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| Product | AWS IAM by AWS View product | Venafi Machine Identity Protection by CyberArk 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. | Venafi Machine Identity Protection: policy enforcement and SSH key management. Built for certificate outage prevention. Compare Identity Security alternatives. |
| Product type | Identity and Access Management Service | Machine Identity Management Platform |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Enterprise, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government | Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Retail, Technology |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | Cloud | SaaSCloudOn-Premise |
| Deployment details | Cloud; AWS Cloud-native core identity service | Cloud (SaaS); Self-hosted; SaaS; Self-hosted |
| Data residency | Global identity data replicated securely across AWS Regions | US and EU hosting regions (SaaS); customer-controlled (self-hosted) |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| 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 | WindowsLinuxKubernetesAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud |
| Compliance | SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High | SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001 |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | All AWS servicesAWS OrganizationsAWS IAM Identity CenterAWS CloudTrailAWS KMSAWS Security Hub | DigiCertSectigoMicrosoft AD CSAWS Certificate ManagerF5CitrixKubernetes cert-managerHashiCorp Vault+2 more |
| Industries | Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment | Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentRetailTechnology |
| Regions | Global (all AWS Regions) | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | AWS | CyberArk |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, USA | Newton, Massachusetts, USA |
| Company size | 100,000+ | 5,000+ |
| Founded | 2006 | 1999 |
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.Venafi Machine Identity Protection
Venafi Machine Identity Protection: policy enforcement and SSH key management. Built for certificate outage prevention. Compare Identity Security alternatives.Product type
AWS IAM
Identity and Access Management ServiceVenafi Machine Identity Protection
Machine Identity Management PlatformBest for
AWS IAM
Cross-industry, Enterprise, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, GovernmentVenafi Machine Identity Protection
Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Retail, TechnologyPricing
Pricing model
AWS IAM
Contact VendorVenafi Machine Identity Protection
Contact VendorFree trial
AWS IAM
Free trial: yesVenafi Machine Identity Protection
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
AWS IAM
Venafi Machine Identity Protection
Deployment details
AWS IAM
Cloud; AWS Cloud-native core identity serviceVenafi Machine Identity Protection
Cloud (SaaS); Self-hosted; SaaS; Self-hostedData residency
AWS IAM
Global identity data replicated securely across AWS RegionsVenafi Machine Identity Protection
US and EU hosting regions (SaaS); customer-controlled (self-hosted)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
Venafi Machine Identity Protection
- Certificate discovery and inventory
- TLS certificate lifecycle automation
- Policy enforcement
- Kubernetes certificate management
- SSH key management
- Code signing protection
- Firefly workload issuer
- Hundreds of integrations
Platform & access
API access
AWS IAM
API access: yesVenafi Machine Identity Protection
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
AWS IAM
SSO: yesVenafi Machine Identity Protection
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
AWS IAM
RBAC: yesVenafi Machine Identity Protection
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
AWS IAM
Multi-tenant: yesVenafi Machine Identity Protection
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
AWS IAM
Mobile app: yesVenafi Machine Identity Protection
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
AWS IAM
Venafi Machine Identity Protection
Compliance
AWS IAM
Venafi Machine Identity Protection
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
AWS IAM
Venafi Machine Identity Protection
Industries
AWS IAM
Venafi Machine Identity Protection
Regions
AWS IAM
Venafi Machine Identity Protection
Vendor
Company
AWS IAM
AWSVenafi Machine Identity Protection
CyberArkHeadquarters
AWS IAM
Seattle, Washington, USAVenafi Machine Identity Protection
Newton, Massachusetts, USACompany size
AWS IAM
100,000+Venafi Machine Identity Protection
5,000+Founded
AWS IAM
2006Venafi Machine Identity Protection
1999