Amazon Cognito vs. WorkOS
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Amazon Cognito | WorkOS |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| Review count | 47 | 38 |
| Ease of use | 8.4 | 9.1 |
| Ease of setup | 8.7 | 9.1 |
| Quality of support | 7.8 | 9.0 |
| Meets requirements | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| NPS | 45.652174 | 60.526316 |
| Small Business | 50.0% | 63.9% |
| Mid-Market | 21.7% | 36.1% |
| Enterprise | 28.3% | 0.0% |
| Total page views | 228 | 482 |
| Total LLM citations | 880 | 15,412 |
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.
- Customization
- Automation
- Customization Options
- Authentication
- Security Protection
- API Integration
WorkOS
WorkOS is a modern identity platform built for B2B SaaS. It provides easy-to-use APIs for authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning. It supports up to 1 million monthly active users for free. It's perfect for organizations frustrated with high costs, opaque pricing, and lack of enterprise capabilities supported by legacy auth vendors.