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We performed a comparison between Akamai Enterprise Application Access and Amazon Cognito based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Access Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Akamai Enterprise Application Access vs. Amazon Cognito Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The capability of Akamai Enterprise Application Access is what you're looking for, it's giving you the service that you're looking for. It's simple and doesn't use an agent. It uses LCSD responders, and they have a lot of services around the globe. That's the reason that we were very interested in using it because it has a lot of coverage. This is because it's under the GDS umbrella.""The solution is very convenient and stable because you don't have to worry about attacks to public IPs or public networks.""Application Access's most valuable feature is the accessibility of enterprise tech protection."

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"The most valuable features of Amazon Cognito are OTP validation and email validation.""This is a scalable solution. If our app or general usage increases, this solution can support it.""Cognito speeds up our development and saves us time.""The most valuable features of Amazon Cognito are the pre and post-token generation, and the different Cognito triggers. It has lots of functionality and flexibility.""One of the key benefits of this software is its ease of integration with a wide range of applications, including mobile apps and web applications. This simplifies the process of integration, and it can be seamlessly incorporated with Azure, Kubernetes, and other software systems.""The federation is one of the most efficient features as the pricing is competitive.""The solution is proto connective and integrates well with other AWS services.""They offer a permission tool to help us manage multi-factor authentication."

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Cons
"The technical enablement sessions are quite limited, and Akamai could help by providing more of them.""The solution has two agents so should combine its enterprise application and security access into one agent.""We need another approach to bring the solution to the cloud. In addition to Access Management, we would like to see if we can jump into Directories. I think ADs are going to go away and everything is going to be cloud-based and minimize the use of ADs because of the cost and some other dependencies to the cloud. Every time you buy AD it is more hardware, and everything's changing to software. The network's changing, the applications are changing, and for IT it is hard to keep up with it."

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"Cognito triggers can improve by providing more direct use cases rather than giving a white paper. A white paper is not at all interesting, it has too many details. It would be a benefit to provide a smaller document that is summarized. The smaller version would bring microdata, macro data is not helpful.""In a future release, we would like to have different methods to validate the characteristic of a user. For example, we would like to use biometric data to analyze the behavior of users.""Amazon Cognito’s UI needs improvement while onboarding new users.""Amazon Cognito could improve by simplifying the configuration.""The secure authentication of Amazon Cognito has benefited our company. We were previously using legacy signup systems.""I believe this product could improve by enriching user profiles.""The ease and simplicity of integration could be improved when using this solution. When using Okta, scope is a single endpoint with a parameter as a scope. In the Cognito for each scope, there is a separate endpoint.""The MFA related to the solution's side is nonexistent."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price is great it is all-inclusive, they use an enterprise cost model. That's what we like compared to other users. This is one of the main attractions of Akamai Enterprise Application Access. It's already an enterprise cost model established with us for services."
  • "Licensing is based on user count."
  • "The license can be shared based on the number of active users."
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  • "The pricing of this solution is good compared to other solutions on the market."
  • "We pay $600 monthly per user for licences and there are no other additional costs."
  • "The pricing is bad so I rate it a two out of ten."
  • "The price of Amazon Cognito is expensive. We are on an annual subscription."
  • "The price of Amazon Cognito is low. The pricing model is based on the users."
  • "The price of the solution depends on the number of users using it."
  • "The product is relatively inexpensive compared to other tools."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution is very convenient and stable because you don't have to worry about attacks to public IPs or public networks.
    Top Answer:The license can be shared based on the number of active users. If you have 5,000 users but only 1,000 active users at one time, then you buy a license for 1,000 users.
    Top Answer:The solution has two agents so should combine its enterprise application and security access into one agent. It is more comfortable for users if they don't have to install two agents.
    Top Answer:They offer a permission tool to help us manage multi-factor authentication.
    Top Answer:The product is relatively inexpensive compared to other tools. The scalability, usage, and computing are affordable. I recommend it from a cost point of view.
    Top Answer:Amazon Cognito’s UI needs improvement while onboarding new users. We have to select multiple parameters that require research. This process could be simplified.
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    17th
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    6th
    out of 36 in Access Management
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    Overview

    Akamai Enterprise Application Access is a cloud-based solution that provides secure access to enterprise applications and data from any device, anywhere. It eliminates the need for traditional VPNs and allows organizations to easily manage access to applications and data for employees, partners, and customers. With its zero-trust approach, it ensures that only authorized users can access sensitive information, reducing the risk of data breaches.

    Amazon Cognito is a simple user identity and data synchronization service that helps you securely manage and synchronize app data for your users across their mobile devices. You can create unique identities for your users through a number of public login providers (Amazon, Facebook, and Google) and also support unauthenticated guests. You can save app data locally on users’ devices allowing your applications to work even when the devices are offline. With Amazon Cognito, you can save any kind of data in the AWS Cloud, such as app preferences or game state, without writing any backend code or managing any infrastructure. This means you can focus on creating great app experiences instead of having to worry about building and managing a backend solution to handle identity management, network state, storage, and sync.

    Sample Customers
    Bugcrowd, InPowered, Spirent Communications
    Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Healthcare Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise66%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise44%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise62%
    Buyer's Guide
    Akamai Enterprise Application Access vs. Amazon Cognito
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Akamai Enterprise Application Access vs. Amazon Cognito and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Akamai Enterprise Application Access is ranked 17th in Access Management with 3 reviews while Amazon Cognito is ranked 6th in Access Management with 8 reviews. Akamai Enterprise Application Access is rated 9.0, while Amazon Cognito is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Akamai Enterprise Application Access writes "Very scalable, convenient, and stable protection against attacks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Amazon Cognito writes "Good integration with AWS services but not feasible for B2C because MFAs are nonexistent". Akamai Enterprise Application Access is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Zscaler Private Access, Appgate SDP, Netskope and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Amazon Cognito is most compared with Auth0, Microsoft Entra ID, Cloudflare Access, Okta Workforce Identity and ForgeRock. See our Akamai Enterprise Application Access vs. Amazon Cognito report.

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