C1.ai is an identity governance and administration platform that automates access lifecycle, access requests, reviews, and compliance for people, non-human identities, and AI agents.
C1.ai is an identity governance and administration platform that automates access lifecycle, access requests, reviews, and compliance for people, non-human identities, and AI agents.
More detail
It adds AI-specific controls: governing which agents and MCP servers reach which systems, routing LLM inference through one policy-controlled endpoint, vaulting credentials away from agents, and running agents that perform multi-step work under human approval.
Best for
IT security, IAM engineering, risk and compliance teams that already run an identity provider and need governance, access reviews, and audit evidence, plus organizations deploying AI agents or MCP tools that want runtime guardrails and credential vaulting.
Pricing
Two models, both sold through a scoped quote rather than a published price list.
More detail
Platform pricing is SKU-based and shaped by number of managed identities (banded from 100 to 20,000), platform level (Pro includes integrations, visibility, identity security, and shadow detection
Advanced adds on-prem
Main limitation
Buyers who want transparent, self-serve pricing and instant purchase, or teams looking for a standalone replacement for their existing IAM or SSO provider rather than a governance layer on top of it.
C1.ai is an identity governance and administration platform that automates access lifecycle, access requests, reviews, and compliance for people, non-human identities, and AI agents.
It adds AI-specific controls: governing which agents and MCP servers reach which systems, routing LLM inference through one policy-controlled endpoint, vaulting credentials away from agents, and running agents that perform multi-step work under human approval.
Automates onboarding, role changes, and offboarding, plus self-service and just-in-time access, access reviews, SoD checks, and audit evidence.
Human, non-human, and agent identity coverage in one platform
Yes
Company positions the platform as governing every human, non-human, and AI agent identity.
C1 LLM Gateway
Yes
One policy-controlled endpoint across approved public, private, and customer-controlled models with routing and cost accounting; it does not host models.
C1 MCP Gateway and agent SSO/runtime governance
Yes
Identity-aware policy and runtime guardrails for MCP, with human-in-the-loop for sensitive actions.
C1 Vault credential vaulting
Yes
Keeps credentials outside agent context and off the endpoint; offered as a selected product module.
C1 Agents for multi-step cross-system work
Yes
Runs jobs in an isolated sandbox limited to the assigned identity and permissions, with human approval for sensitive changes.
Shadow AI discovery
Yes
Finds unsanctioned AI tools, agents, MCP servers, and credentials, and supports remediation.
On-prem and private-system connectivity
Limited
Available only on the Advanced platform tier via the outbound-only C1 Bridge client; not included in Pro.
Published self-serve pricing
No
Pricing is scoped per customer through a quote; no public price list or instant purchase.
Standalone replacement for an existing IAM or SSO provider
Unknown
Company FAQ poses the replacement question but the answer was not captured; treat positioning as sitting alongside an existing provider.
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