The Sastrify browser extension simplifies shadow IT discovery and usage analytics, delivering actionable SaaS insights while upholding privacy and compliance.


Key features of Sastrify Browser Extension

Shadow IT Discovery – Automatically detects SaaS tools accessed via corporate email accounts, identifying unapproved or unmanaged software.

Detailed Usage Analysis – Monitors usage patterns and frequency, enabling optimized licensing and efficient tool management.

Privacy-First Approach – Collects only essential data (URLs, login/logout timestamps, and access frequency) to ensure compliance with privacy regulations without intruding on personal and sensitive information.

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This guide provides step-by-step instructions for end users on manually adding and activating the Sastrify Chrome Browser Extension. 

For the admin setup guide on enabling the Chrome Browser Extension in your Sastrify platform—a required step before following this guide—click here.


What is Sastrify Browser Extension?

The Sastrify Browser Extension works with the employees' browsers and tracks SaaS access and usage patterns ONLY when they access and interact with any SaaS application using their company email.


Once set up, the extension captures solely the following key data points to enhance SaaS visibility, including:

  • Tool Discovery—Identifies SaaS tools accessed.
  • Usage Analytics—Tracks the date of first activity, last activity (i.e., date of last use), user email, and frequency of use (daily, weekly, monthly).


Collected data is securely transmitted to your Sastrify platform, where your Sastrify Admin can review detailed usage insights in the Sastrify Usage tab for each tool, as well as identify and manage newly discovered SaaS applications via Sastrify Radar.


Sastrify upholds strict data privacy standards by only tracking SaaS URLs, last access timestamps, and login events, while excluding non-business applications. This ensures compliance with privacy regulations without monitoring unrelated activities.


Add an extension

  1. Open the Sastrify for Chrome Extension page in the Chrome Web Store.
  2. Click Add to Chrome.


  3. Click Add extension. Your extensions will appear as buttons on the Chrome toolbar.
  4. You will be redirected to an authentication page and prompted to enter your company email.
  5. Enter your company email address in the text box.
  6. Click Get Started to finalize the process.
  7. If successful, you will see an on-screen notification confirming that an activation email has been sent.


Activate an extension

  1. Check your inbox from an activation email sent by [email protected].
  2. Click the "Activate" button.
  3. You will be redirected to an activation page, which will automatically activate your extension.
  4. If successful, an on-screen notification will confirm that your user account and extension have been validated.

Frequently Asked Questions


Q: What does Sastrify browser extension track and monitor?


A:

Source: The extension will only track the access and interaction within SaaS applications accessed through the organization's email. 

Data points: SaaS tool URLs for tool discovery, date first used, last activity date (based on last web application launch time), user identifiers (user email), frequency of access (number of times the application was opened on a monthly basis), and total session duration.

Privacy: Strictly limits tracking to SaaS URLs, user emails, and access timestamps only, excluding non-business application URLs to ensure compliance with privacy standards.



Q: I use my work Chrome browser with my personal profile because I have all my personal bookmarks there. Will the browser extension also track my usage of the apps I access using my personal Gmail or email address?


A: No. Sastrify browser extension is very strict about what it collects and what it does not collect. It only collects usage data of the SaaS applications that are accessed using your company email address, which is the email address you use to log in to the extension. It does nothing beyond that.