# Lutril vs AccessOwl > AccessOwl is a Slack-first access management tool for small IT teams, priced per user from $4.50. Lutril is access governance for employees and AI agents, with time-boxed access, Teams as well as Slack, and an MCP proxy. Where each one fits. Source: https://www.lutril.com/compare/lutril-vs-accessowl Last reviewed: 2026-09-02 --- ## Short answer Choose AccessOwl if you are a lean IT team under a few hundred employees, live in Slack, and want published per-user pricing with onboarding, offboarding and access reviews. Choose Lutril if you need access that expires on its own, requests in Microsoft Teams as well as Slack, a browser extension for the tools OAuth never sees, and governance for AI agents through an MCP proxy. AccessOwl states it does not offer automatic expiration of approved requests and ships no browser extension; both are core to Lutril. ## Where each one starts **AccessOwl.** Automates SaaS access administration across the employee lifecycle for lean, fast-growing teams with fewer than five people in IT: onboard new hires, cut off leavers, run access reviews, all from Slack. Berlin-based, Y Combinator 2022, provisioning to 400+ apps without SCIM or SAML upgrades. **Lutril.** Access governance for employees and AI agents: discovery from Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, requests in Slack, Teams and the app UI with automatic expiry, access reviews that revoke, HRIS-driven lifecycle, and an MCP proxy with a kill switch for agents. Hosted in France, product in French and English. ## Capability by capability | Capability | AccessOwl | Lutril | | --- | --- | --- | | SaaS discovery from IdP sign-in and OAuth grants (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365) | Yes: OAuth and SSO log analysis across Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus Gmail invitation scanning [3] | Yes: Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 sign-in signals and OAuth grants, from the day you connect | | Browser extension for shadow IT and shadow AI discovery | Not offered: Vendor states: no browser extension and no endpoint agent [3] | Yes: Chrome extension for the SaaS and AI tools that skip SSO | | Access reviews whose keep-or-remove decisions execute the revocation | Yes: Reviewer changes applied immediately on automated-provisioning apps; manual apps go to an admin [4] | Yes: Decisions execute in the connected tool; proof in the campaign export | | Access requests and approvals in Slack | Yes: /request in Slack; approvals in Slack; default approver is the manager [5] | Yes: Requests, approvals and expiry warnings in Slack | | Access requests and approvals in Microsoft Teams | Not documented: Docs list Slack and the web app as request channels | Yes: Same flow in Microsoft Teams, and in the app UI | | Just-in-time, time-boxed access that expires on its own | Not offered: Vendor FAQ: no automatic expiration feature for approved requests [6] | Yes: One hour to seven days; an approver can shorten, never extend; auto-revoked | | Onboarding triggered by the HRIS | Yes: 40+ HRIS providers: BambooHR, HiBob, Personio, Workday, Deel and more [7] | Yes: Lucca, PayFit and Eurécia native; other HRIS through the MCP endpoint | | Offboarding that deprovisions across SaaS, including apps outside SSO | Yes: Provisioning via APIs, RPA and screen scraping; non-integrated apps notify an admin [8] | Yes: Native connectors plus a universal MCP endpoint for any tool with an API | | Shadow AI discovery: AI tools and agents in use | Partial: AI apps surface through OAuth, SSO and email scanning; no dedicated agent discovery [3] | Yes: Sign-in logs, mailbox scanning, Chrome extension and code scanning | | AI agent registry with an accountable owner | Not documented | Yes: Owner, model and scopes on every agent; offboarded like an employee | | MCP proxy or gateway enforcing policy on agent tool calls | Not documented | Yes: Lutril MCP proxy: policy on every call, WORM log, global kill switch | | Prompt-level DLP and redaction for LLM traffic | Not documented | Yes: Detect and redact PII and secrets in prompts, per-model policy | | EU hosting and a French-language product | Partial: Data processed in the