Corma earns second Gartner nod for SaaS management

Corma has been included in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SaaS Management Platforms, marking its second consecutive appearance in the market review.

The Paris-based software governance supplier said the recognition comes as businesses struggle to track a growing mix of software subscriptions, AI tools, APIs and internally built agents.

The inclusion returns a relatively young European vendor to a market drawing increased attention as companies try to control software spending and tighten oversight of access rights. Founded in 2023, Corma focuses on software licence management alongside identity and access governance.

Its core pitch is that software oversight is no longer limited to counting applications and cancelling unused licences. IT departments now face a broader task as staff adopt AI services directly, connect tools through APIs and deploy automated agents that can act across multiple systems.

Governance shift

That shift is changing the role of SaaS management platforms. What was once largely a procurement and efficiency issue is becoming more closely tied to security, compliance and operational control, especially when businesses do not have a full view of which tools are in use or who has permission to access them.

Corma said its platform combines visibility over software and agents, automates joiner-mover-leaver processes and access reviews, and flags underused licences. It added that the system helps teams identify waste and manage access changes through automated workflows.

In the Gartner assessment, Corma said it was noted for a steady product release pace during the review period. It also highlighted Gartner's description of its agent-based architecture, including AI agents that move through software administration consoles to gather data and provisioning agents that handle access changes.

Those functions reflect a wider trend in corporate IT, where administrators are seeking tools that can monitor fragmented software estates without relying on manual audits. The spread of AI products has added another layer of complexity, as many tools are introduced outside formal purchasing and approval processes.

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Héloïse Rozès said the market has moved beyond periodic clean-ups of company software stacks.

"There was a time when IT teams could clean up the SaaS stack relatively easily and periodically on their own, but that world is gone," said Héloïse Rozès, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Corma. "Today, as the next gen of software has created a fantastic playing field, every employee is bound to become an orchestrator. Tomorrow, my bet is that no one will see a company where an employee has not connected with an MCP, AI skills or APIs to streamline their work. That potential is powerful but at scale it creates an IT governance black hole: sprawling spend, unknown duplicates and adoption patterns, and risk quietly building up. Corma exists to make sure all of that is visible and make sure IT teams remain proactive for this new era, to keep serving their companies best interests."

Young entrant

Corma's repeat inclusion is notable because the company is still in the early stages of commercial development. It said it was also recognised in the previous year's report, when it described itself as one of the youngest suppliers in the category.

The SaaS management sector has become more crowded as companies look for ways to cut unnecessary software spending after years of rapid adoption of cloud-based tools. Buyers are also weighing how software management intersects with finance, procurement, IT operations and security teams, rather than treating it as a narrow administrative task.

Corma is positioning itself around that overlap. It said its system collects data including licence renewal terms, authorised users and usage metrics, with the aim of giving IT, finance, procurement and security teams a single view of software use and access.

The company has also expanded its resources. It raised USD $4.2 million in seed funding in a round led by XTX Ventures, with participation from Tuesday Capital, Kima Ventures, 50 Partners and Olympe Capital.

That investment followed rising investor interest in software governance and automation tools that promise better visibility into sprawling corporate technology estates. For younger European suppliers, repeat inclusion in a closely watched industry market review can help raise their profile with multinational customers that often default to larger US-based vendors.

Corma said the challenge for customers now extends beyond software inventory to understanding how employees, automated workflows and AI systems interact across the business. Gartner's latest review again places the company at the centre of that discussion as IT teams seek clearer oversight of software access, usage and cost.