authentik vs Amazon Cognito
Learn how authentik and Amazon Cognito differ in their key features like authentication, enterprise auth, security, user management and compliance, so you can decide which of these authentication providers is best for you.
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Feature Comparison
authentik offers broader feature coverage than Amazon Cognito, supporting 41 features compared to 32. authentik fully covers authentication and extensibility, and both tools fully cover machine to machine (m2m) authentication and branding.
Manage users page shows a Session tab where active sessions can be listed and revoked
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Manage users page shows a Session tab where active sessions can be listed and revoked | ||
Compliance Comparison
Amazon Cognito offers significantly broader coverage than authentik, supporting 12 certifications and regulatory frameworks compared to 0 for authentik. Since authentik is open source and does not include compliance certifications, you’ll need to manage compliance yourself.
