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AWS IAM Identity Center vs IAM Health Cloud comparison

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Categories and Ranking

AWS IAM Identity Center
Ranking in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS)
7th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (8th)
IAM Health Cloud
Ranking in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS)
23rd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.7
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) category, the mindshare of AWS IAM Identity Center is 1.4%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IAM Health Cloud is 0.4%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS IAM Identity Center1.4%
IAM Health Cloud0.4%
Other98.2%
Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

MO
Web developer at King of CMS Consulting
Centralized access control has improved team collaboration but still needs a simpler onboarding
One of the best features AWS IAM Identity Center offers is the permission set, which is one of the best. Then there are the temporary credentials via SSO, the multi-account governance, and the centralized identity management. Those are good features that I believe assist developers, and another feature I can say is one of the best is the improved security with temporary credentials. The feature I find myself relying on the most day-to-day would be the centralized identity management and multi-account governance. It allows me to check what other developers are doing and since I am the admin, I can also revoke the access they have to the AWS accounts.
George Onalo - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise DevOps Lead at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Automating least-privilege audits has accelerated migrations but needs stronger Terraform and CI/CD support
The platform can be vastly improved by introducing native, 'Terraform-aware' guardrails. Currently, the platform's automated remediation mechanisms modify live policies directly in the AWS console, which immediately causes configuration drift inside our declarative Terraform state files. The next release should output recommended policy fixes directly as valid Terraform HCL code snippets or automated GitHub Pull Requests.Additionally, expanding its graph-based analysis to support multi-cloud identity tracking across Microsoft Azure (Entra ID) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) would provide true enterprise-wide utility. Lastly, incorporating smarter alert grouping for identical microservice container task roles would significantly reduce alert fatigue for lean DevOps teams.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It has increased the workflow percentage by over 20 to 30%, making it very effective for us to actually achieve the work we're trying to do in a short amount of time."
"AWS IAM Identity Center offers a secure and centralized way to manage access and permissions."
"The features of AWS IAM Identity Center that I appreciate are single sign-on and multi-factor authentication, and we can manage all authentication aspects while integrating it with third-party applications."
"AWS IAM Identity Center has helped our organization by providing a unified dashboard to manage permissions and access controls."
"The organizational value of AWS IAM Identity Center is definitely significant, as it helps ensure that the least required permissions are given to users, thus preventing unnecessary access and reducing the risk of accidental deletions or changes."
"The most valuable feature is the security configuration ease, which is great for me, especially as a beginner."
"The most valuable feature of AWS IAM Identity Center is the ability to provide a structured approach to access management through a single dashboard."
"Its valuable features include granular access control, allowing precise control over who can access specific AWS resources and under what conditions using JSON-based policies."
"IAM Health Cloud has positively impacted my organization by giving us all the required dashboards that we can manage everything from one place."
"By shrinking our IAM audit prep time by 40% and cutting post-migration security rework by up to 70%, the tool is effectively saving my organization 15 to 20 engineering hours per project."
 

Cons

"I think AWS IAM Identity Center can be improved by making it beginner-friendly. It was very hard for me to navigate initially because the UI was very complicated."
"Sometimes it experiences lag, but there's always room for improvement, which is why I deducted one point."
"For AWS services in general, I had trouble creating an S3 bucket due to a repetitive error message regarding existing names."
"I have opened support tickets and received responses, although not always resolving my queries fully. I would appreciate a live chat option with technical support for quicker resolutions."
"IAM is challenging to manage in complex environments. Enhancements could include automation tools or a centralized dashboard for managing roles and policies across multiple accounts, simplifying the process."
"The initial setup isn't very easy, around four on a scale of one to ten. It permits setting up policies that might not be entirely secure if improperly configured, which can lead to issues later."
"There is a desire to see integration or adoption of time-based user creation features within AWS IAM Identity Center."
"In the product, two groups cannot have the same name...In general, the tool does not allow for the duplication of names."
"While IAM Health Cloud is an exceptional observability engine for AWS, its automated remediation can cause configuration drift if you manage your infrastructure strictly through Terraform."
"I choose an eight out of ten because I think this technology world is evolving very rapidly and AI is stepping into the technology."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is cheap since it is available on the cloud."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
48%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise4
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS IAM Identity Center?
AWS provides the lowest pricing among other service providers like Azure, Google, Oracle. It is cost-effective, and they use a pay-as-you-go model.
What needs improvement with AWS IAM Identity Center?
I think AWS IAM Identity Center can be improved by making it beginner-friendly. It was very hard for me to navigate initially because the UI was very complicated. I had to do a lot of research and ...
What is your primary use case for AWS IAM Identity Center?
My main use case for AWS IAM Identity Center is hosting and redirecting web services that I want to use as localhost, but then I have to reroute it. What I did was create a permission set and use i...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IAM Health Cloud?
The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was seamless when procuring through AWS Marketplace. It allows our clients to leverage their existing AWS EDP commitments, drastically cutting...
What needs improvement with IAM Health Cloud?
The platform can be vastly improved by introducing native, 'Terraform-aware' guardrails. Currently, the platform's automated remediation mechanisms modify live policies directly in the AWS console,...
What is your primary use case for IAM Health Cloud?
I started using IAM Health Cloud at the beginning of this year. I integrate it with Control Tower and landing zone setup for customers who want to migrate their workload onto AWS. From a security s...
 

Also Known As

AWS Single Sign On, AWS SSO
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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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