Netherlands, Germany, France and Ireland; no region choice; French UI not documented [9] | Yes: OVHcloud, France; product and documentation in French | | Compliance evidence exports for SOC 2 and ISO 27001 | Yes: Reviews export as CSV and sync to Vanta [10] | Yes: Campaign export with decisions and revocation proof, one link | | Native integrations | Yes: 400+ applications on the homepage; docs say over 300 [1] | Yes: More than 55 native connectors plus the universal MCP endpoint | | Published pricing | Yes: $4.50 and $6.00 per user per month, $250 minimum; provisioning is a $2.50 add-on [2] | Not offered: On request | ## Choose AccessOwl if - You have fewer than five people in IT, everything runs in Slack, and you want a price list before a call. - Standing access with periodic reviews is your model; you do not need requests that expire on their own. - You need onboarding and offboarding for hundreds of long-tail apps, including ones with no API, through RPA. ## Choose Lutril if - Access must be time-boxed: requested for a window, revoked at the deadline, without a reviewer remembering. - Your company runs on Microsoft Teams, or on both Slack and Teams. - You want a browser extension and code scanning to catch the SaaS and AI tools that never touch OAuth. - AI agents call your tools and you need a registry, policy on each MCP tool call and a kill switch. - You are a French company, or want the product and documentation in French. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is AccessOwl cheaper than Lutril? AccessOwl publishes its prices: $4.50 or $6.00 per user per month with a $250 minimum, plus add-ons for provisioning and spend. Lutril prices on request, scoped to the number of people and agents governed and the integrations connected. Ask for a quote with your headcount and compare like for like, including the provisioning add-on. ### Does AccessOwl support just-in-time access? AccessOwl's own documentation says it does not offer an automatic expiration feature for approved requests. In Lutril the requester picks a duration from one hour to seven days, the policy caps it, and the access is revoked automatically at the deadline. ### Which one works in Microsoft Teams? AccessOwl documents Slack and its web app as request channels. Lutril runs the same request and approval flow in Slack, Microsoft Teams and the app UI. ### Can either tool see apps people signed up for with a password? Neither can see them through OAuth logs, because nothing is written to the identity provider. AccessOwl scans Gmail for invitation emails. Lutril scans Google and Microsoft mailboxes for sign-up and receipt emails and adds a Chrome extension that recognises SaaS and AI tools at the point of use. ## Sources 1. [AccessOwl homepage](https://www.accessowl.com/) (accessed 2026-09-02) 2. [AccessOwl pricing](https://www.accessowl.com/pricing) (accessed 2026-09-02) 3. [AccessOwl, shadow IT tools compared, buyer's guide](https://www.accessowl.com/blog/shadow-it-tools-compared-buyers-guide) (accessed 2026-09-02) 4. [AccessOwl docs, access reviews](https://docs.accessowl.com/guides/access-reviews.md) (accessed 2026-09-02) 5. [AccessOwl docs, access requests](https://docs.accessowl.com/guides/requests/access-requests.md) (accessed 2026-09-02) 6. [AccessOwl docs, approval policies FAQ](https://docs.accessowl.com/guides/requests/approval-policies.md) (accessed 2026-09-02) 7. [AccessOwl docs, onboarding](https://docs.accessowl.com/guides/onboarding-offboarding/onboarding) (accessed 2026-09-02) 8. [AccessOwl docs, integrations overview](https://docs.accessowl.com/integrations/overview) (accessed 2026-09-02) 9. [AccessOwl privacy policy](https://www.accessowl.com/privacy-policy) (accessed 2026-09-02) 10. [AccessOwl docs, Vanta integration](https://docs.accessowl.com/integrations/all/vanta) (accessed 2026-09-02) 11. [AccessOwl docs, notifications](https://docs.accessowl.com/guides/notifications) (accessed 2026-09-02) 12. [Y Combinator, AccessOwl](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/accessowl) (accessed 2026-09-02) Lutril wrote this page. Facts about AccessOwl come from their public documentation as of 2026-09-02. Spotted an error? Write to hello@lutril.com.