Seamless access that understands you.

They sign in once through institutional SSO, with no separate registration. Papers the institution subscribes to open smoothly through the proxy, and when a publisher supports individual SSO, a small suggestion pops up - "Portium sign in" - and we pass the user through securely, even onto the publisher's own site.

Absolutely. RA21 pointed the right way: move outdated, tethered access off IP addresses and onto a single, secure sign-in that lets the institution guarantee seamless access without maintaining IP addresses and stanzas. That's exactly what Portium does: it signs your scholars in through SSO and proxy, and identifies to publisher sites in a way that covers every type of authentication your institution needs. When a publisher supports individual-level SSO, we'll even prompt the user that they can sign in directly to the publisher's site as an individual with the institutional licence. So where the old approach required institutions to update their own proxy configuration and maintain access in an IT department, Portium delivers managed cloud access, so no technical work is required from the institution to secure it. And while SSO became common around 2016 to solve seamless access, the current expectation in 2026 is that scholars have every tool they need, accessibly, together with the ability to connect from anywhere, any site, at any time. In other words, Portium goes beyond seamless browsing. It also enables the other things institutions care about in the age of privacy and AI: first, the institution has full control over its people's communication with the various websites; second, through Portium the scholar has every tool they need - from accessible guides to collaborations and shared projects - all in one place that saves time, agreements, procurement and work.

No. Portium runs in the browser from anywhere - scholars have nothing to install, and you have nothing to maintain on their devices.

Usually an institutional proxy holds a list of the publisher sites it needs to support. The migration is simple: we take the list of sites we need to support, and from there we handle it. All that's left for you is to tell your scholars, then use and reach the content you subscribe to in the full Portium experience.

Great. Much like migrating from an existing proxy server, you hand us the list of SSO-supported publisher sites, and we coordinate with them so they work with Portium. Once that's done, all that's left is to use the Portium library system and enjoy the upgraded access, with a library toolbar and research tools available everywhere.

Of course. SSO for every user, DLP on every upload, and full transparency over what is shared with each publisher. All backed by ISO 27001, HIPAA and SOC 2 Type II audited by KPMG.

All the major sites and authentication types - NEJM, UpToDate, EBSCO, PubMed and many more, with new platforms added continuously.

Almost none. Our team carries the entire technical load, from the proxy to the client side, so your people spend their time on the right subscriptions instead of support tickets.

Definitely. A live dashboard with trends and downloadable reports shows how the different sites are used, and you choose which fields scholars fill in at registration - so procurement decisions rest on clear, categorized data.