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Adaptive Data Security Platform vs SAP Access Control comparison

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Adaptive Data Security Plat...
Ranking in Access Management
24th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Data Masking (12th), Data Security Platforms (DSP) (10th)
SAP Access Control
Ranking in Access Management
22nd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
3.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Access Management category, the mindshare of Adaptive Data Security Platform is 0.4%. The mindshare of SAP Access Control is 1.0%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Access Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP Access Control1.0%
Adaptive Data Security Platform0.4%
Other98.6%
Access Management
 

Featured Reviews

RahulSoni - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Consultant at Simple MDG
Protecting sensitive data with in‑house AI has secured our intellectual property and guided safe usage
As I stated earlier, there are negative sides of the product because it literally made my job a little bit harder or a little bit longer because then I cannot use the AI which is already learned from ten thousand or ten million people throughout the globe to give me that understanding and better things. From my own background, if I put that, 'Okay, I am in this particular place, what I can do to resolve it,' I cannot do that because it is not letting me do that. So I am bound to one of the in-house developed and trained AIs. The machine learning aspect of Adaptive Data Security Platform has the potential to be better, and it is doing a little bit more in those areas already because if there is an AI which has already been there in the company, it goes ahead and understands from that part itself. It also goes ahead and understands certain number of other aspects from the people who are already using the AI on towards the public AI as well because it goes ahead and checks that this is something which is the context and it is going ahead and stopping the people or making them understand that whatever they are doing is not correct or something along those lines. Adaptive Data Security Platform is already having the potential of learning while being in use.
reviewer2129061 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sap Its Workstream Manager at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Centralized access control has improved risk detection and streamlined multi-system user provisioning
Having one tool to populate many systems for one user is one of the most beneficial aspects of the product, along with the audit part. When using Firefighter, we could have information about what a user modified or did in production because we sometimes have to use an SU01 transaction, so in that case, we use Firefighter. The main benefit for me is that it is a global system to manage the user in many systems, and also the assessment of risk with GRC. We are using Access Request to onboard people. I see some potential improvements for stability because sometimes we do not know why the approval workflow of GRC stops in the middle. When we have a look in GRC, we see that the validation is finished, but that is not the case. Sometimes, we have to check and relaunch GRC. It helps in risk detection. The benefits of SAP Access Control's user permissions management are measured through the reports in GRC. Time savings are obvious. In one request, we are able to create a user in a different system, so it is a time saving. It is a money saving as well because the access manager spends less time creating a user in a different system.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The best features Adaptive Data Security Platform offers include real-time monitoring and AI-driven capabilities, which stand out."
"Adaptive Data Security Platform is a great tool to let the user use an in-house developed AI which runs on their own servers rather than cloud servers."
"Adaptive Data Security Platform has positively impacted my organization by ensuring our data security and preventing unauthorized access to our infrastructure, while ensuring our data availability and security."
"It is an SAP product, so it integrates very well with other SAP products."
"Having one tool to populate many systems for one user is one of the most beneficial aspects of the product, along with the audit part."
 

Cons

"A return on investment has not yet been seen with Adaptive Data Security Platform because it is unclear if it will even be used; it is still a very early phase."
"As I stated earlier, there are negative sides of the product because it literally made my job a little bit harder or a little bit longer because then I cannot use the AI which is already learned from ten thousand or ten million people throughout the globe to give me that understanding and better things."
"It would be better if we could also manage other systems with it. Currently, you have to purchase plugins for it to work with other non-SAP systems. It would be good if there is an easy way to integrate SAP Access Control with other non-SAP systems."
"Because it took time to get advice on a tricky issue, the support from SAP could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is a part of our package with SAP. There is no extra cost in addition to the license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
43%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Media Company
6%
Outsourcing Company
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Adaptive Data Security Platform?
There are no thoughts on pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Adaptive Data Security Platform because the IT team handles that.
What needs improvement with Adaptive Data Security Platform?
As I stated earlier, there are negative sides of the product because it literally made my job a little bit harder or a little bit longer because then I cannot use the AI which is already learned fr...
What is your primary use case for Adaptive Data Security Platform?
The major use case for Adaptive Data Security Platform is financial institutions, the medical sector, and people who work in manufacturing who have their own recipes. With those kinds of industries...
What needs improvement with SAP Access Control?
SAP Access Control is quite complex. The complexity arises because we need a GRC specialist to set up the connection between GRC and the other system. We also spend time doing some specific configu...
What is your primary use case for SAP Access Control?
The major use case for SAP Access Control is to create an end-user account, and the second purpose is to check the Separation of Duties risk and the risk on our roles and authorizations. Having one...
What advice do you have for others considering SAP Access Control?
We do work with some other SAP products. We are using SAP Access Control with the GRC Access Control product. We are also using the module for Separation of Duties and the Firefighter module. It is...
 

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