Shadow IT Discovery Tools

Admina review

SaaS management and shadow IT discovery tool from Japanese fintech group Money Forward, combining API connectors with a browser extension.

Researched by Max Benz · Facts checked October 24, 2026 · How we research

Admina at a glance

Category: Shadow IT Discovery Tools
Starting price: $5 per user per month (third-party listing)
Pricing model: per user
Public pricing: No
Free plan: No
Free trial: Yes
G2 rating: 4.6 (6 reviews)
Founded: 2021
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan (Money Forward group)
Employees: 25 (vendor About page, may be dated; Money Forward group 1,900+)
Funding or owner: Subsidiary of Money Forward, Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange listed)
Integrations: 200+: Okta, Zoom, Google Workspace

Buying Admina: security, admin and contract

Contract: 14-day free trial; enterprise is custom pricing; monthly vs annual terms not stated by the vendor.
Support: Chat support on SMB tier; dedicated success manager and priority support on enterprise (500+ employees)

Questions to ask Admina before you sign

Which plan includes SAML SSO, and what does it cost for our seat count?
Is SCIM provisioning included, or a paid add-on?
Which plan includes audit logs, and how long are they kept?
Where is our data stored, and can we choose the region?
Can we sign your standard DPA without changes?
What will the price be at renewal, and is the increase capped?

Questions are listed where Admina's public pages leave the answer open.

Who Admina is for

Choose Admina if

Small and mid-size IT teams that want a low per-user entry price.
Companies with Japanese subsidiaries or Money Forward accounting already in use.

Look elsewhere if

Buyers who need a large Western-market review base to validate the vendor (G2 has only 6 reviews)
Teams that need deep risk scoring or security remediation playbooks.

Admina pricing

Admina plans as published on October 24, 2026
Plan	Price	Unit	Notes
Basic / scaling teams	$5	per employee per month	Price as listed on G2 and Spendflo; not confirmed on a vendor US pricing page
Enterprise	Contact sales		Per Spendflo listing

The $5 figure comes from G2 vendor-supplied data, Spendflo and TrustRadius. The vendor blog says monthly and annual plans exist.

Admina features by buying criteria

Admina features, checked October 24, 2026
Criterion	What we found
Discovery sources	API/OAuth connectors to SaaS apps plus Chrome/Edge browser extension; blog also names ERP and accounting software as sources.
Agent or extension required	No endpoint agent stated; browser extension optional for apps without APIs.
Remediation workflows	Provision and de-provision users per G2 listing; no remediation playbooks verified.
Pricing	About $5 per user per month per third-party listings; enterprise custom.
Integrations	200+ direct SaaS integrations (OAuth, API or scraping)

What reviewers say about Admina

Praised for

Google Workspace connection is quick to set up.
Pricing described as straightforward and good value.

Common complaints

Fewer features than high-end SaaS management suites.

Themes paraphrased from public reviews on G2 and similar sites, not quotes.

What most Admina reviews leave out

The browser extension feeds usage data from Chrome or Edge, which lets Admina flag inactive accounts for apps that have no API (support.i.moneyforward.com).
Admina states its database covers over 190,000 SaaS tools, which is what the extension matches against.
Detected apps appear under Integrations > Shadow IT in the console, so discovery and managed connectors live in one list.
Integration methods include scraping, not only OAuth and API, which can break when a vendor changes its admin UI.
G2 notes the profile has had no vendor management for over a year; ITreview Japan shows 4.3 from 33 reviews, so the home-market evidence base is larger than the US one.
Company-level fact: Money Forward was established May 2012; Admina's own launch year is not published.

Admina alternatives

ToriiIT teams wanting discovery plus workflow automation.
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ZluriIT teams combining SaaS management with access reviews and onboarding automation.
Contact sales
JosysMid-size companies with Japanese operations or SmartHR as HRMS (Japanese pricing pages and HRMS integration)
Contact sales
Nudge SecurityIT and security teams under 1,500 users that want published prices.
$750 per month billed annually (Essential, up to 150 users)
BetterCloudIT teams that want no-code on/offboarding and Google Workspace controls alongside license tracking.
$0/month (Spend Optimization Basic)
NetskopeSecurity teams already deploying or evaluating an SSE/SWG and wanting app risk scoring in the same inline path.
Contact sales

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from Admina's own pricing, product or documentation pages, G2 and company records, checked on October 24, 2026. Unknown values are left out instead of estimated.

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