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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 ID

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Entra ID (formerly Microsoft Azure Active Directory or Azure AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solution supporting restricted access to applications with Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) built-in, single sign-on (SSO), B2B collaboration controls, self-service password, and integration with Microsoft productivity and cloud storage (Office 365, OneDrive, etc) as well as 3rd party services.

    $6

    per user/per month

    Pricing
    AWS Identity & Access ManagementMicrosoft Entra ID
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Premium P1
    $6.00
    per user/per month
    Premium P2
    $9.00
    per user/per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AWS Identity & Access ManagementMicrosoft Entra ID
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AWS Identity & Access ManagementMicrosoft Entra ID
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose AWS Identity & Access Management
    While we do not use Microsoft Azure for our servers and other customer-facing services. If we did, we would have to use Microsoft Azure Active Directory to manage access to services appropriately. It's difficult to quantify the differences between the services as they are truly …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    I use some part of AWS IM also, but not purely Microsoft brand. I use AWS for a very short period of time.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    In our particular scenario, we chose [Microsoft] Azure Active Directory because it has integration with tools and applications we use on a day to day basis, such as inTune, Autopilot, Office 365, Exchange Online, Dynamics 365, just to named a few.
    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 ID
    Identity Management
    Comparison of Identity Management features of AWS Identity & Access Management and Microsoft Entra ID
    Feature
    AWS Identity & Access Management
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    Microsoft Entra ID
    8.6
    94 Ratings
    ID-Management Access Control9.01 Ratings8.992 Ratings
    Account Provisioning and De-provisioning7.01 Ratings8.988 Ratings
    ID Management Workflow Automation2.01 Ratings7.569 Ratings
    ID Risk Management7.01 Ratings8.171 Ratings
    ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)00 Ratings9.192 Ratings
    Multi-Factor Authentication00 Ratings9.393 Ratings
    Password Management00 Ratings8.889 Ratings
    User Ratings
    AWS Identity & Access ManagementMicrosoft Entra ID
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (121 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (21 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)