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Product	AWS IAM by AWS View product	FortiCNAPP by Fortinet 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.	FortiCNAPP is a cloud-native application protection platform used for compliance. Highlights include container security. Compare it with other CNAPP tools.
Product type	Identity and Access Management Service	Cloud-native application protection platform
Best for	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud; AWS Cloud-native core identity service	Cloud SaaS with cloud-account integrations and optional agents; Cloud SaaS with cloud-account integrations and optional agents
Data residency	Global identity data replicated securely across AWS Regions	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region
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	Cloud posture management Workload protection Container security Vulnerability management Compliance monitoring Cloud detection and response Risk prioritization Automation
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: no
Supported platforms	All AWS servicesAWS CLIAWS SDKsAWS Management Console	SaaSAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesDocker containers
Compliance	SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	All AWS servicesAWS OrganizationsAWS IAM Identity CenterAWS CloudTrailAWS KMSAWS Security Hub	AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetescontainer registriesCI/CDTerraform
Industries	Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more
Regions	Global (all AWS Regions)	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region
Vendor
Company	AWS	Fortinet
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	Sunnyvale, California, USA
Company size	100,000+	10,000+
Founded	2006	2000

AWS IAM

by AWS

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FortiCNAPP

by Fortinet

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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.

FortiCNAPP

FortiCNAPP is a cloud-native application protection platform used for compliance. Highlights include container security. Compare it with other CNAPP tools.

Product type

AWS IAM

Identity and Access Management Service

FortiCNAPP

Cloud-native application protection platform

Best for

AWS IAM

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

FortiCNAPP

Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers

Pricing

Pricing model

AWS IAM

Contact Vendor

FortiCNAPP

Contact Vendor

Free trial

AWS IAM

FortiCNAPP

Deployment

Deployment options

AWS IAM

Cloud

FortiCNAPP

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

AWS IAM

Cloud; AWS Cloud-native core identity service

FortiCNAPP

Cloud SaaS with cloud-account integrations and optional agents; Cloud SaaS with cloud-account integrations and optional agents

Data residency

AWS IAM

Global identity data replicated securely across AWS Regions

FortiCNAPP

Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region

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

FortiCNAPP

Cloud posture management
Workload protection
Container security
Vulnerability management
Compliance monitoring
Cloud detection and response
Risk prioritization
Automation

Platform & access

API access

AWS IAM

FortiCNAPP

Single sign-on (SSO)

AWS IAM

FortiCNAPP

Role-based access (RBAC)

AWS IAM

FortiCNAPP

Multi-tenant

AWS IAM

FortiCNAPP

Mobile app

AWS IAM

FortiCNAPP

Supported platforms

AWS IAM

All AWS servicesAWS CLIAWS SDKsAWS Management Console

FortiCNAPP

SaaSAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesDocker containers

Compliance

AWS IAM

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

FortiCNAPP

Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

AWS IAM

All AWS servicesAWS OrganizationsAWS IAM Identity CenterAWS CloudTrailAWS KMSAWS Security Hub

FortiCNAPP

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetescontainer registriesCI/CDTerraform

Industries

AWS IAM

Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment

FortiCNAPP

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Regions

AWS IAM

Global (all AWS Regions)

FortiCNAPP

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Vendor

Company

AWS IAM

AWS

FortiCNAPP

Fortinet

Headquarters

AWS IAM

Seattle, Washington, USA

FortiCNAPP

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Company size

AWS IAM

100,000+

FortiCNAPP

10,000+

Founded

AWS IAM

2006

FortiCNAPP

2000