RP
Richard P.
Practice Lead - Big Data and Cloud
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Cognito"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Cognito?

Simplicity in having one place to authenticate and authorize application users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Cognito?

Would be great to have boto3 connectivity for Python. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
AI
Verified User in Internet
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"cognito "
2.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Cognito?

handles all the login stuff based on all the standards and is serverless! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Cognito?

the login screen is not costomizable enough, using the sdk to do custom login screens does not give you the option to definse scopes when authenticating, the documentaion is lacking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great service but incomplete"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Cognito?

Managed authentication service with user management controls & access control to AWS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Cognito?

1. Documentation

2. Feels incomplete service with no token management

3. no multi-region user pools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Business Supplies and Equipment
AB
Verified User in Business Supplies and Equipment
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"It's great for simple authentication "
3.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Cognito?

If you need simple authentication it's great. Makes life easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Cognito?

If you need more complex setup or are integrating user password reset and other user management it's a pain. Especially when on a api only saas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
EH
Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Has potential but not prime time ready"
3/5
What do you like best about Amazon Cognito?

Simplifies user/identity management and gives additional capabilities such as social logins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Cognito?

Have had performance problems related to response time

Currently there is no backup/restore capability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Verified User in Financial Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Authentication made easy for your app "
3.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Cognito?

On our trials it was fairly simple to setup user authentication to a sample site including 2FA with SMS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Cognito?

Have not used it in detail to give an opinion Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Really awesome using Amplify!"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Cognito?

How easy it is to start using it. The CLI is awesome! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Cognito?

The docs were a little hard to get around Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Airlines/Aviation
CA
Verified User in Airlines/Aviation
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"The best IAM for apps"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Cognito?

This is really the best solution to agregate Idemtity provider and use them all in the same way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Cognito?

Hard to take in hand but once done really nice to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
UI
Verified User in Internet
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great product"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Cognito?

Easy to integrate with and configure. Very conviniet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Cognito?

I don't have anything that I dislike about this product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail
AR
Verified User in Retail
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"nice to have a service that handles Auth"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Cognito?

Really nice that the service is well integrated with the other products Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Cognito?

Role/group handling with SSO and adfs is poor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.