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We performed a comparison between Amazon Cognito and Cloudflare Access 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 Amazon Cognito vs. Cloudflare Access Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"They offer a permission tool to help us manage multi-factor authentication.""The most valuable features of Amazon Cognito are OTP validation and email validation.""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 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.""This is a scalable solution. If our app or general usage increases, this solution can support it.""The solution is proto connective and integrates well with other AWS services.""The federation is one of the most efficient features as the pricing is competitive.""Cognito speeds up our development and saves us time."

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"Cloudflare, in my opinion, was easy to implement.""For Cloudflare Access, I am using the free plan...The most valuable feature is their protection.""It's the endpoint exposition. We don't need to expose our VPN server to the internet and need a zero-test solution. I can apply some conditional access to the endpoint that's connecting to our network to check their security policies or the security condition of their workstation. Once the workstation is trying to connect to my internal network, then I would like to check the discrete condition of these endpoints that are trying to access my internal network. We created some conditional access. We have CrowdStrike, to check if the CrowdStrike is installed, to check if it's updated, and to check for Windows updates. We created some conditional policies to check it.""Enables me to work from two locations.""The tool also offers good scalability, and the dashboard, along with real-time analytics, is very good."

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Cons
"Amazon Cognito’s UI needs improvement while onboarding new users.""The MFA related to the solution's side is nonexistent.""The secure authentication of Amazon Cognito has benefited our company. We were previously using legacy signup systems.""Amazon Cognito could improve by simplifying the configuration.""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.""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.""I believe this product could improve by enriching user profiles.""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."

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"For the topic of improvement, providing some training material is one of my suggestions.""They don't have a person to provide support for customers using the solution under their free plan.""When there are any dynamic changes in complex applications, the tool takes a lot of time, making its analytics-related area a major matter of concern where improvements are needed.""The pricing is an area that can be improved. Pricing, as far as I recall, was the source of our problems."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "The prices are slightly expensive."
  • "The pricing is somewhere in the middle. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten."
  • "My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There are no hidden charges apart from the licensing costs of the solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    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.
    Top Answer:The tool also offers good scalability, and the dashboard, along with real-time analytics, is very good.
    Top Answer:The price of Cloudflare Access is the same as compared to Akamai, but I get better performance from Cloudflare. My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the… more »
    Top Answer:My company has many complex applications. When there are any dynamic changes in complex applications, the tool takes a lot of time, making its analytics-related area a major matter of concern where… more »
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    Average Words per Review
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    Overview

    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.

    Cloudflare Access is a powerful identity and access management solution that provides secure and seamless access to internal resources. It eliminates the need for traditional VPNs and allows organizations to enforce granular access controls based on user identity and device posture. With Cloudflare Access, users can authenticate using their existing identity providers, such as Google or Okta, and access resources without exposing them to the public internet. This ensures that only authorized users can access sensitive data and applications. 

    Additionally, Cloudflare Access provides a unified dashboard for managing access policies, making it easy to enforce security policies across the organization. With its zero-trust approach, Cloudflare Access helps organizations protect their resources from unauthorized access and potential data breaches.

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    Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise44%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise62%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise55%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon Cognito vs. Cloudflare Access
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Cognito vs. Cloudflare Access and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Amazon Cognito is ranked 5th in Access Management with 8 reviews while Cloudflare Access is ranked 7th in Access Management with 5 reviews. Amazon Cognito is rated 7.6, while Cloudflare Access is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Amazon Cognito writes "Good integration with AWS services but not feasible for B2C because MFAs are nonexistent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cloudflare Access writes "Replaces traditional VPN and enables endpoint exposition ". Amazon Cognito is most compared with Auth0, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Workforce Identity, ForgeRock and CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, whereas Cloudflare Access is most compared with Twingate, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Auth0 and Perimeter 81. See our Amazon Cognito vs. Cloudflare Access report.

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