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Amazon Cognito vs OneLogin by One Identity comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 20, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Cognito
Ranking in Access Management
10th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OneLogin by One Identity
Ranking in Access Management
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
108
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (3rd), User Provisioning Software (4th), Identity Management (IM) (4th), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Access Management category, the mindshare of Amazon Cognito is 2.5%, down from 5.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OneLogin by One Identity is 4.1%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Access Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OneLogin by One Identity4.1%
Amazon Cognito2.5%
Other93.4%
Access Management
 

Featured Reviews

BM
Staff Software Engineer at Visa
Custom authentication has enabled secure multi-factor logins and unified access across apps
The features or capabilities of Amazon Cognito that I have found the most valuable so far include its seamless operation and the requirement of fewer integrations from the client side. All the features are there, enabling us to create the users, manage the groups, and manage access. Mostly, the access management is very good in Amazon Cognito, I would say. The benefits and positive impacts that Amazon Cognito has had in my experience include the fact that earlier we needed to implement so many things on behalf of the product itself. Now, the go-to-market strategy requires less than a week to complete integrations of the user flow, specifically mentioning that a basic authentication flow could be completed in a week itself. We don't have to care about how we manage the passwords, how we manage groups, and how we manage access management because all those things are there. It's handy, the documentation is very good, and it is easy to integrate. That's the reason I would say that the impact AWS is building on the product is great.
Amit Rathod - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst - IDAM at Toll Holdings Limited
Unified sign-in has simplified access control and has supported end-to-end identity lifecycle
The authentication process is good, but sometimes the responsiveness to requests for enhancement is very slow. I sometimes face issues with platform stability, flexibility in configuration, and limited API availability. I experience downtimes two to three times per year. OneLogin's support team is sometimes very slow to respond. There is a feature limitation with mapping, as OneLogin does not provide one-to-all mapping. For client deployment, we need to create separate mappings for each request, and we cannot use the same mapping for multiple requests. Other areas that have room for improvement are related to API limitations. If a client requires more APIs, such as 5,000 or 6,000, OneLogin charges more. The API rate limits by default or the standard limit should provide more than 5,000. Additionally, OneLogin could provide more flexibility in configuration. These are the main limitations I have identified with OneLogin.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I appreciate Amazon Cognito's ability to scale with demand and its seamless user verification features."
"The features or capabilities of Amazon Cognito that I have found the most valuable so far include its seamless operation and the requirement of fewer integrations from the client side."
"The most valuable features of Amazon Cognito are the pre and post-token generation, and the different Cognito triggers. It has lots of functionality and flexibility."
"The solution is proto connective and integrates well with other AWS services."
"I rate Amazon Cognito nine out of ten."
"I would recommend Cognito for users who are already AWS customers."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its swift authentication."
"One of the key benefits of this software is its ease of integration with a wide range of applications, including mobile apps and web applications. This simplifies the process of integration, and it can be seamlessly incorporated with Azure, Kubernetes, and other software systems."
"The outcomes since adopting OneLogin are very positive, saving our time with a reduced workload by 30 to 40 percent, and user provisioning, including onboarding or off-boarding, has become very fast by 60 to 80 percent."
"We have observed approximately 45 to 50% fewer password-related support tickets, faster user onboarding by nearly 60%, and reduced errors."
"Overall, OneLogin has had a very positive impact on our organization, improving both efficiency and security across our systems by significantly reducing login-related issues such as password resets or account lockouts, reducing the workload on our IT support team, and enabling employees to access the tools they need much faster, which has improved overall productivity."
"I have seen fewer support tickets after implementing OneLogin, which have been reduced by 60 to 70 percent compared to the previous method."
"My impression of OneLogin providing a seamless end-user experience for signing in and authenticating is positive because I never had any issues or glitches."
"OneLogin has been a reliable and user-friendly IAM platform that can simplify access with SSO and strengthen MFA adoption without creating too much complexity for users or administrators."
