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AWS Identity and Access Management vs Transmit Security comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Identity and Access Man...
Ranking in Identity Management (IM)
8th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Resource Access Management (2nd)
Transmit Security
Ranking in Identity Management (IM)
24th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (26th), Access Management (20th), Passwordless Authentication (5th), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Identity Management (IM) category, the mindshare of AWS Identity and Access Management is 0.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Transmit Security is 0.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Identity Management (IM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS Identity and Access Management0.8%
Transmit Security0.4%
Other98.8%
Identity Management (IM)
 

Featured Reviews

SumitMundik - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Admin Systems at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
IAM improves cloud security management with hybrid network capabilities and global role access
In AWS Identity and Access Management solutions, CloudFormation tools are used to create templates. Having predefined templates available from the AWS team would be beneficial. Currently, security teams work on policies and scripts for creating generic AWS Identity and Access Management roles. If AWS could provide an option to automatically create templates based on desired access requirements, it would be extremely beneficial, especially for documentation and troubleshooting purposes. Storage gateway creation has limitations, allowing maximum of 50 SMB file shares per gateway. While it is costly to access S3 buckets via AWS Identity and Access Management role through storage gateway, companies invest in this for enhanced data security, particularly in financial sectors where data integrity is crucial. There is an ongoing issue where files are sometimes sent twice to S3 buckets, despite MoveIt logs showing single transmission. As a workaround, Lambda functions are implemented with a five-minute delay before processing files to downstream applications.
reviewer2804310 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Journey orchestration has improved fraud prevention but still needs shared rules and better usability
The main improvement needed is that with the tool, you have to build rules for each and every application. There is no common place where you can write the rules and use that rule for all your applications, which is missing. This is a big feature that is missing compared to the other products in the market. Additionally, the SDKs, Journey Player, and other components are not business-friendly, so you really have to be technical to get into it and do those things. A non-technical person would find it really hard to implement and learn things inside Transmit Security. Even though it requires less coding, you still have to have some technical people in your team to really write the rules and integrate those rules into your application.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"AWS Identity and Access Management has an intuitive user interface that is simple to use."
"AWS Identity and Access Management allows for creating, modifying, and deleting users or integrating with directories."
"AWS Identity and Access Management has an intuitive user interface that is simple to use."
"Constructing permissions is easy and very robust; you have a lot of flexibility with IAM permissions, how you can define them, using wildcards, and you can have explicit deny, explicit allow, and different conditions that certain conditions have to be met that this IAM policy will be executed or respected."
"AWS IAM is beneficial as it provides standard access and identity management policies and roles for monitoring and logging."
"I rate AWS Identity and Access Management ten out of ten."
"Identity and Access Management allows organizing policy users into groups and defining policies and roles."
"A significant advantage is that unlike access keys and secret keys that require regular changes every 30-90 days based on organizational policy, AWS Identity and Access Management roles, once set up, do not require periodic changes."
"Transmit Security has played a major role for our organization, especially in the authentication areas."
"Transmit interface is flexible and user-friendly, which is important for our workload. Switching from one authentication code to multiple exposure or two-factor authentication (MFA) is seamless."
"Transmit Security has impacted my organization positively because it is reassuring to know that we are building on top of a trusted tool, and we do not rely on developers that could make mistakes, and because it is an authentication platform, that could be detrimental."
"Transmit Security has positively impacted my organization by improving the development of workflows in order to help the user experience."
 

Cons

"I would like to see scalability improvements in AWS Identity and Access Management, such as better integration with existing systems and applications."
"The documentation and policies could be more straightforward."
"The accessibility and inclusion of more AI features would greatly enhance the program."
"AWS Identity and Access Management has an intuitive user interface that is simple to use."
"I would like to see scalability improvements in AWS Identity and Access Management, such as better integration with existing systems and applications."
"Workload management could be improved by providing temporary access."
"AWS IAM could be improved by providing a graphical user interface which would simplify permissions management, making it easier for beginners to quickly understand and manage permissions."
"The user activity tracking in AWS Identity and Access Management should be enhanced to provide detailed descriptions of user activities."
"Pricing is an area where Transmit Security could improve. The pricing needs to be more competitive."
"The main improvement needed is that with the tool, you have to build rules for each and every application."
"The scalability of Transmit Security is a little bit tricky. It is not easy to scale and depends on the complexity of my workflows and how many users I am going to support."
"The customer support varies, but overall, we are satisfied."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
25%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
30%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
Retailer
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with AWS Identity and Access Management?
In AWS Identity and Access Management solutions, CloudFormation tools are used to create templates. Having predefined templates available from the AWS team would be beneficial. Currently, security ...
What is your primary use case for AWS Identity and Access Management?
When attempting to access Windows UNC paths from MoveIt, it will request user ID and access. For instance, if ITS-MoveIt is the local user utilized during installation, that particular user should ...
What advice do you have for others considering AWS Identity and Access Management?
The AWS Identity and Access Management Access Analyzer is not utilized in our implementation. The policy simulator feature is also not being used. Information about the pricing aspect of AWS Identi...
What do you like most about Transmit Security?
Transmit interface is flexible and user-friendly, which is important for our workload. Switching from one authentication code to multiple exposure or two-factor authentication (MFA) is seamless.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Transmit Security?
I have heard that pricing, setup costs, and licensing for Transmit Security are a little bit expensive, but I am not in charge of the budget in my team, so I cannot answer that with complete certai...
What needs improvement with Transmit Security?
I think Transmit Security can be improved by creating features that would allow the replacing of other companies such as Onfido. For example, if it would allow you to sign in by taking a selfie and...
 

Also Known As

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BindID, FlexID, WorkID
 

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Sample Customers

1. Amazon.com2. Adobe3. Accenture4. AT&T5. Bank of America6. Cisco Systems7. Coca-Cola8. Dell Technologies9. Equinix10. GE Healthcare11. Google12. Hewlett Packard Enterprise13. IBM14. Intel15. JPMorgan Chase16. Kroger17. LinkedIn18. Lockheed Martin19. Mastercard20. Microsoft21. Netflix22. Nike23. Oracle24. PayPal25. PwC26. SAP27. Siemens28. Spotify29. Tesla30. Toyota31. Visa32. Walmart33. World Bank
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