We performed a comparison between Amazon Cognito and ForgeRock based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Okta, ForgeRock and others in Access Management."The federation is one of the most efficient features as the pricing is competitive."
"This is a scalable solution. If our app or general usage increases, this solution can support it."
"This is a stable solution. When you do experience any issues, you will see it in your DB logs or audit logs so you can easily reach a conclusion of might be causing it."
"Even though we have very small business interests with them today, they see that we plan on growing drastically over the next two years. Therefore, we have excellent support and we are now at a point where we are not calling tech support. We pick up a phone and call the Account Manager and they'll get everything resolved for us. We don't have to queue along with everybody else and go through a long process."
"Their access management solution, OpenAM, is most valuable because it meets the needs of a lot of users."
"The solution is very scalable. We have a lot of users that have been increasing over the years that we have been using it. We have approximately 20,000 users."
"ForgeRock products are customizable, and the out-of-the-box features are solid, too. I primarily use the OIDC compliance features. It's just a configuration. it's easy to set up and customize trees. We can add our own features if necessary. Banks and corporations have different standards and specific validations."
"Easy to navigate, handle and manage the applications."
"We used it to implement multi-factor authentication and to improve our security posture as well as reducing the potential for attacks."
"I like the intelligent authentication feature."
"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."
"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 solution requires more simplified customization. However, part of the problem is my clients determining their own preferences. Technology can help and do many things, but you have to define your own policies to ensure that the solution or service works within those parameters. Helping customers understand their business and different processes is another issue not relating to the functionality of this solution."
"It should be a little bit easier to implement. It is user-friendly, but there is always scope for improvement."
"In an upcoming release, the solution could improve by limiting the need to do customizations."
"ForgeRock is an open source solution and is available to everyone but it is not freeware. If you need support, you need a subscription for ForgeRock. Many of its functionalities need to be built up with the help of a consultant."
"It should have a better user interface. Its flexibility should also be improved. It is not about simplifying; it is more about flexibility. Each company has its own requirements, and ForgeRock can provide more flexibility in terms of the use of existing modules to implement features for the customers."
"We're worried about the scaling. We're told it will be okay and there won't be issues, however, I'm not 100% convinced."
"The technical team could be better."
"Lacks simplified documentation within the tool that requires use of a separate portal."
Amazon Cognito is ranked 14th in Access Management with 2 reviews while ForgeRock is ranked 3rd in Access Management with 12 reviews. Amazon Cognito is rated 8.0, while ForgeRock is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon Cognito writes "Data synchronization solution used to integrate with financial services and external partners that is easy to setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ForgeRock writes "Good for multi-client setups and easy to implement but the scalability seems uncertain". Amazon Cognito is most compared with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Auth0, Okta Workforce Identity, WSO2 Identity Server and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), whereas ForgeRock is most compared with SailPoint IdentityIQ, Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Auth0, Okta Workforce Identity and Oracle Access Manager.
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