Amazon Cognito AlternativesIdentity Management Tools and other similar apps like Amazon Cognito

Amazon Cognito is described as 'Lets you add user sign-up/sign-in and access control to your web and mobile apps quickly and easily. Cognito scales to millions of users, and supports sign-in with social identity providers such as FB, Google, and Amazon, and SAML 2.0' and is a identity management tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Amazon Cognito for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Self-Hosted, Mac and Windows apps. The best Amazon Cognito alternative is Keycloak, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Amazon Cognito are ZITADEL , authentik, AuthKit and Hanko.

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  1. Keycloak icon
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    Open Source Identity and Access Management for modern Applications and Services.

    87 Keycloak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
    • Keycloak is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Amazon Cognito.

    • Keycloak is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Amazon Cognito.

    • Keycloak is Free and Open SourceAmazon Cognito is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. ZITADEL  icon
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    Secure authentication management for your application. Customize as you grow, with easy APIs and programmable workflows. Focus on growing, your login is in good hands.

    28 ZITADEL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • ZITADEL is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Amazon Cognito.

    • ZITADEL is Freemium and Open SourceAmazon Cognito is Freemium and Proprietary
    • ZITADEL is Privacy focusedAmazon Cognito is not according to our users
  3. authentik icon
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    authentik is an open-source identity provider focused on flexibility and versatility.

    42 authentik alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
    • Docker
     
    • authentik is the most popular Mac alternative to Amazon Cognito.

    • authentik is Freemium and Open SourceAmazon Cognito is Freemium and Proprietary
    • authentik is Privacy focusedAmazon Cognito is not according to our users
  4. AuthKit icon
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    AuthKit is a Radix-powered open source authentication UI built for effortless customizations. User Management is the backend platform handling email verification, account linking, bot blocking, organization modeling, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Hanko icon
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    Hanko is a modern open source Authentication & User Management system – built and hosted in the EU. Alternative to Clerk, Auth0, Stytch, Descope.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Stack Auth icon
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    Stack is an open-source, self-hostable, and highly customizable authentication and user management system.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7. Kanidm icon
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    Kanidm is an identity management server, acting as an authority on account information, authentication and authorisation within a technical environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Auth0 icon
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    You can connect any application (written in any language or on any stack) to Auth0 and define its Connection, the method used to authenticate the users of that application:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Rauthy icon
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    Rauthy is a lightweight and easy to use Identity Provider supporting OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0 and PAM. It aims to be simple to both set up and operate, with very secure defaults and lots of config options, if you need the flexibility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Better Auth is a framework-agnostic authentication and authorization framework for TypeScript. It provides a comprehensive set of features out of the box and includes a plugin ecosystem that simplifies adding advanced functionalities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) is a comprehensive identity and access management cloud solution that provides a robust set of capabilities to manage users and groups.

    31 Microsoft Entra ID alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Clerk is more than a "sign-in box." Integrate complete user management UIs and APIs, purpose-built for React, Next.js, and the Modern Web.

    62 Clerk Authentication alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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