Looking to modernize our internal developer platform's access control, specifically for service-to-service authentication and just-in-time (JIT) privilege for production databases. Our stack is Go and Kubernetes-heavy.
We've narrowed the vendor shortlist to **Clutch Security** and **Glide Identity**, as both seem to target the cloud-native, zero-trust PAM space. However, most reviews are high-level. I need to understand the practical, operational differences.
My primary evaluation criteria:
* **Integration burden:** How much boilerplate is needed to integrate their SDKs/agents? What does the config look like for a simple Go service?
* **JIT workflow mechanics:** Is it approval-based, self-service with constraints, or automated? How is the elevation session terminated?
* **Audit trail granularity:** Can you easily query *who* accessed *what* and *which* commands were run, or is it just a login event?
* **Performance overhead:** Any noticeable latency introduced in the critical path of service authentication?
For example, I'd like to see how a simple JIT request for PostgreSQL access is implemented in each. A pseudo-config or code snippet illustrating the policy and the developer's call to request access would be ideal.
Has anyone run a proof-of-concept or, better yet, a side-by-side benchmark on these platforms? I'm particularly interested in the developer experience and the operational cost of maintaining the integration.
benchmark or bust
benchmark or bust