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Amazon Cognito
If you're already using AWS, there's no reason why you should implement your own password authentication or OAuth flows when you can use Cognito instead. It solves that work for you astoundingly well. You might be tempted by a tool like Okta for OAuth flows, but unless you already have a hard dependency on it then you should go with Cognito instead. It's much lighter weight, and it's much more pleasant to extend it with lambdas.
If you don't have any AWS in your stack, or it's very very important to you to stay platform-independent for your login flows, then those are reasons to avoid Cognito.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesCyberArk Privileged Account Security
The system is great for enterprise or larger IT departments or teams where temporary or full access may be given using privileged IDs. Requirements for needing local admin access is also eliminated which can help with specific Windows workstation related tasks. It can be very useful when working with remote teams or contractors who may need temporary access to a system when required.
VP of IT & Innovation
Momentum Credit Union LtdBanking, 11-50 employees
Pros
Amazon Cognito
- Amazon Cognito allows you to build multi-factor authentication with a few clicks.
- Cognito supports sign-in with social identity providers like Facebook and Google.
- It is easy to manage Cognito users through the Console.
- It is easy to customize sign-up and sign-in workflows by integrating with AWS Lambda.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Research Company, 11-50 employeesCyberArk Privileged Account Security
- Automatically discover new servers on the network and take control of the local admin password by vaulting it and ensuring nobody knows the password. A different password on every server.
- Automatically roll the password in a configurable manner - after each use, after a certain period of time, etc.
- Track and govern sensitive account usage by ensuring only properly authorized users can access the vault and obtain the credentials and then monitor usage.

Verified User
Program Manager in Information Technology
Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employeesCons
Amazon Cognito
- As such I do not find any major things as cons. However they can improve the documentation.
- Sometimes additional customisation increases complexity. Most of those advanced features are not used frequently.
Senior Solutions Architect
InfostretchInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
CyberArk Privileged Account Security
- GUI - right now everything is on one page/dashboard. Some level of folder/Safe type view would be great
- More options when storing passwords - especially for network based passwords
- Better integrations with vendors like Cisco so that admins dont need to really get the password from the vault (think Last Pass type add on)

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Construction Company, 1001-5000 employeesUsability
Amazon Cognito
Amazon Cognito 8.0
Based on 2 answers
All the features AWS Cognito offers gives the user the options they need without making it too complicated. Your customers will be happy. On the administration site usability is also great. After a small learning curve, you can setup Cognito for your usage

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Professional in Information Technology
Fund-Raising Company, 1001-5000 employeesCyberArk Privileged Account Security
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Support Rating
Amazon Cognito
Amazon Cognito 7.3
Based on 3 answers
AWS Support overall is poor. Your main resources are trainings and the docs, and the docs can be very confusing. Using Cognito well involves having a developer learn it deeply and help support your team in understanding it. That said, Cognito's competitors also have dismal support and even worse documentation, so while this isn't a strength for Cognito it may still be the frontrunner here.

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Employee in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesCyberArk Privileged Account Security
CyberArk Privileged Account Security 8.5
Based on 7 answers
Customer support and technical support have always been great when we require assistance. Especially when we come across issues that we're not familiar with.
Security System Administrator
HealthCare PartnersHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees
Alternatives Considered
Amazon Cognito

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 5001-10,000 employeesCyberArk Privileged Account Security
It is known as one of the safest products in the market. It has good support and is also available as on-premise. You can run it virtually on VMWare (and probably on other hypervisors as well). You can have a second instance on bare metal and that makes it a very safe system.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Entertainment Company, 201-500 employeesReturn on Investment
Amazon Cognito
- Amazon Cognito has had a positive impact on our business by allowing us to develop services that require user sign-up and sign-in more rapidly. Not only do we not need to build or maintain these features, but Cognito's implementation is also better than what we would be justified in building ourselves.
- Amazon Cognito makes user management easy. This reduces the time we have to spend supporting users. Non-technical product managers can even use the AWS Console to manage users without requiring support from developers.
- Amazon Cognito is likely more secure than what would be built in-house; a portion of our attack surface is now managed by Amazon.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Research Company, 11-50 employeesCyberArk Privileged Account Security
- Decreased the probability of an external cyber attack to privileged accounts..
- Management can control privileged account life cycle management more effectively
- Recording privileged sessions allows our organization to play back exactly the point of a breach or malicious behavior
- Automated system to manage and verify passwords, as privileged accounts are constantly created and deleted
- Automatic PWD change functionality will substantially decrease probability of PWD theft or misuse.
Senior Consultant
InfosysInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Pricing Details
Amazon Cognito
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Amazon Cognito Editions & Modules
Edition
Starting Price | $0.011 |
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- Per MAU
Additional Pricing Details
—CyberArk Privileged Account Security
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
CyberArk Privileged Account Security Editions & Modules
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