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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authentik

Unified authentication platform you control
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Amazon Cognito

Secure, scalable authentication for millions of users
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Feature Comparison

authentik offers broader feature coverage than Amazon Cognito, supporting 35 features compared to 27. authentik fully covers authentication and extensibility, and both tools fully cover machine to machine (m2m) authentication and branding.

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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.

ccpa iconCCPACompliant
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csa-star iconCSA STARCertified
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fedramp iconFedRAMPCompliant
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fips-140-2 iconFIPS 140-2Certified
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gdpr iconGDPRCompliant
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hipaa iconHIPAACompliant
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iso-27001 iconISO 27001Certified
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iso-27017 iconISO 27017Certified
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iso-27018 iconISO 27018Certified
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pci-dss iconPCI DSSCompliant
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soc2 iconSOC2Compliant
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vpat iconVPATCompliant
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