community threads. We did not test the products in paid production environments, so this is not a hands-on benchmark. This page does not include exploit proofs of concept.

Oasis Security

Astrix Security

Editions and pricing

Neither product publishes a self-serve dollar table on first-party pages checked 13 Sep 2026. Ownership math still matters: Oasis sits under a Cyera letter of intent from 28 July 2026 while oasis.security remains the product site. Astrix folded into Cisco after the June 2026 close, with standalone new-license sales ended 30 June 2026.

	Oasis Security	Astrix Security
How you buy it now	Demo / sales on oasis.security; treat invoice parent as in motion after the Cyera LOI	Evaluate and renew through Cisco Identity Intelligence / Duo / Secure Access packaging
Public units	No public dollar SKU (checked 13 Sep 2026)	No public self-serve dollar table; existing customers keep current agreements per Cisco banner
What the invoice covers	NHI Security Cloud modules plus Agentic Access Management scoped in the quote	NHI / agent Discover-Secure-Deploy capabilities as Cisco product lines
2026 ownership signal	Cyera LOI ~$1B (28 Jul 2026); expected integration into identity + data security	Cisco intent-to-acquire announcement; Astrix site: new standalone licenses ended 30 Jun 2026

Ask procurement who invoices after close, and whether the quote is for lifecycle/AAM depth or for OAuth/SaaS NHI governance on Cisco.

NHI lifecycle and ownership

	Oasis Security	Astrix Security
Primary surface	Inventory, ownership campaigns, posture ranking, Scout ITDR, provision/rotate/decommission workflows	NHI inventory exists, but the marketed center is Discover-Secure-Deploy for access grants and agents, not ownership campaigns as the brand
Agent access model	Oasis AAM turns agent actions into short-lived least-privilege sessions with intent-to-audit trails	Agent Control Plane and Identity Graph for agent/MCP inventory and scoped credentials on the Cisco path
Standing privilege problem	Designed to remove long-lived agent grants by issuing ephemeral identities per approved intent	Stronger on finding and remediating broad OAuth/app grants already issued into SaaS
What teams argue about	Whether identity can own NHI lifecycle end-to-end without a separate secrets scanner	Whether Cisco packaging replaces a standalone NHI lifecycle program

That long-lived token complaint is the Oasis Monday: ownership, rotation, decommission, and AAM sessions that do not leave standing God-mode grants behind. Between these two, buy Oasis when that lifecycle desk is the product.

OAuth and SaaS NHI governance

	Oasis Security	Astrix Security
Primary surface	SaaS and cloud NHIs appear in inventory and ownership; product center is lifecycle + AAM, not OAuth app-to-app as the brand	OAuth apps, third-party integrations, connected apps, API keys, AI agents, MCP servers with Identity Graph risk and revoke
Remediation shape	Owner certification, rotation, decommission, policy on agent sessions	Rotate or revoke grants; reduce scope; block risky app-to-app paths before action
Cisco path	Independent brand under Cyera LOI; not a Cisco Identity Intelligence module	Folding into Cisco Identity Intelligence / Duo / Secure Access / Splunk path
What teams argue about	Whether AAM replaces OAuth governance for citizen-built agents	Whether Discover-Secure-Deploy closes orphaned service-account ownership tickets

That connected-app path is why Astrix still wins committees that wake up to OAuth and SaaS third-party grants. Between these two, buy Astrix when that governance desk is the product.

Decide the weekly queue first. If the product must own NHI lifecycle and Agentic Access Management, that is Oasis. If the product must govern OAuth and SaaS NHI access on Cisco, that is Astrix. Only then book the demos.