1Password Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SaaS Management Platforms

1Password, a leader in identity security, announced it has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SaaS Management Platforms. 1Password was recognized for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision for its 1Password SaaS Manager.

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“The challenges organizations have faced with SaaS sprawl have been exacerbated by the introduction of AI tools and agentic workflows. Runaway costs with unclear ROI and security risks resulting from ungoverned access by users and their agents are concerns we hear from nearly every customer we speak with,” said David Faugno, CEO of 1Password. “Organizations need visibility into every application employees and AI systems use, guidance in AI token and SaaS spend rationalization, and the ability to govern access consistently and easily. We believe our placement in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ reflects our vision for helping IT and Security confidently manage AI and SaaS adoption without slowing the business down.”

IT teams have spent years trying to keep pace with the growth of SaaS applications, and AI adoption has introduced more hidden costs and risk as businesses seek to rebuild their tech stack. Employees are adopting new AI tools that often sit outside traditional IT and security oversight, creating new visibility, governance, compliance, and spend optimization gaps. According to 1Password’s 2025 Annual Report: The Access-Trust Gap, 52% of employees have downloaded apps without IT approval, while 27% have worked on AI-based applications their employer did not approve. These unknown applications can create unmanaged access paths, expose sensitive company data, and leave security teams without the audit trail they need to understand who has access to what. As employees increasingly grant AI tools and agents access to do work on their behalf, organizations need visibility into every application in use and the access associated with it.

From SaaS Visibility to Trusted Access

1Password SaaS Manager helps IT, Security, and Finance teams discover, govern, and optimize which applications employees are using, including AI and SaaS tools that sit outside SSO. With more than 400 integrations across identity, finance, device, and browser sources, SaaS Manager builds a comprehensive inventory of applications, helping teams understand who is using them, manage access, reduce risk, and control spend.

1Password SaaS Manager helps organizations secure and manage modern AI and SaaS environments with the following capabilities:

• AI and SaaS discovery: Builds a complete inventory of every app employees use by combining data from identity providers, finance systems, device agents, browser extensions, and 1Password vaults to uncover AI and SaaS applications outside SSO.
• Spend optimization: Maps every AI tool and SaaS application to actual usage and contract data, helping IT and finance teams identify waste, optimize renewals, deliver measurable savings from unused licenses, and manage AI token consumption.
• Access governance: Extends governance beyond SSO with self-service access requests, automated approvals, audit trails, and OAuth token revocation, helping IT and security teams remove risky access across every app.
• No-code automation and integrations: Automates lifecycle management across HR, identity, finance, and security systems, helping organizations remove stale access, reclaim licenses, and reduce manual work.

Bringing AI and SaaS Governance into Unified Access

Most organizations manage AI token spend, SaaS usage, access governance, and software spend in separate systems, making it difficult to see how employees are actually using AI and applications across the business. As a part of the 1Password® Unified Access platform, SaaS Manager brings AI and SaaS applications into the same governance model 1Password uses to secure access across humans, machine, and AI agent identities. By combining AI and SaaS discovery, access governance, and spend optimization in a single platform, organizations can move from managing individual applications to governing their entire AI and SaaS ecosystem. As AI adoption continues to accelerate, SaaS Manager helps organizations maintain visibility, accountability, and control without limiting productivity.