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Provides efficient custom onboarding and multi-factor authentication features
Pros and Cons
  • "They offer a permission tool to help us manage multi-factor authentication."
  • "Amazon Cognito’s UI needs improvement while onboarding new users."

What is our primary use case?

From an architectural perspective, we use Amazon Cognito for mobile application’s custom onboarding and SDKs to authenticate the users through the gateway.

What is most valuable?

The product is valuable for saving time and provides the convenience of not building user management and authentication systems from scratch. They offer a permission tool to help us manage multi-factor authentication.

What needs improvement?

Amazon Cognito’s UI needs improvement while onboarding new users. We have to select multiple parameters that require research. This process could be simplified.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the product’s stability an eight out of ten.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have developed the product for more than 10,000 end users.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup requires working on many features. It would be better to provide a standard template for an easier process. There could be an option to create templates as per requirement.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is relatively inexpensive compared to other tools. The scalability, usage, and computing are affordable. I recommend it from a cost point of view.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend Amazon Cognito to others and rate it a nine out of ten.

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Chief Information Technology Officer at Vettica
Real User
Top 10
Data synchronization solution used to integrate with financial services and external partners that is easy to setup
Pros and Cons
  • "This is a scalable solution. If our app or general usage increases, this solution can support it."
  • "In a future release, we would like to have different methods to validate the characteristic of a user. For example, we would like to use biometric data to analyze the behavior of users."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution in integrate with different partners and financial services. It is a good solution but we need more training help us to discover and explore all of its features. 

We have 500 users making use of it. 

What needs improvement?

The cost of this solution is high when used by many people in an organization. In a future release, we would like to have different methods to validate the characteristic of a user. For example, we would like to use biometric data to analyze the behavior of users.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for three months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. If our app or general usage increases, this solution can support it. My main concern with this kind of scaling is that the cost increases significantly on a monthly basis. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. It is easy review the documentation and complete the implementation. We needed three engineers for this setup.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We pay $600 monthly per user for licences and there are no other additional costs. 

What other advice do I have?

My advice to others would be to review the business model and the cost, and understand the different products in the lifecycle of transactions end to end. This will assist in calculating the cost of the platform over time. It's very important to understand the business model, the different tools that can be used and to analyze the transactions end to end.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. The main reason for this rating is that I am not familiar with all of its components and features. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Distinguished Engineer & Senior Technical Architect at Pitney Bowes
Real User
Data synchronization solution with competitive pricing and good premium support
Pros and Cons
  • "The federation is one of the most efficient features as the pricing is competitive."
  • "The ease and simplicity of integration could be improved when using this solution. When using Okta, scope is a single endpoint with a parameter as a scope. In the Cognito for each scope, there is a separate endpoint."

What is our primary use case?

We use AWS Cognito for authentication and authorization of our system. We use Cognito alongside Okta. Because of the high cost of Okta, we have a hybrid model of both solutions. 

What is most valuable?

The federation is one of the most efficient features as the pricing is competitive.

What needs improvement?

The ease and simplicity of integration could be improved when using this solution. When using Okta, scope is a single endpoint with a parameter as a scope. In the Cognito for each scope, there is a separate endpoint.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. 

How are customer service and support?

We are premium customers of AWS, so we get support in a very efficient way.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing of this solution is good compared to other solutions on the market. 

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend Cognito for users who are already AWS customers. Cognito will provide inbuilt authentication on operation for those services and capabilities in a cost-efficient manner.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

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Snr. Developer at Mama Money Pty
Real User
Top 10
The multi-factor authentication setup needs to be improved
Pros and Cons
  • "The multi-factor authentication setup has room for improvement."
  • "You need to evaluate the export users. The multifactor authentication, much less this room for improving the configuration setup of that."

What is our primary use case?

We use it as a dedicated solution. We use it to authenticate our web applications.

What is most valuable?

Setting up groups is easy, as well as assigning users to groups. 

What needs improvement?

You need to evaluate the export users. The multi-factor authentication setup has room for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon Cognito for three years. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is not straightforward.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the overall solution a four out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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