Amazon Cognito vs Keycloak
Learn how Amazon Cognito and Keycloak 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.
Amazon Cognito
Keycloak
Feature Comparison
Both tools offer comparable feature coverage, with Keycloak supporting 30 features and Amazon Cognito supporting 27. Consider your specific needs regarding authentication, enterprise auth, security, user management and extensibility when making your decision. Keycloak fully covers authentication and user management, and both tools fully cover machine to machine (m2m) authentication and branding.
Session idle and max lifespans and offline sessions can be adjusted to keep sessions alive for longer periods
Admins can view and revoke user and client sessions, sign out all sessions, and configure session lifespans in the admin console
The UI is internationalized. Administrators can enable multiple languages and users can choose their language at login or in the account/admin consoles
| Amazon Cognito | Keycloak | |
|---|---|---|
Session idle and max lifespans and offline sessions can be adjusted to keep sessions alive for longer periods | ||
Admins can view and revoke user and client sessions, sign out all sessions, and configure session lifespans in the admin console | ||
The UI is internationalized. Administrators can enable multiple languages and users can choose their language at login or in the account/admin consoles |
Compliance Comparison
Amazon Cognito offers significantly broader coverage than Keycloak, supporting 12 certifications and regulatory frameworks compared to 0 for Keycloak. Since Keycloak is open source and does not include compliance certifications, you’ll need to manage compliance yourself.
CCPACompliant
CSA STARCertified
FedRAMP
FIPS 140-2
GDPR
HIPAA
ISO 27001
ISO 27017
ISO 27018
PCI DSS
SOC2
VPAT
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