Xero SCIM guide

Wave Accounting, the free accounting platform designed for small businesses, does not support SCIM provisioning or native SSO on any plan. While third-party password managers like OneLogin and Okta can provide password-based authentication through vaulting, this isn't true SAML federation. Wave's architecture is fundamentally built for manual user management by small business owners, not enterprise identity integration. This creates significant challenges for organizations that have adopted Wave but need centralized user lifecycle management. Without SCIM support, IT teams must manually create, update, and deactivate user accounts in Wave, creating compliance gaps and administrative overhead. The lack of native SSO means users must maintain separate credentials, increasing security risks and password fatigue.

Zoho Books, the accounting software for small businesses, does not offer native SCIM provisioning. Instead, user provisioning must be managed through Zoho Directory or Zoho One at the enterprise level, creating a complex multi-step process where IT teams must first provision users to the broader Zoho ecosystem before they can access Books specifically. This architecture means you cannot directly provision users to Zoho Books alone—you're forced into Zoho's broader suite management approach, even if Books is your only Zoho application. For organizations that need precise control over accounting system access, this indirect provisioning model creates unnecessary complexity and potential security gaps. The lack of direct SCIM support becomes particularly problematic for finance teams where access control is critical. Without automated provisioning, IT teams must manually coordinate user access across multiple Zoho administrative interfaces, increasing the risk of orphaned accounts or improper permissions in your accounting system. When employees change roles or leave the company, the manual deprovisioning process creates compliance risks in a system that handles sensitive financial data.

6sense, the B2B revenue intelligence platform, has paused SCIM provisioning for new customers until Q4 2026. While existing customers with SCIM enabled can continue using it, new implementations are limited to JIT (Just-In-Time) provisioning through SAML SSO. This creates a significant gap for IT teams managing revenue intelligence access, as JIT only creates users on first login and provides minimal attribute mapping (email, first name, last name only). For an enterprise platform with typical pricing of $55,000-$130,000 annually, the absence of automated user lifecycle management is a substantial limitation. The lack of SCIM until Q4 2026 forces IT teams into manual provisioning workflows for a platform handling sensitive revenue data. While SAML SSO handles authentication, it doesn't address user lifecycle events like role changes, department transfers, or offboarding. This creates compliance risks in revenue teams where access to prospect data and sales intelligence must be tightly controlled. The nearly two-year wait for SCIM restoration means organizations implementing 6sense today face manual user management for the foreseeable future.