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Product	AWS IAM by AWS View product	Microsoft Entra ID by Microsoft 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.	Shortlisting Identity Security tools? Microsoft Entra ID by Microsoft brings SSO and MFA, with cloud or hybrid deployment. See strengths and alternatives.
Product type	Identity and Access Management Service	Identity and Access Management Platform
Best for	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government	Cross-industry
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudHybrid
Deployment details	Cloud; AWS Cloud-native core identity service	Cloud; Hybrid; Cloud; Hybrid integration
Data residency	Global identity data replicated securely across AWS Regions	Tenant/service region 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	SSO MFA Conditional Access Identity protection Application access Passwordless authentication IAM Zero Trust
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	WebWindowsmobileapplication APIs
Compliance	SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High	Broad Microsoft compliance portfolio
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	All AWS servicesAWS OrganizationsAWS IAM Identity CenterAWS CloudTrailAWS KMSAWS Security Hub	Microsoft 365AzureMicrosoft DefenderMicrosoft Intunethousands of SaaS applications
Industries	Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment	Cross-industry
Regions	Global (all AWS Regions)	Global
Vendor
Company	AWS	Microsoft
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	Redmond, Washington, USA
Company size	100,000+	200,000+
Founded	2006	1975

AWS IAM

by AWS

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Microsoft Entra ID

by Microsoft

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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.

Microsoft Entra ID

Shortlisting Identity Security tools? Microsoft Entra ID by Microsoft brings SSO and MFA, with cloud or hybrid deployment. See strengths and alternatives.

Product type

AWS IAM

Identity and Access Management Service

Microsoft Entra ID

Identity and Access Management Platform

Best for

AWS IAM

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

Microsoft Entra ID

Cross-industry

Pricing

Pricing model

AWS IAM

Contact Vendor

Microsoft Entra ID

Contact Vendor

Free trial

AWS IAM

Microsoft Entra ID

Deployment

Deployment options

AWS IAM

Cloud

Microsoft Entra ID

CloudHybrid

Deployment details

AWS IAM

Cloud; AWS Cloud-native core identity service

Microsoft Entra ID

Cloud; Hybrid; Cloud; Hybrid integration

Data residency

AWS IAM

Global identity data replicated securely across AWS Regions

Microsoft Entra ID

Tenant/service region 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

Microsoft Entra ID

SSO
MFA
Conditional Access
Identity protection
Application access
Passwordless authentication
IAM
Zero Trust

Platform & access

API access

AWS IAM

Microsoft Entra ID

Single sign-on (SSO)

AWS IAM

Microsoft Entra ID

Role-based access (RBAC)

AWS IAM

Microsoft Entra ID

Multi-tenant

AWS IAM

Microsoft Entra ID

Mobile app

AWS IAM

Microsoft Entra ID

Supported platforms

AWS IAM

All AWS servicesAWS CLIAWS SDKsAWS Management Console

Microsoft Entra ID

WebWindowsmobileapplication APIs

Compliance

AWS IAM

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

Microsoft Entra ID

Broad Microsoft compliance portfolio

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

AWS IAM

All AWS servicesAWS OrganizationsAWS IAM Identity CenterAWS CloudTrailAWS KMSAWS Security Hub

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft 365AzureMicrosoft DefenderMicrosoft Intunethousands of SaaS applications

Industries

AWS IAM

Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment

Microsoft Entra ID

Cross-industry

Regions

AWS IAM

Global (all AWS Regions)

Microsoft Entra ID

Global

Vendor

Company

AWS IAM

AWS

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft

Headquarters

AWS IAM

Seattle, Washington, USA

Microsoft Entra ID

Redmond, Washington, USA

Company size

AWS IAM

100,000+

Microsoft Entra ID

200,000+

Founded

AWS IAM

2006

Microsoft Entra ID

1975