LemSubs vs Beamy
Shadow IT discovery for enterprise — finds rogue SaaS, but isn't a tool you'd run as a small team
Beamy is a French enterprise tool focused on discovering shadow SaaS through browser agents and SSO logs, then helping security teams assess, govern, and either sanction or block it. It's purpose-built for large enterprises with formal IT governance and a CISO-led security function.
The discovery surface is genuinely impressive at scale — Beamy will find the OpenAI ChatGPT signups, the Notion workspaces individual employees created, and the freemium tools that quietly upgraded to paid. For everyone else — solo founders, startups, mid-market teams — Beamy is the wrong category entirely.
It's not sold self-serve, requires enterprise procurement, and the deployment model assumes browser-agent rollout via MDM across a large employee base. LemSubs handles subscription visibility and renewal management for the much wider population that doesn't have an enterprise security team.
We don't pretend to do shadow-IT discovery — that's a fundamentally different problem with a different buyer. **Decision framework.** Choose Beamy if you're an enterprise CISO or IT-governance owner discovering and policing shadow SaaS at 1,000+ employees.
Choose LemSubs if you're managing subscriptions you already know about (or want owners to add) at a much smaller scale. The two don't really overlap — different problems, different buyers, different price points.
Beamy pricing
Custom — enterprise contracts only
Beamy is best for
Enterprise security and compliance teams discovering shadow SaaS across thousands of employees, with formal IT governance and dedicated owners.
Where Beamy wins
- Strong shadow-IT discovery for enterprise via browser agents
- Security and compliance focus with risk scoring
- Browser-agent + SSO + finance coverage
- European data residency
- Purpose-built for large-enterprise governance
Where Beamy falls short
- Enterprise-only — not available to SMBs
- Requires deploying browser agents via MDM
- Not a renewal/budget management tool primarily
- Enterprise procurement cycle
- Massive overkill below ~500 employees
Moving from Beamy to LemSubs
- If transitioning from Beamy: export your sanctioned-vendor list
- Sign up for LemSubs and Smart Import
- For ongoing 'shadow IT' awareness in a small team, ask owners to add their personal-card subs to LemSubs directly
- Use Workspace Budgets to surface unexpected spend categories that suggest unsanctioned tools
- Use the Audit Log for the lighter-touch governance trail
Frequently asked questions
Is Beamy a LemSubs alternative?
Not really — different market. Beamy is for enterprise security teams discovering shadow SaaS at scale. LemSubs is for individuals and small teams managing the subscriptions they already know about.
Will LemSubs build shadow-IT discovery?
No. It requires browser agents or SSO connections that conflict with our privacy-first stance, and the buyer is fundamentally different from our audience.
What about EU data residency?
Beamy is French and EU-resident by default. LemSubs hosting region depends on your workspace; check Subprocessors page for the current data-residency posture.