Zenity vs AppOmni: Agent Runtime Boundaries vs Deep SaaS Posture

Picture two Mondays. On the first, a citizen developer publishes a Copilot Studio agent that can write into ServiceNow before security finishes the three-page PoC form. On the second, a Salesforce Industry Cloud still carries customer-owned misconfigs that AppOmni Labs already mapped into more than 20 detections, plus five Salesforce-issued CVEs that need admin action.

Both Mondays get filed under “SaaS security.” Between these two they do not hire the same desk. Zenity productizes AI agent security and governance from discovery and AISPM through runtime Boundaries and inline prevention across Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, Agentforce, and related surfaces. AppOmni productizes deep SaaS Security Posture Management and investigation across Salesforce, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Workday, and 100-plus apps, with Marlin AI correlating indicators and guiding remediation. Zenity still cares about SaaS-embedded agents. AppOmni still watches AI agents inside SaaS. The centers still differ.

Grip versus Obsidian is the shadow-discovery versus SaaS-threat fork. More side-by-sides under Compare.

	Zenity	AppOmni
Job	AI agent security: discovery, AISPM, runtime Boundaries / inline prevention	Enterprise SSPM and SaaS/AI security depth across business-critical apps
How a bad day closes	Risky agent tool call blocked inline; agent quarantined; posture finding remediated	Misconfig hardened; Marlin investigation points to guided remediation; access revoked in-app
Operator morning unit	Agent inventory, AISPM findings, Boundary allow/deny decisions	Posture scores, Salesforce/M365/ServiceNow findings, correlated SaaS alerts
Deploy	Agentless connectors into agent platforms and SaaS/cloud/endpoint surfaces	Agentless native SaaS APIs; no network proxy required
License/pricing	Sales-quoted; no public dollar SKU (checked 13 Sep 2026)	Sales-quoted; no public dollar SKU (checked 13 Sep 2026)
Who operates it	AI security / AppSec / platform security enabling Copilot and agent programs	SaaS security, GRC, and SecOps owning Salesforce and peer app posture

That governance bottleneck is why Zenity exists next to Microsoft Agent 365: security needs agent inventory, posture, and runtime enforcement, not another spreadsheet of PoC forms.

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 comparison does not include exploit proofs of concept.

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AppOmni

Editions and pricing

Both sell through demos and enterprise quotes. Neither published a self-serve dollar SKU on first-party pages checked 13 Sep 2026. Do not treat a Copilot Studio agent-security quote as the same unit as a multi-org Salesforce SSPM program.

	Zenity	AppOmni
How you buy it now	Demo / sales on zenity.io	Demo / sales on appomni.com; Salesforce AppExchange-approved SSPM path
Public units	No public dollar SKU (checked 13 Sep 2026)	No public dollar SKU (checked 13 Sep 2026)
What the invoice covers	Agent discovery, AISPM, runtime Boundaries / Defend modules scoped in the quote	SSPM coverage across connected SaaS apps, threat detection, Marlin AI, support tier
Self-serve start	Sales-led onboarding	Sales-led; first findings often within hours after API connect per first-party FAQ

If procurement needs Salesforce AppExchange-approved SSPM depth, AppOmni documents that lane. If procurement needs purpose-built agent runtime prevention across Microsoft agent builders, Zenity documents that lane.

AI agent security and runtime

	Zenity	AppOmni
Primary surface	Agents across SaaS, cloud, and endpoint: Copilot Studio, Foundry, Agentforce, ChatGPT Enterprise, and peers	AI agents appear inside SaaS/AISPM coverage; product center remains deep app posture and SaaS threat ops
Runtime control	Inline prevention / Boundaries for tool misuse, data leakage, and policy violations during agent execution	Detects agents acting outside intended scope; blocks prompts or revokes access via response playbooks, not marketed as Copilot Studio inline Boundaries
Buildtime posture	AISPM on permissions, tools, memory, and integrations before agents go live	Agentic AI-specific configuration controls inside the SSPM model
What teams argue about	Whether agent security replaces Salesforce config SSPM	Whether SSPM plus Marlin covers citizen-built agents deeply enough

Agent-to-SaaS auth is why Zenity’s runtime desk matters. Between these two, buy Zenity when the open pain is agents acting, not only apps being misconfigured.

Deep SaaS posture and investigation

	Zenity	AppOmni
Primary surface	SaaS-embedded agents and low-code surfaces; not a 100-app Salesforce-depth SSPM catalog as the brand	Configuration, permissions, data exposure, and activity across Salesforce, M365, ServiceNow, Workday, and peers
Investigation	Agent-centric findings and runtime decisions	Marlin AI (26 May 2026) correlates SaaS indicators, investigates, and guides remediation
Salesforce depth	Relevant where agents touch Salesforce; not marketed as the only AppExchange-approved SSPM	First-party: only approved SSPM vendor on the Salesforce AppExchange; Industry Cloud detections from Labs research
What teams argue about	Whether agent runtime can wait until Salesforce posture is green	Whether Marlin and SSPM replace a dedicated agent security platform

AppOmni’s Monday is still the shared-responsibility gap inside business apps: misconfigs, over-permissioned identities, and SaaS threats that a CASB never saw. Between these two, buy AppOmni when that posture desk is the product.

Decide the weekly queue first. If the product must secure AI agents from posture through inline runtime, that is Zenity. If the product must run deep SaaS posture and investigation across business apps, that is AppOmni. Only then book the demos.