--- title: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Reviews meta\_title: 'AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 165 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 165 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Identity Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/identity-management --- # AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) but has limited features. Are you part of the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a web service that enables you to securely control access to AWS services and resources. It allows you to manage permissions, ensuring that only authenticated and authorized users can access specific resources. IAM provides the infrastructure necessary to control authentication and authorization for your AWS accounts. Key Features and Functionality: - Centralized Access Control: Manage all users and their permissions from a single place, allowing for streamlined administration of access rights. - Granular Permissions: Define precise permissions for users, specifying which actions they can perform on which resources, facilitating the principle of least privilege. - Identity Federation: Allow users who already have passwords elsewhere—for example, in your corporate network or with an internet identity provider—to access your AWS account. - Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Enhance security by requiring users to provide additional verification beyond just a password, such as a code from a configured device. - Temporary Security Credentials: Grant temporary security credentials for workloads that access your AWS resources using IAM, reducing the risk associated with long-term credentials. Primary Value and Problem Solved: IAM addresses the critical need for secure and efficient access management within AWS environments. By providing centralized control over user identities and permissions, IAM helps organizations enforce security policies, comply with regulatory requirements, and minimize the risk of unauthorized access. It enables the implementation of fine-grained access controls, ensuring that users and applications have only the permissions necessary to perform their tasks, thereby enhancing overall security posture. * * * Seller [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://www.g2.com/sellers/amazon-web-services-aws-3e93cc28-2e9b-4961-b258-c6ce0feec7dd) Discussions [AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Community](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-identity-and-access-management-iam/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Lokesha K Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Return on Investment 9 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-identity-and-access-management-iam/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Okta](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Okta") Okta 4.5/5(1,366) ](https://www.g2.com/products/okta/reviews) [ ![Microsoft Entra ID](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Microsoft Entra ID") Microsoft Entra ID 4.5/5(912) ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-entra-id/reviews) [ ![WSO2 Identity Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "WSO2 Identity Platform") WSO2 Identity Platform 4.5/5(110) ](https://www.g2.com/products/wso2-identity-platform/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-identity-and-access-management-iam/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 165 real user reviews. Implementation Time 1 month Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Integrations (23) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Agentforce Sales (formerly Salesforce Sales Cloud) ](https://www.g2.com/products/agentforce-sales-formerly-salesforce-sales-cloud/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Amazon CloudWatch ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-cloudwatch/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Amazon EC2 ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-ec2/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-relational-database-service-rds/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Amazon S3 Glacier ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-s3-glacier/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-simple-email-service-amazon-ses/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-simple-storage-service-s3/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") AWS CloudFormation ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-aws-cloudformation/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") AWS CloudTrail ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-cloudtrail/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") AWS CodeBuild ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-codebuild/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") AWS Elastic Beanstalk ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-elastic-beanstalk/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") AWS Glue ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-glue/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") AWS Lambda ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-lambda/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") BrowserStack ](https://www.g2.com/products/browserstack/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Cloudflare Application Security and Performance ](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudflare-application-security-and-performance/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") eZee Absolute ](https://www.g2.com/products/ezee-absolute/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") IBM Vault (formerly HashiCorp Vault) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-vault-formerly-hashicorp-vault/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") JumpCloud ](https://www.g2.com/products/jumpcloud/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Microsoft Entra ID ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-entra-id/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Okta ](https://www.g2.com/products/okta/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Rippling ](https://www.g2.com/products/rippling/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Secureworks Taegis XDR ](https://www.g2.com/products/secureworks-taegis-xdr/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") ServiceNow IT Service Management ](https://www.g2.com/products/servicenow-it-service-management/reviews) Show More ![VIKRANT S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "VIKRANT S.") VS VIKRANT