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

Microsoft Entra ID

by Microsoft

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AWS IAM

by AWS

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Overview

What it is

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.

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

Microsoft Entra ID

Identity and Access Management Platform

AWS IAM

Identity and Access Management Service

Best for

Microsoft Entra ID

Cross-industry

AWS IAM

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

Pricing

Pricing model

Microsoft Entra ID

Contact Vendor

AWS IAM

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Microsoft Entra ID

AWS IAM

Deployment

Deployment options

Microsoft Entra ID

CloudHybrid

AWS IAM

Cloud

Deployment details

Microsoft Entra ID

Cloud; Hybrid; Cloud; Hybrid integration

AWS IAM

Cloud; AWS Cloud-native core identity service

Data residency

Microsoft Entra ID

Tenant/service region dependent

AWS IAM

Global identity data replicated securely across AWS Regions

Key features

What it offers

Microsoft Entra ID

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

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

Microsoft Entra ID

AWS IAM

Single sign-on (SSO)

Microsoft Entra ID

AWS IAM

Role-based access (RBAC)

Microsoft Entra ID

AWS IAM

Multi-tenant

Microsoft Entra ID

AWS IAM

Mobile app

Microsoft Entra ID

AWS IAM

Supported platforms

Microsoft Entra ID

WebWindowsmobileapplication APIs

AWS IAM

All AWS servicesAWS CLIAWS SDKsAWS Management Console

Compliance

Microsoft Entra ID

Broad Microsoft compliance portfolio

AWS IAM

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

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft 365AzureMicrosoft DefenderMicrosoft Intunethousands of SaaS applications

AWS IAM

All AWS servicesAWS OrganizationsAWS IAM Identity CenterAWS CloudTrailAWS KMSAWS Security Hub

Industries

Microsoft Entra ID

Cross-industry

AWS IAM

Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment

Regions

Microsoft Entra ID

Global

AWS IAM

Global (all AWS Regions)

Vendor

Company

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft

AWS IAM

AWS

Headquarters

Microsoft Entra ID

Redmond, Washington, USA

AWS IAM

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company size

Microsoft Entra ID

200,000+

AWS IAM

100,000+

Founded

Microsoft Entra ID

1975

AWS IAM

2006