
Patronum
Google Workspace Management
SubscriptionWorkflow automation241 impressions#25 of its week
Patronum automates Google Workspace admin tasks like onboarding, offboarding, email signatures, contact sharing, Drive management and backups.
- for
- IT admins and professionals managing Google Workspace for enterprises or SMEs
- pricing
- paid · free trial
Key features
- User Lifecycle Automation — Automates onboarding and offboarding of users, assigning folders, calendars and groups.
- Email Signature Management — Centrally creates and updates branded Gmail signatures for all users.
- Google Drive Governance — Controls file sharing, enforces policies, and automates unsharing of external access.
- Contact Sharing Sync — Keeps Google Contacts and labels synchronized across all accounts with label-based sharing.
- Full-Fidelity Backups — Provides high-frequency, 100% fidelity backups of email, calendar, contacts, files and shared drives.
- Compliance Monitoring — Detects and flags sensitive data in Drive to help meet PCI-DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA and other standards.
Use cases
- Automated onboarding/offboarding for new hires in a SaaS company
- Enforcing file-sharing expiration for healthcare reports to stay HIPAA-compliant
- Detecting and flagging spreadsheets with customer data for PCI-DSS compliance
- Standardizing email signatures across retail stores for brand consistency
- Centralized Drive access control for legal firms handling confidential contracts
Patronum pricing
- Patronum$8.00/year/user/year per userOnboarding & offboarding automation · Email signature management · Drive management · Contact sharing
- Patronum+$16.00/year/user/year per userAll Patronum features · Automated file governance · File expiry automation · Custom compliance policies
- Backup Add-On$3.00/month/user/month per userFull-fidelity backups · Ransomware protection · Automated backup runs · Restore to any account
Patronum vs alternatives
Patronum | Zapier | n8n | Make | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Automated Google Workspace governance | No-code cross-app automation | Self-hosted automation | Visual multi-app automation |
| Pricing | Paid | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription |
| DevHunt upvotes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Launched | Jan 2025 | — | — | — |
- Patronum vs Zapier: Zapier offers generic workflow automation, not dedicated Google Workspace governance.
- Patronum vs n8n: n8n provides self-hosted workflow automation, lacking built-in Google Workspace admin controls.
- Patronum vs Make: Make focuses on visual workflow building across many apps, not specialized Drive compliance or backups.
Patronum FAQ
How much does Patronum cost and what’s included?+
Patronum starts at $8.00 per user per year and includes onboarding/offboarding, email signatures, Drive management and contact sharing. Patronum+ adds automated file governance for $16.00 per user per year.
What is a user?+
A user is an individual Google Workspace account that can be managed, provisioned or de-provisioned through Patronum.
What if I increase users mid-contract?+
You can add more users at any time; pricing scales per user based on the selected plan.
Will I pay more for some features?+
Advanced governance features are only in the Patronum+ tier; the backup add-on is priced separately at $3 per user per month.
Summarized by DevHunt from patronum.io · Oct 6, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
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