Adcyma vs tenfold
tenfold is one of the few IAM products genuinely built for the mid-market, and it deserves an honest comparison. The differences that matter are the hosting model, the platform focus, and where each vendor is at home. Here's the breakdown.
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tenfold, from Vienna, covers user lifecycle, access reviews, and self-service for mid-sized organizations — with unusually strong file server permission management and transparent pricing. It runs on your own Windows Server and SQL Server; it is not a SaaS product.
Adcyma covers the same core governance ground — automated lifecycle, access reviews, compliance reporting — as a cloud service. Connect your Entra ID tenant or Active Directory and you're running, with nothing to install or maintain.
Both are honest mid-market tools. The choice mostly comes down to whether you want to host your IAM platform yourself, and whether your center of gravity is on-prem file servers or Entra ID.
Where tenfold shines
tenfold is a serious product with a clear mid-market focus. Credit where due:
File server permission governance.
Reporting and managing NTFS permissions on Windows file servers is a tenfold specialty, and it goes deeper here than most IGA tools — including Adcyma. If permission sprawl on file shares is your biggest pain, tenfold deserves a close look.
Microsoft 365 sharing governance.
Guest accounts, sharing links, and Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive content sharing are covered — a common blind spot.
Transparent pricing and a real free tier.
Public per-identity prices and a free Community Edition for up to 150 users with full functionality. That's a genuine offer, not a trial.
Built for the mid-market.
Like Adcyma, tenfold rejects the scaled-down-enterprise approach. Deployment in weeks, not months, without an army of consultants.
What to weigh before choosing tenfold
You host and maintain it.
tenfold runs on-premises: a Windows Server plus Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle, which your team provisions, patches, backs up, and upgrades. Their own materials are clear that it is not a SaaS solution.
Entra ID costs a tier extra.
The base Essentials edition covers Active Directory and file servers. Entra ID, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive management require the Essentials 365 tier or above.
Third-party app coverage sits in Enterprise.
The no-code plugin library for systems like SAP is largely an Enterprise-tier feature with custom pricing.
DACH center of gravity.
tenfold is strongest in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and its ecosystem runs in English and German. Fine for most — but the vendor's home turf is not the Nordics.
Where Adcyma differs
Same governance mission, different execution:
Cloud service, not an installation.
No Windows Server, no SQL Server, no upgrade weekends. Connect your tenant and start.
Entra ID and Active Directory both included.
Cloud, on-prem, or hybrid — both directories are covered in the core product, not a higher tier.
Built in and for the Nordics.
Adcyma is Swedish and hosted in Sweden, with English and Swedish interfaces. For Nordic companies, the vendor is in your time zone and your regulatory context.
Audit-ready from the start.
Structured access reviews and pre-built SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIS2 reporting are the core of the product, not add-ons.
Feature-by-feature breakdown
| tenfold | Adcyma | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Mid-market, strongest in DACH | Mid-market, 50–1,000 employees |
| Deployment | On-prem: Windows Server + SQL Server/Oracle | SaaS — nothing to install |
| Entra ID support | Higher tier (Essentials 365) | Included |
| On-prem AD support | Yes | Yes |
| File server (NTFS) permissions | Yes — a real strength | Not a focus |
| Free tier | Up to 150 users, self-hosted | Up to 25 users, SaaS |
| Access reviews | Yes | Yes — structured, audit-ready |
| Time to running | Weeks — an installation project | 1–2 days |
| European vendor | Yes — Austria | Yes — Sweden, hosted in Sweden |
Which one should you choose?
Choose tenfold if:
- Windows file server permissions are a core governance need
- Policy requires identity tooling inside your own network
- You have the servers and the team to host a Windows + SQL platform
- You're in the DACH region and value a German-speaking vendor
Choose Adcyma if:
- You want governance as a service, with nothing to host
- Entra ID is central to your environment today or in your roadmap
- You're a Nordic or European company that values a Swedish vendor and Swedish hosting
- You want to be running this week
Questions we hear from companies evaluating both
The hosting model is the big one: tenfold installs on your infrastructure; Adcyma is a cloud service. After that, Entra ID is included in Adcyma's core product and sits a paid tier up in tenfold's, and the vendors are at home in different regions — Austria versus Sweden — which matters for support hours, language, and local compliance context.
For a self-hosted product, 150 free users is genuinely generous. But factor in what it runs on: a Windows Server and a SQL Server that you provide, patch, and back up. Adcyma's free tier is smaller but includes the hosting, maintenance, and upgrades. Which is more free depends on whether you count your own infrastructure and admin time.
If NTFS permission reporting and cleanup is your number one problem, tenfold is genuinely strong there and it would be dishonest to claim otherwise. If file servers are one part of a broader governance need centered on Entra ID and AD — lifecycle, reviews, audit evidence — weigh the hosting burden against how much of that specialty you'd actually use.
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