Item: IBM Cloud App ID
Rating: 10
Author: Carlos Bittrich

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using it as part of apps that we develop for customers. Is used to validate access of end-users to different apps and get access to specific microservices.

Pros and Cons

Easy management of user authentication
Protection of backend resources
Profiling of users to specific roles
Storage of user personal information

Easy the location of user profiles by username without going the UUID.
Improve the sample "password management" program

Return on Investment

Reduce development time
Improve management of user access
Reduce risk of identity threads

Alternatives Considered

Flutter, by Google and Google Authenticator

Most of our services are in IBM Cloud. IBM APP ID offers a streamline integration to most of them.

Other Software Used

IBM Cloud Foundry, IBM Cloud Functions, IBM Cloud Object Storage, IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data

Likelihood to Recommend

Password management instead of creating an own system or process.
Password enforcement policies
Protecting backend microservices

Experience of using IBM Cloud App from a mobile app

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloud App ID