CloudGate - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

What CloudGate is?

CloudGate is a cloud-native platform for identity governance in physical spaces. It establishes one authoritative record for every physical identity at your sites- employee, contractor, vendor, tenant, clinician, visitor and one policy engine that determines what each identity may physically reach: which doors, which floors, which spaces, which credentials, and for how long.

This is a governance layer, not a hardware replacement. CloudGate is 100% software, vendor-neutral, and operates above the physical access control systems already installed in your buildings. Where legacy PIAM tooling automated badge administration for one system at a time, CloudGate governs identity across every system, every site and every population under a single policy model.

The Problem

Large organizations typically operate several access control systems across regions and acquisitions, each with its own badge database, its own operators and its own definition of "contractor." Identity data lives in HR, entitlements live in security, requests live in ITSM, and no system holds the whole picture. The result is orphaned credentials after termination, access that accumulates as people change roles, and audit evidence assembled by hand.

CloudGate consolidates this into one governed model: identities are mastered from your systems of record, entitlements are derived from role, location and risk, and every grant, change, elevation and revocation is written to an immutable trail.

Governance Domains

• Workforce: joiner/mover/leaver automation, role-based entitlements, access reviews and recertification

• Third party: contractor and vendor sponsorship, insurance/training/certification gating, automatic expiry

• Visitor: invitation, pre-registration, screening, host notification, NDA capture, kiosk and self-service check-in

• Credential: mobile wallet badges, physical cards, biometrics and QR, with central issuance and revocation

• Space: desk, room and restricted-area reservation bound to access entitlement

• Emergency: real-time mustering and roll call from live access events

• Parking and dock: vehicle, driver and loading-dock scheduling

Credentials

Employee badges in Apple Wallet, Google Wallet and Samsung Wallet, plus NFC, BLE hands-free and time-limited QR. Offline mode with encrypted caching, MFA step-up for high-security areas, remote revocation, and reader support including HID, Wavelynx, IDEMIA, rf IDEAS and Safetrust.

Integration (150+)

Access control: Lenel OnGuard and S2, Genetec, AMAG, Software House C•CURE 9000, Honeywell ProWatch and WIN-PAK, Johnson Controls P2000, Brivo, Openpath, Verkada, RS2, DSX, Vanderbilt, ZKTeco, Acre Feenics, Kisi, Genea, PACOM, Schneider Electric.

HR and identity: Workday, Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Okta, Ping Federate, SailPoint, Saviynt, ForgeRock, OneLogin, Duo, Auth0, FIDO2 and passkeys.

ITSM and business systems: ServiceNow, Salesforce, SAP, Power BI.

Healthcare: Epic, HL7, FHIR.

Workplace: Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Zoom, Slack, Google Calendar, Envoy, HqO, Density, Condeco, Nuvolo, Crestron.

Safety and video: Everbridge, Alertus, Ambient.ai, Oosto, Paravision, Onfido, 3xLogic Infinias.

Network: Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass, Juniper Mist.

Extensibility

A drag-and-drop, no-code application builder lets your team model approval chains, forms, expiry rules and escalations without engineering time; low-code and API options are available where needed. Pre-built templates cover access request, contractor onboarding, temporary elevation and offboarding.

Security and Compliance

SOC 2 certified cloud-native SaaS with role-based administration, segregation of duties, full audit logging and continuous compliance evidence. Deployments support HIPAA and Joint Commission programs in healthcare, FFIEC-aligned controls in banking and NERC CIP in energy. Access reviews, exceptions and orphaned-credential reports run as standing dashboards rather than annual exercises.