CapaOne vs Admin By Request. Privilege Control, and Everything Around It.
CapaOne is one platform for everything an endpoint estate needs to run: build the machine, keep its applications current, control who elevates, manage the mobile fleet, and see where exposure sits — in a single console, on a single agent. Admin By Request is a specialist in privileged access, built around removing standing local admin rights. The two meet on privilege. Outside that overlap, they cover different ground — and one of them covers more of it.
Two Danish Vendors, Two Different Scopes
Admin By Request builds depth into privileged access: per-application elevation, time-limited admin sessions, pre-approval lists, break-glass accounts, and a full audit trail. CapaOne builds breadth across endpoint operations, and privilege control is one of six products in it. Both are headquartered in Denmark and host in Europe, so data residency does not separate them. Scope does.
Specialist in Privileged Access
Admin By Request centers on removing standing local admin rights, with secure remote access and web access management alongside it.
Six Products, Six Jobs
CapaOne covers application deployment, OS provisioning, driver orchestration, mobile management, vulnerability posture, and endpoint reliability — alongside privilege control.
The Overlap Is Real
Privilege elevation appears in both, and it is where a direct comparison belongs. Everything outside it is a question of how many contracts an organization wants to carry.
One Console for Endpoint Operations
Buying a point solution is not the same as buying a platform. In CapaOne the operations are one engine: a vulnerability Security Monitor finds can be closed by an Application Manager workflow, a device provisioned by Provision Manager arrives with its privilege policy already applied, and the same agent carries all of it. Nobody exports a list from one console and walks it over to another.
Separate consoles for patching, privilege, provisioning, mobile, and monitoring.
One cloud-native platform consolidates every endpoint operation.
A single pane of glass across the whole fleet.
Fewer contracts, fewer agents, less manual effort.
Six products. One platform, one agent, one contract.
CapaOne vs Admin By Request: The Honest Comparison
Admin By Request is a capable specialist in endpoint privilege management, developed in Denmark and hosted in Europe. The real difference is scope: one job covered in depth, against six jobs covered on one platform. Three rows below run against us, and they stay — they are why the rest of the table can be trusted.
| Capability | Admin By Request | CapaOne Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Removing standing local admin rights | ✓Per-application and session elevation | ✓Policy-driven elevation through existing Entra ID groups |
| Elevation audit trail | ✓Full logging and session recording | ✓User, endpoint, executable, path, time, duration, outcome — exportable to CSV |
| Operating systems for privilege control | ✓Windows, macOS, and Linux | ✓Windows client and Windows Server |
| Emergency local admin access | ✓Break glass, LAPS replacement | ✓Break glass with auto-revoke |
| Secure remote access and vendor sessions | ✓A separate product | Not part of the platform |
| Third-party application patching and deployment | Not part of the platform | ✓Packaging, deployment, and automatic updates |
| Bare-metal OS deployment | Not part of the platform | ✓Cloud-native, no dedicated PXE server |
| Driver orchestration | Not part of the platform | ✓Manufacturer-certified, model-aware, staged |
| Mobile device management | Not part of the platform | ✓iOS, iPadOS, and Android |
| Vulnerability and configuration posture | Not part of the platform | ✓CVEs mapped to affected endpoints, plus configuration drift |
| Endpoint reliability and performance | Not part of the platform | ✓Real-time experience monitoring |
| Getting started | Onboarding and support levels tailored by territory | ✓No implementation project, no consultants — real actions on day one, in under 30 minutes |
| Free tier | ✓25 licenses, all features | Free trial across the platform |
| Pricing model | Quote-based; scoped per region and term | ✓Published: €1 per endpoint per month per product, five Windows products for the price of three |
One Platform, Six Products
CapaOne is built for the way modern, mid-market IT teams work — cloud-first, consolidated, and infrastructure-light.
Application Manager
Simplify packaging, accelerate deployment, and automate updates for third-party and line-of-business applications.
Explore Application ManagerPrivilege Manager
Enforce least-privilege with just-in-time elevation through existing Entra ID groups — and no standing local admin.
Explore Privilege ManagerProvision Manager
Deploy Windows from bare metal in the cloud, with automated, manufacturer-certified driver orchestration.
Explore Provision ManagerMobile Manager
Unify enrollment, configuration, compliance, and app delivery across iOS, iPadOS, and Android.
Explore Mobile ManagerSecurity Monitor
Surface configuration drift and vulnerability insight across every endpoint in the fleet.
Explore Security MonitorExperience Monitor
Track endpoint reliability and performance in real time to improve the day-to-day user experience.
Explore Experience MonitorOne Agent per Endpoint
A single agent reduces complexity, improves stability, and speeds up troubleshooting.
Cloud-Native by Design
Zero-touch, remote rollout that scales and supports hybrid work — with no on-premise servers to run.
EU-Built, EU-Hosted
Data stays in Europe, with no transfer of endpoint data to US jurisdiction.
The Five Jobs Next to Privilege
Removing local admin rights closes one attack path. It does not deploy the patch that removes the vulnerability, provision the replacement laptop, enroll the phone, or tell you which endpoints have drifted out of configuration.
Mid-market IT teams of five to twenty people carry all of those jobs. The tools arrive one at a time, each bought to solve the problem in front of the team that quarter, and the console count grows faster than the team does. Every additional vendor brings its own agent, its own portal, its own renewal date, and its own support path.
Consolidation is not a feature. It is what happens when six jobs share one engine, one agent, and one contract.
Patching
Application Manager packages, deploys, and updates third-party applications on a schedule users can see.
Provisioning
Provision Manager builds machines from bare metal with model-aware driver orchestration, without a dedicated PXE server.
