G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon Cognito vs. ID.me

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon Cognito

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

ID.me

by ID.Me

Overall rating4.14.6
Review count4756
Ease of use8.48.6
Ease of setup8.78.1
Quality of support7.89.1
Meets requirements8.88.8
NPS45.65217476.363636
Small Business50.0%33.3%
Mid-Market21.7%38.9%
Enterprise28.3%27.8%
Total page views228709
Total LLM citations8802,366

Amazon Cognito

Amazon Cognito is a developer-centric service that enables secure customer identity and access management (CIAM) for web and mobile applications. It allows developers to implement user sign-up, sign-in, and access control mechanisms swiftly, scaling to millions of users. Cognito supports authentication through social identity providers like Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon, as well as enterprise identity providers via SAML and OIDC.

Pros

  • Customization
  • Automation
  • Customization Options
  • Authentication
  • Security Protection
  • API Integration

ID.me

ID.me simplifies how individuals prove and share their identity online. The ID.me secure digital identity network has over 98 million users, as well as partnerships with 30 states, 10 federal agencies, and over 500 name-brand retailers. The company provides identity proofing, authentication and community verification for organizations across sectors. The company's technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 conformant credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative.

Pros