Zluri vs Runway
Side-by-side trajectory, velocity, and editorial themes.
Zluri is hardening into an access governance product, with SaaS spend management increasingly playing supporting role.
Zluri's recent releases are almost entirely identity-governance work: user-based access reviews, a revamped certification creation flow, customizable access request forms per application. The November 2025 App Insights release reframed the product as a 'governance-grade intelligence layer' surfacing orphaned admin accounts, SSO coverage gaps, and shadow IT in actionable cards. SaaS license and spend features still ship but no longer set the agenda.
The product is moving from SaaS spend tracking toward full IGA territory — competing less with Productiv or Torii and more with SailPoint and Saviynt at the lighter end. Each iteration on certifications, reviews, and request flows narrows the gap with enterprise IGA incumbents. The 2026 releases all sit in that lane.
Expect role-mining or risk-scoring next — the natural follow-on once certifications and request flows are mature. A 'least-privilege recommendation' agent layered on top of App Insights would also fit the trajectory and the broader market push toward AI-assisted governance.
Steady polish for collaborative financial planning — chart clarity, scenario branching, layout control.
Runway is in steady incremental mode for its collaborative financial planning canvas. Recent work focuses on the everyday ergonomics: 100% stacked charts now consistently display percentages, scenarios can be duplicated or locked as point-in-time versions from Activity History, table and database blocks are resizable per page, and formula editing has gotten cleaner (context menus, an 'f' indicator, sturdier draft history). Earlier entries added customizable fiscal year labels and Last close in formulas.
The cadence is small, focused improvements across the modeling and presentation surfaces — no directional pivot visible. The duplicate-and-lock-scenario primitive is the most strategically interesting recent addition; it suggests Runway is investing in version-control-style collaboration patterns familiar to engineers, not just spreadsheet users. Formula editing depth keeps getting attention, signalling power-user retention is a priority.
Expect continued refinement of scenario management (likely scenario comparison views or merge-style workflows), more chart-type polish, and probably an AI-assisted formula or modeling helper in the next quarter or two given how much editor surface area is being polished.
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