Josys
Discover, govern and secure every identity — human, machine and AI agent — on one AI-native identity governance platform.
By Josys inc. · HQ Tokyo, Japan · 4.0/5 verified-buyer score
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- IT and security teams that need to discover and govern identities across hundreds of SaaS apps from one platform
- Organisations dealing with shadow IT, shadow AI and unmanaged machine or AI-agent identities
- Mid-market and enterprise companies automating onboarding, role changes and offboarding
- MSPs running multi-tenant identity governance for many client environments
- Teams that must produce recurring access reviews and audit trails for compliance
Ideal size: 50–5,000 employees people · Scale-up or enterprise with a dedicated IT/security function
Not for
- Companies without a dedicated IT or security function and fewer than about 50 employees
- Buyers who only need single sign-on or a password manager for one application
- Teams that want fully self-serve, publicly listed pricing for advanced governance (IGA is custom-quoted)
- Developers looking for a customer-identity (CIAM) or authentication SDK
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
About 2 weeks
~14 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$24,000/yr
Starts at $1,200 · Two published tiers: Josys Discovery from $100/month billed annually (up to 300 identities) and Automated Identity Governance, which is custom-quoted through a demo. A 14-day free trial with no…
Implementation Friction
2/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Buyer Score
out of 5 · verified buyers
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Discovery covers up to 300 IDs; governance tiers are scoped by identity/app count and quoted per deal.
Add-on costs
- Managed/outsourced IT services (device kitting, SaaS account provisioning, license rationalisation, helpdesk operations) are quoted separately on the Japanese plan pages
Company & support
Who is behind Josys, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2022 · 4 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailPlan not stated
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsNot listed
- Dedicated account managerNot listed
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Support address [email protected] is published in the site footer. No plan-level tiering, support hours or response SLA is stated on the pages reviewed.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Josys sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
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Companies on the chart 6 / 10
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Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Josys ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Vendor pages name a Josys AI Assistant, AI risk scoring for every discovered app, AI-based classification of human and non-human identities, and governance of shadow AI and AI agents. No source states which model provider powers these or whether customers may supply their own keys.
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Not supported
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Josys is an AI-native identity security and governance platform from Josys inc. (Tokyo, founded 2022). It discovers human, machine and AI-agent identities via 350+ API-native integrations and browser-based discovery, then governs access with policy automation, access reviews, MFA/SSO monitoring and one-click shadow IT remediation. Josys Discovery starts at $100/month billed annually (up to 300 identities); Automated Identity Governance is custom-quoted. 14-day free trial; 600+ customers including MSPs.
Frequently asked questions
What does Josys cost?
Josys Discovery is $100 per month, billed annually, covering up to 300 identities, with a 14-day free trial and no credit card required. Automated Identity Governance, the full IGA tier, is custom-priced via a demo and quote. Managed services such as device kitting, account provisioning and helpdesk work are quoted separately on the Japanese plan pages.
Which applications and identity providers does Josys integrate with?
The vendor publishes 350+ API-native app integrations, including Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, AWS, Okta, Datadog and Zoom, plus identity providers Microsoft and Google, SSO via Okta, HRMS such as SmartHR, and browser extensions. Apps not covered can be added through a no-code, AI-assisted custom integration builder.
Can Josys help with compliance audits and access reviews?
Yes. Josys automates access reviews, maintains compliance-ready audit trails, monitors SSO and MFA configuration, and flags privileged, over-permissioned or dormant accounts. The vendor advertises turning manual audits into five-minute compliance reports. No specific security certification is claimed on the vendor pages reviewed, so request current attestations during procurement.
Is Josys a good fit for MSPs?
Josys offers a multi-tenant platform for governing every client's identities and apps from one console. A published case study reports an advisory MSP cutting audit times by 98% while scaling operations, and customers cite the multi-tenant portal as the reason they chose Josys over alternatives.
What results do existing customers report?
Vendor-published figures include 60% faster security remediation, 50% lower IT operations effort, 66% faster onboarding/offboarding and 3x more shadow IT discovery. Case studies cite a 70% reduction in SaaS management costs, roughly 50% fewer IT man-hours and 30% less non-core work. These are vendor-reported, not independent benchmarks.