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Side-by-side comparison of AWS IAM, Cloud IAM
Product	AWS IAM by AWS View product	Cloud IAM by Google Cloud View product
Overview
What it is	AWS IAM from AWS focuses on workload role federation. Key capabilities: permission boundaries and Service Control Policies. Compare it with the leading IAM alternatives.	Cloud IAM is an identity and access management system used for access governance. Highlights include audit logging and IAM conditions. Compare it with other IAM tools.
Product type	Identity and Access Management Service	Identity and Access Management System
Best for	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud; AWS Cloud-native core identity service	Cloud; Google Cloud
Data residency	Global identity data replicated securely across AWS Regions	Global; resource location dependent
Key features
What it offers	Fine-grained access control policies IAM users, groups, and roles Temporary security credentials (AWS STS) Multi-factor authentication (MFA) Service Control Policies (SCPs) Permission boundaries Credential auditing and policy simulator Granular cloud access management	Role-based access control Context-aware access Workload Identity Federation Automated access recommendations IAM conditions Audit logging Access governance Privilege management
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: yes	Mobile app: yes
Supported platforms	All AWS servicesAWS CLIAWS SDKsAWS Management Console	Google Cloud PlatformAPIsCLI
Compliance	SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High	ISO/IEC 27001SOC 2/3FedRAMP HighHIPAAPCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	All AWS servicesAWS OrganizationsAWS IAM Identity CenterAWS CloudTrailAWS KMSAWS Security Hub	Google WorkspaceCloud IdentityCloud Audit LogsSecurity Command CenterTerraform
Industries	Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology
Regions	Global (all AWS Regions)	Global
Vendor
Company	AWS	Google Cloud
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	Mountain View, California, USA
Company size	100,000+	100,000+
Founded	2006	2008

AWS IAM

by AWS

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Cloud IAM

by Google Cloud

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Overview

What it is

AWS IAM

AWS IAM from AWS focuses on workload role federation. Key capabilities: permission boundaries and Service Control Policies. Compare it with the leading IAM alternatives.

Cloud IAM

Cloud IAM is an identity and access management system used for access governance. Highlights include audit logging and IAM conditions. Compare it with other IAM tools.

Product type

AWS IAM

Identity and Access Management Service

Cloud IAM

Identity and Access Management System

Best for

AWS IAM

Cross-industry, Enterprise, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government

Cloud IAM

Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology

Pricing

Pricing model

AWS IAM

Contact Vendor

Cloud IAM

Contact Vendor

Free trial

AWS IAM

Cloud IAM

Deployment

Deployment options

AWS IAM

Cloud

Cloud IAM

Cloud

Deployment details

AWS IAM

Cloud; AWS Cloud-native core identity service

Cloud IAM

Cloud; Google Cloud

Data residency

AWS IAM

Global identity data replicated securely across AWS Regions

Cloud IAM

Global; resource location dependent

Key features

What it offers

AWS IAM

Fine-grained access control policies
IAM users, groups, and roles
Temporary security credentials (AWS STS)
Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Service Control Policies (SCPs)
Permission boundaries
Credential auditing and policy simulator
Granular cloud access management

Cloud IAM

Role-based access control
Context-aware access
Workload Identity Federation
Automated access recommendations
IAM conditions
Audit logging
Access governance
Privilege management

Platform & access

API access

AWS IAM

Cloud IAM

Single sign-on (SSO)

AWS IAM

Cloud IAM

Role-based access (RBAC)

AWS IAM

Cloud IAM

Multi-tenant

AWS IAM

Cloud IAM

Mobile app

AWS IAM

Cloud IAM

Supported platforms

AWS IAM

All AWS servicesAWS CLIAWS SDKsAWS Management Console

Cloud IAM

Google Cloud PlatformAPIsCLI

Compliance

AWS IAM

SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High

Cloud IAM

ISO/IEC 27001SOC 2/3FedRAMP HighHIPAAPCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

AWS IAM

All AWS servicesAWS OrganizationsAWS IAM Identity CenterAWS CloudTrailAWS KMSAWS Security Hub

Cloud IAM

Google WorkspaceCloud IdentityCloud Audit LogsSecurity Command CenterTerraform

Industries

AWS IAM

Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment

Cloud IAM

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology

Regions

AWS IAM

Global (all AWS Regions)

Cloud IAM

Global

Vendor

Company

AWS IAM

AWS

Cloud IAM

Google Cloud

Headquarters

AWS IAM

Seattle, Washington, USA

Cloud IAM

Mountain View, California, USA

Company size

AWS IAM

100,000+

Cloud IAM

100,000+

Founded

AWS IAM

2006

Cloud IAM

2008