--- description: Review of Amazon Cognito Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Amazon Cognito | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Single Sign On Software](/directory/4347/single-sign-on/software) > [Amazon Cognito](/software/395552/amazon-cognito) # Amazon Cognito Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/395552/amazon-cognito > Amazon Cognito is an authentication management solution that helps organizations streamline user sign in, sign up and access to web/mobile applications. The software allows businesses to provide sign-in functionality for multiple applications using various social identity providers like Facebook, Apple and Google and enterprise identity providers such as SAML 2.0, and OpenID Connect. Amazon Cognito offers white-labelling capabilities, which allow enterprises to personalize the interface using custom colours, logos and themes to establish brand identity with clients. It offers a host of features such as adaptive authentication, role-based permissions, user pool, secure access, credentials management and more. Additionally, it supports compliance with HIPAA, SOC, ISO/IEC, PCI DSS and other regulatory standards. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 5 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 5 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 3.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Amazon Web Services - **Location**: Seattle, US - **Founded**: 2006 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: USD 0.02 - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Pricing is based on number of sync operations. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Access Management - Application Access Control - Authentication - Compliance Management - Credential Management - Data Synchronization - HIPAA Compliant - Multi-Factor Authentication - Multiple User Accounts - PCI Compliance - Password Management - Role-Based Permissions - Two-Factor Authentication - User Management ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [Single Sign On Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4347/single-sign-on/software) ## Related Categories - [Single Sign On Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4347/single-sign-on/software) - [Authentication Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4311/authentication/software) - [Privileged Access Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4241/privileged-access-management/software) - [Access Governance Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4665/access-governance/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Multiple applications needs to login, PHP applications, mobile and SPA applications. ----- ### "Cognito Review" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *16 July 2023* | Outsourcing/Offshoring | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: User-friendly and is very easy for beginners to navigate through. I like how there's also a lot of options to search for a profile to review their ID and figure out if there's a misalignment that needs to be fixed. > > **Cons**: With how I've been using it for, I can't think of anything else as it's cons aside from not being able to search for users when there is an extra space in front and end of the info you are trying to query. ----- ### "Great features for the most competitive MAU price" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *15 May 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: If you evaluate Cognito against other identity management solutions in the industry for the price point and the features provided, Cognito is a winner for normal run of the mill authentication and authorization needs of you web and mobile apps. It has one of the lowest costs per monthly active users and the feature set is fairly good. > > **Cons**: The features lack when compared to an Okta or similar commercial offerings. This includes non availability of IdP initiated SAML, multi valued attributes, SAML encryption etc. However, this is understandable as the price point is much lower. ----- ### "Un gestionnaire d'identité facile à prendre en main mais peu customisable" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *8 December 2023* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Rapide à intégrer, il s'interface facilement à un Amazon API Gateway. Il offre une gestion des utilisateurs et des accès simples, configurable via Terraform et implémente la plupart des flow d'authentification OAUTH 2 connu. > > **Cons**: Difficilement configurable dans des scénarios plus complexes (silent mode inexistant, invalidation des refresh tokens au moment du rafraîchissement non implémenté...). Relativement cher lorsqu'on veut l'utiliser avec la fédération d'identité. ----- ### "Critical and very powerful" — 5.0/5 > **Irina** | *6 March 2023* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It’s solid and reliable with vast functionality > > **Cons**: The Amazon interface hasn’t always been the best but they are number one for a reason ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/395552/amazon-cognito) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data