AWS IAM Identity Center vs Red Hat Single Sign On comparison

AWS IAM Identity Center vs. Red Hat Single Sign On

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Categories and Ranking

AWS IAM Identity Center

Ranking in Single Sign-On (SSO)

8th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (7th)

Red Hat Single Sign On

Ranking in Single Sign-On (SSO)

14th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Single Sign-On (SSO) category, the mindshare of AWS IAM Identity Center is 2.3%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Single Sign On is 1.9%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Single Sign-On (SSO) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
AWS IAM Identity Center	2.3%
Red Hat Single Sign On	1.9%
Other	95.8%

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Featured Reviews

Kteams Michael

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.

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Giovanni Baruzzi

Owner at Syntlogo GmbH

A stable and flexible solution with some basic capabilities

I set up Red Hat Single Sign-On in half an hour. I had to install a single sign-on solution for a customer. I reviewed a list of all available products, which were no more than fifty, and analyzed them. I chose it because it was convincing, modern, and based on technology from 2015. I put my trust in this product, and after nine years, I feel confident in my decision. Deploying this solution usually takes half an hour. You need an operating system running, then deploy the packages and prepare the interfaces. I rate the initial setup a ten out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy.

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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."

"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."

"The most valuable features of AWS IAM Identity Center are role-based permissions and existing permissions templates."

"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 solution enhances security through features like multifactor authentication."

"The solution helps us manage access in a time-efficient manner and offers reliable integration for our services, avoiding security breaches and maintaining operational efficiency."

"AWS IAM Identity Center has helped our organization by providing a unified dashboard to manage permissions and access controls."

"AWS IAM Identity Center offers a secure and centralized way to manage access and permissions."

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"It is very easy to scale and use as you want."

"Red Hat SSO has a lot of very concise, well laid out documentation, which is available in the free edition as well."

"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to assign only one password for the user at a false value."

"Red Hat SSO integrates well with our other solutions. Using OIDC protocols and ITL integration, employees can authenticate with Red Hat SSO and access our microservices."

"The solution is flexible and has the same basic capabilities right out of the box. The most important feature of this product is that it is a Red double-sided product. One side is a well-known open-source project; the other is a Red Hat commercial product. The commercial product benefits from all the experience and contributions of the community, making it a very well-developed product."

"Good support for single sign-on protocols."

Cons

"Greater visualization for security policies would be beneficial."

"Integrating AWS IAM Identity Center with other applications sometimes presents challenges."

"The configuration with other tools can be hard."

"IAM is challenging to manage in complex environments."

"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."

"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."

"There is a desire to see integration or adoption of time-based user creation features within AWS IAM Identity Center."

"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."

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"Red Hat publishes much more and communicates its actions and plans. They could provide words, maps, and other resources."

"The product’s technical support services could be better."

"Red Hat SSO's architecture could be updated."

"They could provide more checks and balances to find out if there have been any security lapses, e.g., if somebody is trying to break into the system. Some other products have these detection mechanisms in case someone is trying to hack into the system or find out a user's passwords."

"Security could be improved."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The license is around $8000 USD."

"It is a low cost product. This product can be used by non-profit organizations or universities, when they don't want to invest a lot of money."

"Red Hat Single Sign On is expensive."

"If you want support, that is when you use the paid version. There are different support categories that you can pay for, which provide different support levels. E.g., there is a quick response if you pay a higher amount, where the response time is within a few hours."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Marketing Services Firm

Government

18%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

11%

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	4

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS IAM Identity Center?

The product is easy for beginners to learn and use.

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?

The tech support for AWS is time-consuming, as we have experienced this issue. However, I am not aware of many other cases.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Red Hat Single Sign On?

I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.

What needs improvement with Red Hat Single Sign On?

Red Hat publishes much more and communicates its actions and plans. They could provide words, maps, and other resources. Scalability could be improved, too. It could provide more documentation.

What is your primary use case for Red Hat Single Sign On?

Earlier, customers used to authenticate the user before they used the application. With the help of Single Sign On, the customer logs in and uses all of the customer's applications without authenti...

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Also Known As

AWS Single Sign On, AWS SSO

Red Hat Single Sign-On, Red Hat SSO, RH SSO, RH-SSO

Overview

AWS IAM Identity Center is the recommended service for managing your workforce's access to AWS applications or your multiple AWS accounts (or both). It is a flexible solution that can be used to connect your existing identity source or help you create users in AWS. IAM Identity Center can be used alongside your existing AWS account access configurations.

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AWS IAM Identity Center vs. Red Hat Single Sign On