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Amazon Cognito vs. Ping Identity

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

MetricAmazon Cognito

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Ping Identity

by Ping Identity

Overall rating4.14.4
Review count47173
Ease of use8.48.7
Ease of setup8.78.4
Quality of support7.88.4
Meets requirements8.89.0
NPS45.65217461.585366
Small Business50.0%8.1%
Mid-Market21.7%20.3%
Enterprise28.3%71.5%
Total page views2281,513
Total LLM citations88012,024

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

Ping Identity

The Ping Identity Platform is a comprehensive control plane that secures digital interactions across customers, workforce, partners, and AI agents. Trusted by a proven install base of the world’s largest enterprises, the platform guarantees high stability, resiliency, and uptime. It combines Core IdP Services with Universal Services to cover the entire identity lifecycle: Manage (lifecycle, relationship, and directory data), Access (SSO, MFA, passwordless, authorization, and JIT privileged access), Govern (access requests, reviews, and segregation of duties), Identify (verifiable credentials,

Pros

  • Customer Management
  • Ease of Use
  • Integrations
  • Sales
  • Tools
  • Team Collaboration