AWS Security

AWS Identity and Access Management

AWS Identity and Access Management handles the granular control of who can access your cloud resources. It defines permissions for users, groups, and roles, ensuring that only authorized entities interact with specific services. This centralizes authentication and authorization across your infrastructure, replacing scattered credentials with a unified policy engine that governs resource interaction at scale.

Teams already invested in the AWS ecosystem will find this native integration essential for compliance and operational security. However, there is no free tier available, so you pay for every request and user configuration. This pay-as-you-go model means costs accumulate with scale, making it less attractive for small projects or those seeking zero-cost identity management solutions.

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  • Free tier No
  • Pricing Pay as you go
  • Regions 15 · 6 continents
  • SLA uptime 99.99%
  • Compliance 13 certifications
  • Provider health A

Decision score

39 /100
Features 20
Pricing 0
Reliability 100
Community 0
Ecosystem 93

Computed from catalog breadth, pricing, provider reliability (uptime & SLA), community signal, and ecosystem (compliance & regions). Weighted equally.

Trust & reach via AWS

Compliance
  • C5
  • CSA STAR
  • FedRAMP
  • GDPR
  • HIPAA
  • ISO 27001
  • ISO 27017
  • ISO 27018
  • ISO 9001
  • PCI DSS
  • SOC 1 Type II
  • SOC 2 Type II
+1 more
SLA uptime
  • compute99.99%
  • database99.99%
  • networking99.99%
  • storage99.99%
Global reach

15 regions across 6 continents

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America

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