S. Software Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/13/2024 "Empowering Access Control: A Comprehensive Review of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? One notable strength of AWS IAM is its granular access control, allowing precise management of permissions for resources and services. This flexibility ensures a secure and tailored approach to user access within AWS environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? I find the learning curve for AWS IAM policies and configurations to be steep, especially for beginners. Improved user-friendly interfaces and documentation could enhance the onboarding experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) solving and how is that benefiting you? AWS IAM addresses security challenges by providing a centralized and scalable solution for managing access to AWS resources. It ensures secure authentication and authorization, reducing the risk of unauthorized access or data breaches. This benefit extends to users by enabling fine-grained control over permissions, supporting the principle of least privilege and enhancing overall cloud security posture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Abhishek R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Abhishek R.") AR Abhishek R. Problem Setter - Coding Intern Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/21/2023 "The Backbone of Security and Access Control" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? It provides a centralized location to manage user identities, groups, roles, and permissions across an AWS environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? In certain scenarios, managing permissions inheritance and overrides across different levels of IAM entities (users, groups, roles) can be tricky. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) solving and how is that benefiting you? It provides a centralized location to manage user identities, groups, roles, and permissions across AWS services. This centralized management streamlines administration ensures consistency in access policies, and simplifies user provisioning and de-provisioning processes. This benefit saves time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Manthan M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Manthan M.") MM Manthan M. Data Analyst Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/23/2024 "One of the best user access management service" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? The userlevel access control with fully customisable access and also the user groups concept really help out to avoid redundant process for access management for each new user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? Better UI as per my experience it was bit overwhelming with tons of drop-downs options as a beginner Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) solving and how is that benefiting you? Security to the infra we use as our team use to consist of interns we reduced risk of new bees creating a mess. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") AC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/16/2023 "AWS Cloud security: Best in class" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? IAM - Multi-factor authentication (MFA) adds another layer of security to AWS IAM by providing fine-grained control over user permissions. Security Services: In comparison to other cloud vendors in the market, AWS offers many security services. like Amazon guard duty and Amazon inspector. AWS Security Hub and Amazon GuardDuty were popular services in our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? As of now, I have not found anything bad about AWS cloud security. Cloud Security's interface may seem a bit confusing to some users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) solving and how is that benefiting you? At Rest Encryption: An additional layer of security is provided by AWS Key Management Service (KMS). In Transit Encryption: SSL/TLS is employed to secure data during transit. As a result, I am able to enhance the security of my AWS cloud services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Aryan B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Aryan B.") AB Aryan B. Problem Setter - Coding Intern Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/16/2023 "Easy to Use" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? it helps to implement different level of security and access to different users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? IAM offers powerful security, but mastering it requires patience and navigating some bumps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) solving and how is that benefiting you? Its helps to distribute the access to different users as well root user is seperate to the rest Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Kishore Reddy P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kishore Reddy P.") KP Kishore Reddy P. Senior specialist Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/30/2023 "AWS IAM is powerful service" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? Customised policies and RBAC model. Role based authentication is more secure way to authenticate. STS for AWS cli using role based access is best feature and can be integrated with SSO and MFA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? AWS roles are much complicated for EKS, ECS service and elastic beanstalk service and few services. We can't have much control on the permissions and privileges to customise as per organisations requirement . We need to use AWS managed roles as mandatory. This needs to be improve in terms of roles and policies for mentioned services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) solving and how is that benefiting you? IAM allows us to mange multiple teams by isolating and segregating the permissions by RBAC and ABAC model. This will allow teams to access to only their application resources based on tagging (principal Tag). