Shadow IT Discovery

Find every SaaS app your employees use

Your employees are using 3-4x more apps than IT knows about. Coax discovers them all in 15 minutes — no agents, no browser extensions, no disruption.

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You can't secure what you can't see

The average company has 3-4x more SaaS apps than IT tracks. Every unknown app is an unmanaged cost and an open security risk.

3-4x

More apps than IT knows about in the average organization

30%

Of SaaS spend wasted on unknown or unused applications

70%

Of data breaches involve unauthorized app access

How It Works

1

Connect

Sign in with your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 admin account. Takes under 5 minutes.

2

Scan

Coax scans email metadata and IdP records to identify every SaaS app across your organization.

3

Map

See your complete SaaS landscape — every app, every user, every permission — in a single dashboard.

Key Capabilities

Email Scanning

Scan email metadata to identify SaaS signup confirmations, invoices, and notifications — revealing apps that API-based tools miss entirely.

IdP Integration

Connect your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 identity provider to map every authenticated app and OAuth connection in your organization.

Complete App Inventory

Build a comprehensive, always-current inventory of every SaaS app, including who uses it, when they signed up, and what permissions they granted.

No Agents Required

Zero software to install on employee devices. No browser extensions, no MDM profiles, no IT tickets. Connect once and discover everything.

Real-Time Monitoring

Continuously monitor for new SaaS signups and OAuth grants. Get alerted when employees adopt new apps so shadow IT never accumulates again.

Risk Classification

Every discovered app is automatically scored by security risk, compliance impact, and data sensitivity so you can prioritize what to address first.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Shadow IT refers to SaaS applications and cloud services that employees use without the knowledge or approval of the IT department. This includes apps signed up for with work email, personal tools used for business tasks, and OAuth connections granted without IT oversight.
Coax scans email metadata to identify SaaS signup confirmations, invoices, and notifications, combined with identity provider (IdP) integration to map every authenticated app and OAuth connection. This dual approach catches apps that API-only or browser-extension tools miss entirely.
No. Coax is fully agentless — there are no browser extensions, desktop agents, or MDM profiles to deploy. IT connects once to the email system and identity provider, and Coax discovers apps across the entire organization without any employee involvement.
Coax delivers initial results in about 15 minutes after connecting to your email and identity provider. The scan runs continuously after that, so new SaaS signups and OAuth grants are detected in real-time as they happen.
Every discovered app is automatically risk-scored, categorized, and added to your SaaS inventory. Coax provides recommendations on which apps to approve, consolidate, or block based on security risk, compliance impact, and cost. You get a clear action plan, not just a list.

See your full SaaS landscape in 15 minutes

Book a demo and discover every app in your organization — no agents required.