# AWS Cognito vs TrueCaaS

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** AWS Cognito

| Attribute | AWS Cognito | TrueCaaS |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 80.6 (73% (medium)) | 53.5 (18% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"AWS Cognito provides secure, scalable user authentication and access management that enables applications to support user sign-up, sign-in, and multi-factor authentication. It offers both a pre-built login interface and APIs for custom implementations, supports passwordless authentication via passkeys and SMS/email OTP, and federates with social and enterprise identity providers. It is indexed under Auth & Identity Software.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"What is AWS Cognito?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"AWS Cognito offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Lite, Essentials and Plus. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/cognito/","question":"Is AWS Cognito free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"AWS Cognito supports the web, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"What platforms does AWS Cognito support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for AWS Cognito, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"Can AWS Cognito be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 10 integrations for AWS Cognito, including Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon, SAML, OIDC, AWS Lambda and AWS Amplify, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"What does AWS Cognito integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for AWS Cognito. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as AWS Cognito not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc","question":"What security certifications does AWS Cognito have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"TrueCaaS is a multi-tenant identity and authorization control plane for SaaS applications, enterprise applications, APIs, and AI agents. It provides authentication, enterprise federation, application-level roles and privileges, runtime authorization and entitlement decisions, machine and agent identities, governance, and audit trails through a centralized platform. It is indexed under Auth & Identity Software.","source":"https://www.truecaas.io","question":"What is TrueCaaS?","confidence":0.75},{"answer":"TrueCaaS is a paid product; published pricing starts at $29 per month. It is sold across 6 plans (Developer, Starter, Growth and Scale). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.truecaas.io/pricing","question":"How much does TrueCaaS cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to TrueCaaS. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.truecaas.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does TrueCaaS support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. TrueCaaS can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.truecaas.io/pricing","question":"Can TrueCaaS be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 5 integrations for TrueCaaS, including Active Directory, LDAP, SAML, OIDC and Webhooks. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.truecaas.io/pricing","question":"What does TrueCaaS integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for TrueCaaS. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as TrueCaaS not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.truecaas.io/security","question":"What security certifications does TrueCaaS have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"TrueCaaS is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.truecaas.io/pricing","question":"Where is TrueCaaS available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Manages authentication and access control through identity federation, social provider integration, passwordless authentication methods, and multi-factor authentication capabilities. Supports both hosted login interfaces and API-driven custom implementations. | TrueCaaS is a multi-tenant identity and authorization control plane for SaaS applications, enterprise applications, APIs, and AI agents. It provides authentication, enterprise federation, application-level roles and privileges, runtime authorization and entitlement decisions, machine and agent identities, governance, and audit trails through a centralized platform.

TrueCaaS complements existing identity providers such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and enterprise directories rather than requiring organizations to replace them. Applications can authenticate users through TrueCaaS and make real-time authorization decisions based on the tenant, application, identity, requested action, privileges, and surrounding context.