Mobile
Mobile Manager handles enrollment, configuration, compliance, and app delivery on iOS, iPadOS, and Android.
Vulnerabilities
Security Monitor maps CVEs to the endpoints they affect and surfaces configuration drift before it becomes an incident.
Experience
Experience Monitor shows where reliability and performance actually break, in real time across the fleet.
What Published Pricing Changes
CapaOne publishes its price. One euro per endpoint per month per product, all five Windows products for the price of three, a minimum annual contract of €1,500, and volume discounts in tiers. An IT manager can build the business case from the website and take a number to the CFO without booking a call.
Admin By Request prices differently. The price depends on endpoint count and contract term, varies by region, and is scoped by the regional team, so the figure arrives through a conversation. The free plan covers 25 licenses with every feature, which makes evaluation genuinely free.
Which works out cheaper depends on the organization, and neither vendor can answer that in advance for a stranger. Only one of the two, however, can be calculated in advance at all.
The rate card is only part of what an endpoint platform costs. The other part is what it takes to start using it — and for CapaOne that figure is zero. There is no implementation project, no on-premises server to stand up, and no consultant to book. You run real actions on day one, in under 30 minutes.
Published Rate
€1 per endpoint per month per product. Five Windows products for the price of three. A €1,500 minimum annual contract, and volume discounts in tiers.
Nothing to Set Up
A cloud service and one agent. No on-premises servers, no imaging infrastructure, no implementation consultants.
Productive on Day One
You run real actions on day one, in under 30 minutes — not after a rollout project.
What It Means in Practice
What mid-market IT teams gain when they consolidate onto CapaOne.
One agent, one console, one contract — across patching, privilege, provisioning, mobile, vulnerabilities, and experience.
No implementation project, no consultants, no on-premises servers. You run real actions on day one.
Transparent pricing — up to five Windows products, pay for max three.
A platform built on three decades of endpoint management practice.
Standing local admin was our biggest unresolved risk. CapaOne removed it fleet-wide in a single afternoon.
From Decision to Production in Four Steps
Connect Your Environment
Deploy one agent and integrate with your existing Entra ID groups.
Consolidate Your Tooling
Replace point tools across patching, privilege, provisioning, mobile, and security.
Pilot on Selected Devices
Validate the platform on a limited set of endpoints before rolling out broadly.
Operationalize the Platform
Run CapaOne as your endpoint platform — standalone, or alongside Intune.
Compliance as the Result of Everyday Operations
CapaOne turns routine endpoint work into continuous, demonstrable compliance — NIS2-aligned and GDPR-first.
- Enforce least-privilege with just-in-time elevation and no standing local admin.
- Keep every endpoint patched across the operating system and third-party applications.
- Surface configuration drift and vulnerabilities before they become incidents.
- Document control for audit with clear visibility across the entire fleet.
- Keep endpoint data in Europe, with no transfer to US jurisdiction.
Always Up to Date
Automated patching closes security gaps across OS and applications.
Least-Privilege
Just-in-time elevation through existing Entra ID groups, with full logging.
Audit-Ready
Clear visibility and logging across every managed endpoint.
European Data Sovereignty
EU-built and EU-hosted. Your endpoint data stays in Europe.
Is CapaOne an Admin By Request Alternative?
It depends on what you are replacing. If you need to remove standing local admin rights and grant time-limited elevation with a full audit trail, CapaOne Privilege Manager covers that ground. If you also carry third-party patching, OS provisioning, mobile management, or vulnerability posture on separate contracts, CapaOne replaces those as well. If you need secure remote access or web access management, CapaOne does not cover those.
Where Do CapaOne and Admin By Request Overlap?
On endpoint privilege management. Both remove standing local admin rights, grant elevation for a limited time, and log what happened. Both run as cloud services without on-premises infrastructure. The overlap is genuine, and an organization that needs only privilege control has two reasonable options.
Which Operating Systems Does CapaOne Privilege Manager Support?
Windows client and Windows Server. Admin By Request covers Windows, macOS, and Linux for privilege management, so an organization with a mixed fleet should weigh that difference directly. CapaOne Mobile Manager covers iOS, iPadOS, and Android for mobile device management.
Does CapaOne Require an Approval Queue for Elevation?
No. Elevation is policy-driven. The user triggers it and receives access immediately within a time-limited window, because the policy has already decided what is permitted. The access remains scoped, time-limited, and logged.
How Does CapaOne Pricing Compare to Admin By Request?
The two are priced on different principles. CapaOne publishes a single rate of roughly €1 per endpoint per month, with up to five Windows products available for the price of three, so an IT manager can budget the platform straight from the website. Admin By Request scopes price by endpoint count, contract term, and region, and directs buyers to a conversation for a final figure. Which works out cheaper depends on how many jobs an organization needs covered — but only one of the two can be calculated in advance.
What Does CapaOne Cost to Implement?
Nothing beyond the subscription. CapaOne runs as a cloud service with one agent and no on-premises servers, and deployment does not require implementation consultants. You run real actions on day one, in under 30 minutes.
Does CapaOne Work With Microsoft Intune?
Yes, and it also runs entirely without it. CapaOne is a complete endpoint management platform on its own, and it integrates with Intune where an organization already runs it.
Where Is CapaOne Hosted?
In the EU, with no transfer of endpoint data to US jurisdiction. Admin By Request is also a Danish company hosting in Europe, so data residency does not separate the two.
Count the Tools Before You Count the Price
If privilege control is the only gap in your endpoint operation, a specialist will close it. If patching, provisioning, mobile, and vulnerability posture sit on separate contracts beside it, you are comparing one purchase against four. CapaOne closes all of it in one platform, on one agent, at a price you can read before you call — and with nothing to set up before you start.