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AWS Cognito

A managed cloud service for authenticating users and machines at scale across applications

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Available worldwide

What is AWS Cognito?

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.

Independently observed

AWS Cognito pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $0.02/MAUUsage-basedFree tier

Free tier with 10,000 MAU/month. Usage-based pricing from $0.015–$0.020 per MAU

Lite

Free
Free

Basic user registration, authentication, and management with social and SAML/OIDC federation

mau
10000/month
  • User registration
  • Password-based authentication
  • Social identity federation
  • SAML/OIDC provider support

Essentials

Free
Free

Comprehensive authentication with Managed Login and passwordless options via passkeys, email, or SMS

mau
10000/month
  • All Lite features
  • Managed Login interface
  • Passwordless authentication
  • Passkeys support
  • Email/SMS OTP

Plus

$0.020 per MAU

Advanced security tier with threat detection, risk-based adaptive authentication, and compromised credential detection

  • All Essentials features
  • Risk-based adaptive authentication
  • Compromised credentials detection
  • Authentication event export

Add-ons

  • Multi-Region Replication$0.00 per MAU

What AWS Cognito does

The capabilities that matter for auth & identity software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Deployment
Hosting
Cloud only
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
Access
RBAC
✓
Licensing
Self-hostable OSS core
✗
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • iOS
  • Web
  • Android
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (12)

Independently observed
  • Apple
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Amazon
  • SAML
  • OIDC
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS Amplify
  • AWS AppSync
  • AWS Verified Permissions
  • AWS CloudTrail→•
  • AWS CloudWatch→•

Security & compliance

Independently observed
  • HIPAA · Eligibleactive
  • PCI DSSactive
  • SOC 2active
  • ISO/IEC 27001active
  • ISO/IEC 27017active
  • ISO/IEC 27018active
  • ISO 9001active

AWS Cognito FAQ

Common questions about AWS Cognito, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is AWS Cognito?

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

Is AWS Cognito free?

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/

What platforms does AWS Cognito support?

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

Can AWS Cognito be self-hosted?

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

What does AWS Cognito integrate with?

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

What security certifications does AWS Cognito have?

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

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Balanced composite 81 / 100
medium · 73%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Security posture1000.2120.9✓
Pricing transparency1000.055.2✓
Reliability500.094.7✓
Capabilities920.054.7✓
Price level800.043.4✓
Integrations270.051.4✓

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Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq6 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesMfa: Yes · Oidc: Yes · Rbac: Yes · Hosting: cloud · Saml sso: Yes · Hosted ui: bothmediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count8mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityPrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 50%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%
Modelfreemiummediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%
Starting priceAmount: 0.02 · Currency: USDmediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
PciYeshighsource · 2026-10-13 · 75%
FedrampYeshighsource · 2026-08-14 · 75%
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-08-14 · 75%
HipaaYeshighsource · 2026-10-13 · 75%
CertificationsHIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018 +1 moremediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%
Iso27001Yeshighsource · 2026-10-13 · 75%
Soc2Yeshighsource · 2026-10-13 · 75%
Trust centerhttps://aws.amazon.com/compliance/mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%
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