Built around a Tenant → Environment → Application architecture, TrueCaaS is designed for organizations building multi-tenant SaaS platforms, customer and partner applications, enterprise applications, APIs, and agentic systems that need consistent identity and authorization without rebuilding those capabilities inside every application. |
| features.capabilities | `{"mfa":true,"oidc":true,"rbac":true,"hosting":"cloud","saml_sso":true,"hosted_ui":"both","open_source":false,"passwordless":true,"social_login":true,"b2b_multi_tenant":true,"passkeys_webauthn":true}` | `{"mfa":true,"oidc":true,"rbac":true,"hosting":"both","saml_sso":true,"hosted_ui":"hosted","passwordless":true,"b2b_multi_tenant":true,"passkeys_webauthn":true}` |
| integrations.count | 8 | 5 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Apple"},{"name":"Facebook"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"Amazon"},{"name":"SAML"},{"name":"OIDC"},{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"AWS Amplify"},{"name":"AWS AppSync"},{"name":"AWS Verified Permissions"},{"name":"AWS CloudTrail","native":true,"direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch","native":true,"direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Active Directory","native":true,"category":"federation","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"LDAP","native":true,"category":"federation","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"SAML","native":true,"category":"federation","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"OIDC","native":true,"category":"federation","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Webhooks","native":true,"direction":"outbound"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| media.logo | - | https://www.truecaas.io/_next/image?url=%2Ftruecaas-logo-tb.png&w=1920&q=75 |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Lite","summary":"$0.015 per MAU above free tier","features":["User registration","Password-based authentication","Social identity federation","SAML/OIDC provider support"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"MAU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.015,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Basic user registration, authentication, and management with social and SAML/OIDC federation","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"mau":"10000/month"}},{"free":true,"name":"Essentials","summary":"$0.015 per MAU above free tier","features":["All Lite features","Managed Login interface","Passwordless authentication","Passkeys support","Email/SMS OTP"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"MAU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.015,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Comprehensive authentication with Managed Login and passwordless options via passkeys, email, or SMS","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"mau":"10000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Plus","summary":"$0.020 per MAU","features":["All Essentials features","Risk-based adaptive authentication","Compromised credentials detection","Authentication event export"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"MAU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.02,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Advanced security tier with threat detection, risk-based adaptive authentication, and compromised credential detection","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Multi-Region Replication","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"MAU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0045,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier with 10,000 MAU/month. Usage-based pricing from $0.015–$0.020 per MAU","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/cognito/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T10:34:04.240Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"MAU","amount":0.02,"currency":"USD"}}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Developer","summary":"$29/month","features":["Hosted login + redirect flow","Passkeys + MFA","Starter RBAC for one app"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For developers validating TrueCaaS in a real tenant app before production rollout","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"audit_logs":"7 days","support_tickets":"2/month","included_end_users":"1","mfa_requests_per_minute":"30","oidc_requests_per_minute":"120","source_ip_requests_per_minute":"3600"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$99/month","features":["Hosted login","OIDC / OAuth2","Passkeys","TOTP MFA","Email MFA","RBAC","REST API","Webhooks"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Start fast with hosted login, MFA, and app RBAC for your first production customer app","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"audit_logs":"30 days","support_tickets":"10/month","included_end_users":"3000","mfa_requests_per_minute":"180","oidc_requests_per_minute":"300","mcp_access_checks_per_min":"60"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","summary":"$349/month (Most popular)","features":["Hosted login","OIDC / OAuth2","Passkeys","TOTP MFA","Email MFA","SMS MFA","RBAC","REST API","Webhooks","MCP API","IRP API","Managed tenants","Audit export","Custom domain","Priority support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":349,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For production products with real growth and automation needs","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"audit_logs":"30 days","support_tickets":"10/month","included_end_users":"9000","mfa_requests_per_minute":"180","oidc_requests_per_minute":"300","mcp_access_checks_per_min":"360","oidc_client_requests_per_minute":"10000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","summary":"$899/month","features":["Hosted login","OIDC / OAuth2","Passkeys","TOTP MFA","Email MFA","SMS MFA","RBAC","REST API","Webhooks","MCP API","IRP API","Managed tenants","Audit export","Custom domain","Priority support","BYOK Enabled","Display Logo","Feature Tracking","Governed Actions","Migration Supported"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":899,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For public-facing platforms with large user populations","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"audit_logs":"90 days","support_tickets":"25/month","included_end_users":"9000","mfa_requests_per_minute":"600","oidc_requests_per_minute":"900","mcp_access_checks_per_min":"360","source_ip_requests_per_minute":"3600","oidc_client_requests_per_minute":"10000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth Yearly","summary":"$3,560/year","commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":3560,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Scale Yearly","summary":"$9,170/year","commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":9170,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $29/month. SaaS, Licensed, and Managed deployment models available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.truecaas.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-06T14:17:12.316Z","startingPrice":{"amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.02,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":29,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"HIPAA","level":"Eligible","status":"active"},{"name":"PCI DSS","status":"active"},{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27017","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27018","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 9001","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/ | https://www.truecaas.io/security |

## Capabilities (Auth & Identity Software)

| Capability | AWS Cognito | TrueCaaS |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Methods** |  |  |
| Social login | ✓ | - |
| Passwordless | ✓ | ✓ |
| Passkeys / WebAuthn | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-factor auth | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Enterprise** |  |  |
| SAML SSO | ✓ | ✓ |
| SCIM provisioning | - | - |
| B2B / multi-tenancy | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenID Connect provider | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Hosted UI | Both | Hosted |
| **Access** |  |  |
| RBAC | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Self-hostable OSS core | ✗ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-20T16:34:08.871Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*