We performed a comparison between AWS Directory Service and Google Cloud Identity based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."AWS Directory Service is secure."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Directory Service is cost-cutting features."
"AWS has eliminated the downtime we waste when our on-premises resources go down."
"AWS handles everything on the backend requiring minimal legwork from our team. We only require a dedicated database administrator while depending on Amazon for RDS."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"We like the fact that it's got such great redundancy."
"The support is very good. I would rate the technical support as a nine out of ten."
"Two-step authentication is very useful and important."
"Google Cloud Identity uses what they call organizational units (OUs) instead of the security groups you'd find in Microsoft's Entra."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is group access. You are able to assign policies to groups instead of users individually."
"Cloud Identity is scalable enough for our needs. It's serving more than 3,000 users in our organization."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the performance."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The Cloud Identity is well advanced in terms of features, applications, and the components that it is offering."
"The solution is moderate to difficult to use. I found the approach was practical. Following the steps made it very easy to use."
"AWS Directory Service needs to improve processing."
"To get CloudWatch to monitor your memory and storage, you have to do some configuration within your server, which sometimes results in errors."
"Some of the security protocols are difficult to understand."
"Can be improved by including on-premises access for services through Identity Access Management."
"We had a problem with the schema uploading and setting up the directory when we are migrating our users from on-premises to cloud infrastructure."
"The group policy can be improved."
"The AWS Directory Service should be easier to integrate."
"The solution lacks certain features."
"To improve the product, the integration with third-party products could always be smoother."
"Technical support is slow."
"The solution's storage capacity could be increased."
"The one place it could be improved is the password vaulting. The password vaulting does not prevent the admins from reading users' passwords, and that's a debate."
"They are going ahead and adding a few more things to the Google Cloud premium edition. Their stock management and remote computer management can be improved."
"The customer service and support team is not so good."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"Google Cloud Identity the UI could improve."
AWS Directory Service is ranked 6th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 12 reviews while Google Cloud Identity is ranked 3rd in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 21 reviews. AWS Directory Service is rated 8.6, while Google Cloud Identity is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of AWS Directory Service writes "Extends AD identity and management capabilities to AWS resources". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Cloud Identity writes "A stable and scalable cloud solution easily compatible with Google office Suite". AWS Directory Service is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Entra External ID, Okta Workforce Identity, Omada Identity and SailPoint IdentityIQ, whereas Google Cloud Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, Okta Workforce Identity, JumpCloud and SOTI MobiControl. See our AWS Directory Service vs. Google Cloud Identity report.
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