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Side-by-side comparison of IBM Cloud IAM, AWS IAM
Product	IBM Cloud IAM by IBM View product	AWS IAM by AWS View product
Overview
What it is	IBM Cloud IAM from IBM focuses on identity governance. Key capabilities: IAM, access governance and least privilege. Compare it with the leading IAM alternatives.	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 service	Identity and Access Management Service
Best for	Enterprise, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, 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	SaaSCloud	Cloud
Deployment details	SaaS; SaaS	Cloud; AWS Cloud-native core identity service
Data residency	Deployment and region dependent	Global identity data replicated securely across AWS Regions
Key features
What it offers	Identity and access management for IBM Cloud with centralized policies, resource groups, service IDs and trusted profiles. IAM Access governance Least privilege Workload identity Cloud administration Identity governance Workload access	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: no	Mobile app: yes
Supported platforms	IBM Cloud	All AWS servicesAWS CLIAWS SDKsAWS Management Console
Compliance	IAM policy controls and IBM Cloud security standards	SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	IBM CloudREST APIsTerraform	All AWS servicesAWS OrganizationsAWS IAM Identity CenterAWS CloudTrailAWS KMSAWS Security Hub
Industries	EnterpriseGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnology	Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment
Regions	Global	Global (all AWS Regions)
Vendor
Company	IBM	AWS
Headquarters	Armonk, New York, USA	Seattle, Washington, USA
Company size	250,000+	100,000+
Founded	1911	2006

IBM Cloud IAM

by IBM

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AWS IAM

by AWS

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Overview

What it is

IBM Cloud IAM

IBM Cloud IAM from IBM focuses on identity governance. Key capabilities: IAM, access governance and least privilege. Compare it with the leading IAM alternatives.

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

IBM Cloud IAM

Cloud service

AWS IAM

Identity and Access Management Service

Best for

IBM Cloud IAM

Enterprise, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology

AWS IAM

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

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Cloud IAM

Contact Vendor

AWS IAM

Contact Vendor

Free trial

IBM Cloud IAM

AWS IAM

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Cloud IAM

SaaSCloud

AWS IAM

Cloud

Deployment details

IBM Cloud IAM

SaaS; SaaS

AWS IAM

Cloud; AWS Cloud-native core identity service

Data residency

IBM Cloud IAM

Deployment and region dependent

AWS IAM

Global identity data replicated securely across AWS Regions

Key features

What it offers

IBM Cloud IAM

Identity and access management for IBM Cloud with centralized policies, resource groups, service IDs and trusted profiles.
IAM
Access governance
Least privilege
Workload identity
Cloud administration
Identity governance
Workload access

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

IBM Cloud IAM

AWS IAM

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Cloud IAM

AWS IAM

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Cloud IAM

AWS IAM

Multi-tenant

IBM Cloud IAM

AWS IAM

Mobile app

IBM Cloud IAM

AWS IAM

Supported platforms

IBM Cloud IAM

IBM Cloud

AWS IAM

All AWS servicesAWS CLIAWS SDKsAWS Management Console

Compliance

IBM Cloud IAM

IAM policy controls and IBM Cloud security standards

AWS IAM

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

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Cloud IAM

IBM CloudREST APIsTerraform

AWS IAM

All AWS servicesAWS OrganizationsAWS IAM Identity CenterAWS CloudTrailAWS KMSAWS Security Hub

Industries

IBM Cloud IAM

EnterpriseGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnology

AWS IAM

Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment

Regions

IBM Cloud IAM

Global

AWS IAM

Global (all AWS Regions)

Vendor

Company

IBM Cloud IAM

IBM

AWS IAM

AWS

Headquarters

IBM Cloud IAM

Armonk, New York, USA

AWS IAM

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company size

IBM Cloud IAM

250,000+

AWS IAM

100,000+

Founded

IBM Cloud IAM

1911

AWS IAM

2006