CERPASS vs Xiting Authorizations Management Suite (XAMS)
access controls & SoD head-to-head for ERP teams: evidenced capabilities, published pricing, and which ERPs each actually integrates with.
| Starting price | Quote-based | Quote-based |
| Deployment | Cloud | On-premise |
| Company size | — | — |
| Stated ERP integrations | SAP | SAP |
| Vendor | CERPASS (CompliantERP) | Xiting AG |
Our take
Where CERPASS leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 19 of the 33 capabilities where they differ (led by what-if access simulation and pre-approval conflict preview).
Where Xiting Authorizations Management Suite (XAMS) leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 14 of the 33 capabilities where they differ (led by least-privilege role design and mass role processing and replication).
Where they differ
The 33 capabilities (of 51 in the access controls & SoD taxonomy) where the evidence separates them, biggest gaps first. “Not evidenced” means our research found no public documentation of this capability — the vendor may still offer it. Confirm on a demo.
| Capability | ||
|---|---|---|
| What-if access simulationSimulation, Testing & Remediation | Core strength Pre-approval simulation of proposed role/access changes, results in seconds | Not evidenced |
| Pre-approval conflict previewSimulation, Testing & Remediation | Core strength Shows resulting SoD conflicts and sensitive-access exposure before deployment | Not evidenced |
| Periodic access certification campaignsUser Access Review & Certification | Core strength Business-friendly periodic access certification | Not evidenced |
| Delta / exception-based reviewUser Access Review & Certification | Core strength Delta reviews that certify only changed access | Not evidenced |
| Business-language access descriptionsUser Access Review & Certification | Core strength Business-language descriptions of what users can do | Not evidenced |
| Least-privilege role designRole Design & Identity Provisioning | Not evidenced | Core strength Trace-based role design applying least-privilege principles |
| Mass role processing and replicationRole Design & Identity Provisioning | Not evidenced | Core strength Mass role processing and replication across role landscapes |
| Named-user / FUE cost right-sizingLicensing & Cost Optimization | Core strength FUE Licence Optimization module identifies unnecessary authorizations before renegotiation | Not evidenced |
| SIEM / security event monitoringPlatform, AI & Deployment | Not evidenced | Core strength SIEM connector for real-time SAP security event monitoring |
| Critical / sensitive access detectionAccess Risk & SoD Analysis | Partial Emergency-access module flags sensitive transactions; no standalone critical-access scan described | Core strength Systematic reduction of critical authorizations |
| Risk scoring and prioritizationAccess Risk & SoD Analysis | Supported Conflict ranking by business impact rather than raw violation counts | Not evidenced |
| Custom rule authoringAccess Risk & SoD Analysis | Supported Rulesets described as configurable | Not evidenced |
| Usage-based risk prioritizationAccess Risk & SoD Analysis | Not evidenced | Supported ABAP code analysis to inform authorization checks |
| Impact-ranked remediation planningSimulation, Testing & Remediation | Supported Remediation tracking on routed risks | Not evidenced |
| Remediation workflow routingSimulation, Testing & Remediation | Supported Routing of risks to business owners | Not evidenced |
| Emergency access approval workflowEmergency & Privileged Access | Supported | Not evidenced |
| Business justification captureEmergency & Privileged Access | Supported Requires business justification for emergency requests | Not evidenced |
| Automatic removal of decertified accessUser Access Review & Certification | Supported Automatic removal of decertified access | Not evidenced |
| Role mining and clusteringRole Design & Identity Provisioning | Not evidenced | Supported Authorization landscape profiling and overlap detection |
| Regulatory framework alignmentReporting & Compliance | Not evidenced | Supported DSAG-aligned compliance standards |
| Executive risk dashboardsReporting & Compliance | Supported Visual risk reporting | Not evidenced |
| Historical audit trailReporting & Compliance | Not evidenced | Supported Audit-proof logging across authorization changes |
| Unused-access cost identificationLicensing & Cost Optimization | Supported | Not evidenced |
| BI tool exportPlatform, AI & Deployment | Not evidenced | Supported 100+ analytical reports on roles and authorizations |
| Fine-grained entitlement discoveryCross-Application Identity Governance | Not evidenced | Supported Authorization landscape profiling |
| Prebuilt risk rule libraryAccess Risk & SoD Analysis | Supported Configurable rulesets | Core strength Integrated risk and license rule sets for compliance checks |
| Pre-production role testingSimulation, Testing & Remediation | Supported Simulation runs before changes are deployed | Core strength Role testing in a non-production environment before rollout; automated pre-deployment checks |
| Time-boxed automatic revocationEmergency & Privileged Access | Core strength Automatic revocation when the time window closes | Supported Time-based emergency access provisioning |
| Session monitoring and loggingEmergency & Privileged Access | Supported Fully logged session monitoring | Core strength Complete audit trail of emergency access sessions |
| Continuous / real-time access reviewUser Access Review & Certification | Partial Reviews are periodic/delta-based; no evidence of real-time continuous review | Not evidenced |
| Evidence documentation and exportReporting & Compliance | Core strength Exception reporting with evidence attachment for mitigating controls | Supported Audit-proof logging across authorization changes |
| License usage optimizationLicensing & Cost Optimization | Core strength Compares authorized capability against actual usage for RISE with SAP licensing | Supported Integrated license rule sets for compliance checks |
| SAP S/4HANA migration readinessPlatform, AI & Deployment | Supported Works with ECC6, S/4HANA and RISE with SAP without a version upgrade | Core strength S/4HANA migration support via Simplification List awareness |
Both grade identically on the other 18 capabilities — see each product's full profile: CERPASS, Xiting Authorizations Management Suite (XAMS).
CERPASS vs Xiting Authorizations Management Suite (XAMS) — FAQs
Is CERPASS or Xiting Authorizations Management Suite (XAMS) better for ERP integration?
Both state integrations with SAP. Always verify the connector against your ERP version with a reference customer.
Which is cheaper, CERPASS or Xiting Authorizations Management Suite (XAMS)?
Neither publishes a list price — both quote. Ask each for the all-in first-year cost at your seat count, as one number, and compare those.
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