

Axiomatics Policy Server and PlainID are competitors in the access management space, with PlainID viewed as superior due to its advanced features.
Features: Axiomatics Policy Server offers a powerful policy definition language, finely-tuned access control mechanisms, and strong integration capabilities. PlainID provides dynamic access control, central policy management, and graph-based relationship modeling with identity-based policy enforcement for greater flexibility.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:Axiomatics Policy Server has a robust framework but is complex, requiring considerable setup time, though customer service is favorable. PlainID provides a streamlined deployment experience with intuitive management tools and standout customer service for prompt resolutions.
Pricing and ROI: Axiomatics Policy Server generally involves a higher setup cost but may offer justifiable long-term ROI for sophisticated use cases. PlainID offers more competitive initial pricing and quicker ROI with rapid setup and simplified maintenance, appealing to those seeking faster time-to-value.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Axiomatics Policy Server | 17.7% |
| PlainID | 17.5% |
| Other | 64.8% |
Axiomatics enforces dynamic authorization for data, APIs and applications using attribute-based access control policies. Axiomatics can filter/mask/redact your [big] data services with no changes to the application. Our ABAC policy model complements OAuth and OpenId Connect strategies for [micro]services, easily incorporating cloud and on-prem data into policy decisions.
PlainID is The Authorization Company. PlainID provides both Business AND Admin teams with a simple and intuitive means to control their organization’s entire authorization process, all based on your own business logic. The platform allows you to implement literally any kind of rules you could imagine, all without coding, and all in fine grained detail. PlainID simplifies Authorization so that thousands of Roles, Attributes and even Environmental Factors can be converted into a few logical SmartAuthorization policies using our Graph Database Decision Engine.
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