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AWS Identity & Access Management vs. Microsoft Entra External ID

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS Identity & Access Management

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) enables users to manage access to AWS services and resources securely. Using IAM, users can create and manage AWS users and groups, and use permissions to allow and deny their access to AWS resources.N/A

    Microsoft Entra External ID

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Entra External ID (formerly Azure Active Directory B2C, or alternately, Azure Active Directory External Identities) provides business-to-customer identity as a service. Customers can use their preferred social, enterprise, or local account identities to get single sign-on access to applications and APIs.

    $0

    per month per active users

    Pricing
    AWS Identity & Access ManagementMicrosoft Entra External ID
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Premium P1 (for More than 50,000 MAU)
    $0.00325
    per month per active users
    Premium P2 (for More than 50,000 MAU)
    $0.01625
    per month per active users
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AWS Identity & Access ManagementMicrosoft Entra External ID
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—A flat fee of $0.03 is billed for each SMS/Phone-based multi-factor authentication attempt.
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    AWS Identity & Access ManagementMicrosoft Entra External ID
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
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    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Entra External ID
    The best selling points for Azure Active Directory B2C that stand out from the competition are:
    • Pricing, both at small and very large scale (and in between), is hard to beat
    • The seamless integration with Azure should make Azure Active Directory B2C the first choice of CIAM …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AWS Identity & Access ManagementMicrosoft Entra External ID
    Identity Management
    Comparison of Identity Management features of AWS Identity & Access Management and Microsoft Entra External ID
    Feature
    AWS Identity & Access Management
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    Microsoft Entra External ID
    -
    Ratings
    ID-Management Access Control9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account Provisioning and De-provisioning7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Management Workflow Automation2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Risk Management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    AWS Identity & Access ManagementMicrosoft Entra External ID
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)