In an era where SaaS sprawl has outpaced most organizations’ ability to monitor it, Obsidian Security helped define the category of SaaS Security Posture Management.
But as SaaS environments grow more dynamic, identity sprawl more dangerous, and threats more subtle, security teams are demanding more than just visibility and alerts.
They need actionability, automation, and control.
That is where Perimeters comes in - not just as an Obsidian competitor, but as a next-generation SSPM built for the realities of 2025 and beyond.
The shift to SaaS has fundamentally altered the enterprise attack surface.
What was once confined to a known perimeter of sanctioned applications is now a sprawling ecosystem of managed, unmanaged, and third-party integrated tools - each with its own set of users, permissions, and data exposure vectors.
Traditional security models struggle to keep pace with this dynamic, decentralized reality.
Modern SaaS security demands more than just discovery.
It requires continuous monitoring of user behavior, automated workflows, context-aware risk scoring, and proactive remediation - at scale.
This is no longer a visibility problem, it is a governance and control challenge embedded within a fluid, identity-centric environment.
The question you want to know...
Why is Perimeters the ultimate Obsidian Security Competitor?
When comparing any SaaS security tool, it comes down to 5 key areas that directly influence your organization's security posture:
When it comes to Shadow SaaS discovery, the real challenge is not just visibility - it is identifying what IT never approved in the first place.
It is about seeing every app and knowing which ones are risky.
Perimeters discovers Shadow SaaS that never touches your SSO.
Where Obsidian relies heavily on IdP integrations, Perimeters sees what others don’t: the full SaaS footprint, including unmanaged and long-tail apps.
In cloud-first environments, identity is the new perimeter.
Needless to say, governance needs to extend beyond admin dashboards to address drift, excess, and exposure at scale.
Perimeters moves beyond visibility, automating SaaS access reviews and off-boarding to actively reduce access risk.
Security teams can no longer keep pace with manual processes.
Scalable automation is now essential for reducing risk without slowing down the business.
Perimeters goes beyond alerting. Automating remediation workflows across Shadow SaaS risks, identity roles, misconfigurations, and access gaps.
With overlapping frameworks and evolving regulations, continuous compliance has shifted from a checklist exercise to a real-time operational discipline.
Perimeters automatically triggers remediation workflows to maintain continuous compliance.
In SaaS security, deployment speed is not just a convenience, it is a competitive advantage.
The faster a platform is up and running, the sooner your team can shift from reactive triage to proactive risk reduction.
Perimeters delivers immediate value and deployment to insights in under an hour, no extensions or tuning required.
Organizations that have switched from Obsidian Security to Perimeters experienced significant improvements in their SaaS security management:
"As a SaaS native organization we use a wide variety of SaaS services and managing security across multiple services is time-consuming. Perimeters gives us a central point of control, providing clear findings and remediation tools to save time and reduce confusion."
- Amit Levran, Head of Security @ SundaySky
While Obsidian Security provides solid SSPM features, Perimeters outshines it across the board - particularly in automation, identity governance, compliance management, and ease of use.
For organizations serious about comprehensive, scalable, and effective SaaS security without the enterprise-level price tag - Perimeters is the clear and ultimate Obsidian Security competitor.
