IBM Cloud App ID - The easy way to add authentication
March 23, 2022
IBM Cloud App ID - The easy way to add authentication

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloud App ID
We use IBM Cloud App ID as authentication system for a demo product, where we want to show how easy it is to integrate with external authentication systems. Cloud App ID acts as a OIDC compliant Security Provider and provides the user Administration for free. So there is no need of programming the user related functionality, like self-registering or forgot password.
Pros
- Easy to use
- Good to understand / good documentation
- Easy integration with npm module
Cons
- Not many OIDC flows are supported
- Permission Settings for Administration of the IAM secured service is hard to understand
- The URL of the discoveryEndpoint is not easy to find
- Free tier to start and develop
- Easy to use
- Gets costly with growing userbase (price model is also not very transparent)
We also integrated some parts of our solution with Keycloak, Red Hat Single Sign-On and Auth0.
Do you think IBM Cloud App ID delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with IBM Cloud App ID's feature set?
Yes
Did IBM Cloud App ID live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of IBM Cloud App ID go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy IBM Cloud App ID again?
Yes
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