Corma versus Sastrify
Looking for a more holistic alternative to Sastrify? Sastrify combines software with procurement experts to cut what you pay. Corma starts with identity, so every app, license and euro is tied to a person and their access.
Identity-first SaaS management. Access, compliance, and spend through governance.
Procurement-first SaaS management. Benchmarks, renewals, and negotiated savings.
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Sastrify is a SaaS procurement and spend platform headquartered in Cologne. It centralizes subscriptions, renewals and purchasing workflows, and pairs the software with procurement experts who negotiate with vendors on the customer's behalf.
Companies with significant SaaS spend and no in-house procurement expertise
2020 in Cologne by Maximilian Messing and Sven Lackinger
Comparing Corma and Sastrify? Both cut the cost of a growing software stack, but they pull different levers. This comparison covers SaaS discovery, access governance, provisioning, license optimization, contracts, negotiation and total cost.
Sastrify is procurement-first, and it is software plus people. Subscriptions and renewals sit in one place, contracts are benchmarked against a large pricing database, and Sastrify's own procurement experts go into the vendor conversation on your behalf. For a company with serious SaaS spend and nobody in-house who negotiates software for a living, that is leverage Corma does not offer.
Corma is identity-first. It connects to the identity provider and HR system you already run and ties every application, license and euro to a person and their access. Unused licenses surface from access data rather than from invoices, leavers are deprovisioned automatically, and access reviews produce the evidence an auditor asks for under ISO 27001, SOC 2 or NIS2.
The question is which lever moves your bill. Paying too much per seat is a negotiation problem. Paying for seats nobody uses, and for accounts nobody closed, is a governance problem, and no discount fixes it. Read the full Corma versus Sastrify comparison to see which fits your team.
The Comparison
Sastrify is a virtual procurement platform: software plus people. It centralises subscriptions and renewals, benchmarks what you pay against a large pricing database, and sends its own experts into the vendor conversation. Corma starts one layer earlier, at identity and access, and automates what happens across the stack. The two attack the same bill from opposite ends.
Identity-first: every app, license and cost is tied to a person and their access.
Procurement-first: software plus a team of negotiators, aimed at what you pay rather than who has access.
Native provisioning and deprovisioning from your identity provider and HR system, in every plan.
Not part of the solution; no provisioning into connected apps.
Self-service catalog with approval workflows; approved access is provisioned automatically.
Software request and renewal workflows, routed to the purchase decision rather than to the access.
Built-in review campaigns with exportable evidence for ISO 27001, SOC 2 and NIS2.
Not part of the solution; compliance features cover vendor risk rather than user access.
Identity provider, finance data and browser extension — including apps that never touch SSO or an invoice.
Subscription discovery from finance and SaaS data, used as the input for negotiations.
Ungoverned tools surface together with the accounts behind them, so you can revoke access, not just report it.
Unmanaged spend surfaces through subscription data, not through the accounts behind it.
Unused licenses surface from access data and can be revoked or canceled in one click.
Usage insights feed the renewal conversation; seats are not reclaimed automatically.
Renewal dates, notice periods and spend forecasts in one view.
Centralized contracts, renewal tracking and a large pricing benchmark database — the core of the product.
Connected in minutes, productive within days to weeks, no professional services required.
Weeks, depending on the size of the portfolio and the complexity of your procurement process.
Free tier, then per-user plans — you can start without talking to sales.
Quoted per contract; third-party listings put the benchmark tier at around €15,000 per year, with managed procurement above that.
No negotiation service — savings come from removing the licenses nobody uses.
Procurement experts negotiate with vendors on your behalf, with around 30 percent average savings claimed.
Growing IT teams and mid-market organizations, roughly 50 to 5,000 employees.
Companies with significant SaaS spend but no dedicated software procurement expertise.
IT, Security and Compliance.
Procurement, Finance and IT.
Which platform fits your team?
Corma is best for
Teams whose money leaks through unused licenses and accounts nobody closed
IT, security and compliance teams that have to prove who has access to what
Companies that want onboarding and offboarding automated end to end
Mid-market teams that want to start free, without a five-figure commitment
Sastrify is best for
Companies with serious SaaS spend and nobody in-house who negotiates software
Buyers who want benchmark data before every renewal conversation
Procurement, finance and IT working from one purchasing process
Teams happy to hand vendor negotiations to an external expert
Setup at a glance
Deployment in days to weeks for SMBs
Deployment measured in weeks, depending on portfolio size and procurement complexity
Connects to your existing identity provider and HR system
Integration with finance, procurement and SaaS management systems
RBAC policies and approval workflows configured
Purchasing workflows and approvals aligned with internal policies
Ongoing maintenance mostly automated by the platform
Training focused on spend visibility, vendor management and negotiation workflows
User training focused on self-service access requests
Renewals supported by automated tracking and platform insights
Why IT teams rely on Corma
Automation
employees onboarded and offboarded automatically
Time spent
spent less with Corma per week for management
Cost Efficiency
saved monthly by optimizing SaaS licenses
Shadow IT
to detect Shadow IT applications
What IT teams say about Corma
“Corma is very useful and user friendly. It helps us save money and prevent potential security threats.”
Chief Operating Officer, Media
“I like how it’s very easy to see all the apps that have been accessed by our employees.”
Chief Engineering Officer, Healthcare and Biotech
“I think Corma is a really great app that has lots to offer and working with them has been great.”
IT & Security Administrator, Software
Pay less, or waste less?
Sastrify gets the price down: benchmarks, renewal timing and experts who negotiate for you. Corma gets the waste out: who holds what, which licenses nobody touches, what gets revoked when someone leaves and what an auditor gets to see. A better discount on seats nobody uses is still money gone. A demo on your own stack shows how much of your bill is which problem.
Book a demoHow does Corma improve user experience compared to Sastrify?
Corma streamlines access requests and reduces manual effort with customizable workflows, enhancing employee productivity and satisfaction more than Sastrify’s standard user experience.
What compliance and security benefits does Corma offer compared to Sastrify?
Corma delivers strong compliance via automated access reviews and regulatory controls, providing a secure environment beyond procurement-focused compliance tools in Sastrify.
In terms of SaaS cost management, when should I choose Corma over Sastrify?
Choose Corma for comprehensive cost optimization through license management and waste reduction; Sastrify is better suited for procurement and contract renegotiations on major software spend.
How does Corma’s IAM capabilities provide an advantage over Sastrify?
Corma offers a broader and more unified IAM platform, automating software license provisioning to improve security and productivity, unlike Sastrify which focuses mainly on procurement.
