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Side-by-side comparison of Cloud IAM, AWS IAM
Product	Cloud IAM by Google Cloud View product	AWS IAM by AWS View product
Overview
What it is	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.	AWS IAM from AWS focuses on workload role federation. Key capabilities: permission boundaries and Service Control Policies. Compare it with the leading IAM alternatives.
Product type	Identity and Access Management System	Identity and Access Management Service
Best for	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Google Cloud	Cloud; AWS Cloud-native core identity service
Data residency	Global; resource location dependent	Global identity data replicated securely across AWS Regions
Key features
What it offers	Role-based access control Context-aware access Workload Identity Federation Automated access recommendations IAM conditions Audit logging Access governance Privilege management	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
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	Google Cloud PlatformAPIsCLI	All AWS servicesAWS CLIAWS SDKsAWS Management Console
Compliance	ISO/IEC 27001SOC 2/3FedRAMP HighHIPAAPCI-DSS	SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Google WorkspaceCloud IdentityCloud Audit LogsSecurity Command CenterTerraform	All AWS servicesAWS OrganizationsAWS IAM Identity CenterAWS CloudTrailAWS KMSAWS Security Hub
Industries	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology	Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment
Regions	Global	Global (all AWS Regions)
Vendor
Company	Google Cloud	AWS
Headquarters	Mountain View, California, USA	Seattle, Washington, USA
Company size	100,000+	100,000+
Founded	2008	2006

Cloud IAM

by Google Cloud

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AWS IAM

by AWS

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Overview

What it is

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.

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.

Product type

Cloud IAM

Identity and Access Management System

AWS IAM

Identity and Access Management Service

Best for

Cloud IAM

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

AWS IAM

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

Pricing

Pricing model

Cloud IAM

Contact Vendor

AWS IAM

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cloud IAM

AWS IAM

Deployment

Deployment options

Cloud IAM

Cloud

AWS IAM

Cloud

Deployment details

Cloud IAM

Cloud; Google Cloud

AWS IAM

Cloud; AWS Cloud-native core identity service

Data residency

Cloud IAM

Global; resource location dependent

AWS IAM

Global identity data replicated securely across AWS Regions

Key features

What it offers

Cloud IAM

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

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

Platform & access

API access

Cloud IAM

AWS IAM

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cloud IAM

AWS IAM

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cloud IAM

AWS IAM

Multi-tenant

Cloud IAM

AWS IAM

Mobile app

Cloud IAM

AWS IAM

Supported platforms

Cloud IAM

Google Cloud PlatformAPIsCLI

AWS IAM

All AWS servicesAWS CLIAWS SDKsAWS Management Console

Compliance

Cloud IAM

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

AWS IAM

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

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cloud IAM

Google WorkspaceCloud IdentityCloud Audit LogsSecurity Command CenterTerraform

AWS IAM

All AWS servicesAWS OrganizationsAWS IAM Identity CenterAWS CloudTrailAWS KMSAWS Security Hub

Industries

Cloud IAM

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology

AWS IAM

Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment

Regions

Cloud IAM

Global

AWS IAM

Global (all AWS Regions)

Vendor

Company

Cloud IAM

Google Cloud

AWS IAM

AWS

Headquarters

Cloud IAM

Mountain View, California, USA

AWS IAM

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company size

Cloud IAM

100,000+

AWS IAM

100,000+

Founded

Cloud IAM

2008

AWS IAM

2006