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/19/2024 "Ease of use with User n resources management" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? AWS IAM provides good support for users, resources management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? Pretty Hard to dislike, things are going good around IAM Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) solving and how is that benefiting you? As said, users and resources can be managed easily and provisoning, maintaining roles and permissions for groups of resources is good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Jaymangal P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jaymangal P.") JP Jaymangal P. Full Stack Developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/5/2023 "Give Permission For SQS" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? Mostly I have used IAM for giving permission of My SQS to configure my lambda function for it. So whenever I will call SQS from lambda function. it will call co figured lambda function Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? We have to configure each time and it's to slow when we configure lambda Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) solving and how is that benefiting you? Giving permission to my SQS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Kshitij T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kshitij T.") KT Kshitij T. Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/2/2023 "Restricted and needful access using aws iam" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? In cloud environment where security is one of the major concern and need today aws iam is like a blessing where you can provide access to a user as per the needs i.e. provide access only on those services which are needed instead of providing generalised access. The best part is you can provide policy based access to the user by adding specific policies to the role. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? The only drawback I fell in aws IAM is that a user cannot add more than 10 policies to a role i.e a role cannot have more than 10 permissions. I believe this should be improved because there are use cases where a role may have more than 10 policies attached. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) solving and how is that benefiting you? Problem IAM solving:- The basic problem iam is solving is of security by providing a user or role access only on the needful services instead of on all services. Consider an example where a user need access only on Lambda service using IAM we can restrict the user to have access only on Lambda service instead of providing access on all services. IAM is benefiting me by adding one more layer of security to my cloud aws account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Brian O.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Brian O.") BO Brian O. Cloud Computing Practitioner Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/11/2023 "SECURE TOOL FOR MANAGING AWS SERVICES AND RESOURCES WITH EASE" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? At any point in time, users will need different levels of access to the AWS services, and as an admin, you have to ensure that you only give access privileges to the users that require them. For me , I find AWS Identity and Access Management service to be very useful in assigning different rights to different users. It is much simpler to assign roles and privileges in AWS Identity and Access Management service than other solutions that will need deep-coding skills. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? Well, you need to have first-hand information and a good background of experience in AWS Identity and Access Management environment before you can start using it. So, you should seek knowledge first before opting for this solution because hiring someone else to do the work for you will cost you a lot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) solving and how is that benefiting you? I basically use AWS Identity and Access Management service in Amazon Web Services platform to assign roles and privileges to users and ensure that my system is secure. it allows me to create user groups with ease, which simplifies my work in assigning privileges. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/16/2023 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Return on Investment 9 months ### Average Discount 6% [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-identity-and-access-management-iam/pricing) AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_ebfae2a9075850f9fa094c23484ef258/microsoft-entra-id.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Microsoft Entra ID 4.5/5(912) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/aws-identity-and-access-management-iam-vs-microsoft-entra-id) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_6d0241f849d000763024744ff5901159/okta.png "Product Avatar Image") Okta 4.5/5(1,366) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/aws-identity-and-access-management-iam-vs-okta) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_ab9759ec2f3c8eb828f93d9920afefc2/oracle-identity-management.png "Product Avatar Image") Oracle Identity Management 3.8/5(71) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/aws-identity-and-access-management-iam-vs-oracle-identity-management) ##### ##### AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Features Functionality User provisioning Password manager Single Sign-on Type On-premises solution Cloud-solution Reporting Activity Tracking Reporting Access & Permission Change Reporting Authentication & Authorization - Identity and Access Management (IAM) Adaptive & Contextual Access Control [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-identity-and-access-management-iam/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Identity and Access Management (IAM)](https://www.g2.com/categories/identity-and-access-management-iam) ##### Explore More [What are the most trusted web client accelerators by performance engineers based on user reviews?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-most-trusted-web-client-accelerators-by-performance-engineers-based-on-user-reviews)[Best rated AI sales assistant tools](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-best-rated-ai-sales-assistant-tools)[Best software for tracking construction resource allocation](https://www.g2.com/discussions/best-software-for-tracking-construction-resource-allocation) [What are the top health care credentialing tools with proven customer success metrics and strong user adoption?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-top-health-care-credentialing-tools-with-proven-customer-success-metrics-and-strong-user-adoption)[Which consumer insights SaaS tools plug into Shopify and email marketing tools so a DTC brand can connect purchase behavior with survey responses without a custom data pipeline?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-consumer-insights-saas-tools-plug-into-shopify-and-email-marketing-tools-so-a-dtc-brand-can-connect-purchase-behavior-with-survey-responses-without-a-custom-data-pipeline%20)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-identity-and-access-management-iam/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)