Ory vs Amazon Cognito
Learn how Ory 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.
Feature Comparison
Ory has significantly broader feature support than Amazon Cognito, with 39 supported features versus 27. Ory fully covers authentication and extensibility, and both tools fully cover machine to machine (m2m) authentication and branding.
Session lifetime can be configured (e.g., 30 days / 720h) via the Ory Console, allowing longer inactivity timeouts for user sessions
Ory provides self‑service session management APIs to list and revoke sessions, giving users and admins control over active sessions.
The account experience supports multiple languages (English, Spanish, German, French, etc.) and selects the language via the Accept‑Language header
| Ory | Amazon Cognito | |
|---|---|---|
Session lifetime can be configured (e.g., 30 days / 720h) via the Ory Console, allowing longer inactivity timeouts for user sessions | ||
Ory provides self‑service session management APIs to list and revoke sessions, giving users and admins control over active sessions. | ||
The account experience supports multiple languages (English, Spanish, German, French, etc.) and selects the language via the Accept‑Language header |
Compliance Comparison
Amazon Cognito offers significantly broader coverage than Ory, supporting 12 certifications and regulatory frameworks compared to 3 for Ory.
CCPACompliant
CSA STARCertified
FedRAMPCompliant
FIPS 140-2Certified
GDPRCompliant
HIPAACompliant
ISO 27001Certified
ISO 27017Certified
ISO 27018Certified
PCI DSSCompliant
SOC2Compliant
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