"My advice to other people who are considering using OneLogin is that they really should use it because it is a very complete tool."
"OneLogin offers a simplified solution that gives users a one-time login for multiple applications, which significantly improves user experience."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement in Amazon Cognito."
"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."
"Amazon Cognito could be improved by making it easier for us to add more data to the token, allowing customization of JWT. It requires a complex program to customize the token currently, however, the UI could support this configuration better."
"Cognito has the possibility to render the login screen and all the customer flows related to managing the account. Still, it's useless in an international setup. They are unable to localize these screens, so we had to write our own screens and just use the Cognito API."
"What I found generally lacking in AWS is privileged access management (PAM)."
"The setup and configuration can be complex, especially for advanced use cases."
"I think Amazon Cognito provides less flexibility to customize at the moment."
"I would rate its scalability as five out of ten. Moving users between different pools or accounts creates new identities, which means IDs stored in our database must also be changed."
"The debugging feature is a bit problematic."
"One area is the user interface, which could be made more intuitive and modern, especially for new users who may need some time to get familiar with the platform."
"The solution keeps going down for many hours, which impacts the entire company. You can't access any applications. OneLogin Desktop has a huge problem where it locks your computers and you need to reset the whole computer, which is pretty insane."
"In some cases, users have noted delays in response times or slower escalations for more complex problems, particularly outside standard support scenarios."
"Performance is lacking sometimes and having a RESTful implementation instead of RPC would have been more desirable."
"OneLogin has been a strong solution overall, but there are a few areas where it could improve."
"The one area for enhancement I can suggest is the initial setup, which requires considerable planning to execute the deployment."
"I believe support response time and troubleshooting for complex integrations could be improved in some cases for OneLogin."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is bad so I rate it a two out of ten."
"The price of the solution depends on the number of users using it."
"The product is relatively inexpensive compared to other tools."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."
"We pay $600 monthly per user for licences and there are no other additional costs."
"The price of Amazon Cognito is low. The pricing model is based on the users."
"The pricing of this solution is good compared to other solutions on the market."
"The price of Amazon Cognito is expensive. We are on an annual subscription."
"OneLogin's pricing, from the perspective of the education sector, seems quite reasonable for the value it delivers."
"We were happy with the price we got when we signed up, but I don't know what will happen when the time comes to renew because it is a different company now. We haven't seen any pricing models or had that discussion yet. My renewal is a year and a half away. It's worth what we're paying for it. There's no way we could provide the level of service for cheaper or try to do the same in-house."
"The pricing and licensing are reasonable. It is much cheaper than other products."
"Surprisingly expensive given the price of on-premise solutions."
"It was cheap in the beginning, and then it became very expensive. We were initially charged $2 per user per month, which was fine, but by the second year, they increased it to $5 per user. That became very expensive for us because we had about 1,500 users. At $2 per user, it comes out to be $3,000 a month, which is $36,000 a year. If we move to $5 per user, it comes out to be $7,500 a month. That made its cost so high. That is why we removed the product because the cost was high."
"The price of the licensing is fine."
"While I wish OneLogin's pricing was more affordable, their licensing model, which is based on per user, is acceptable."
"The pricing for OneLogin seems to be okay. The pricing and licensing are affordable. If you'd consider OneLogin to be expensive, it's worth it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
12%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
21%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business140
Midsize Enterprise35
Large Enterprise71
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Cognito?
I am aware that the pricing of Amazon Cognito is not managed by me directly but is managed by some other teams, specifically the DevOps teams. As far as I know, it is based on how many users we hav...
What needs improvement with Amazon Cognito?
I think Amazon Cognito provides less flexibility to customize at the moment. It is very tightly coupled with its own services, so it does not provide customization according to what the client need...
What is your primary use case for Amazon Cognito?
The usual use cases for Amazon Cognito that I have been working with mostly involve working for TLG Apps for three and a half years, where TLG Apps is a FinTech company in the UK. We were working f...
What needs improvement with OneLogin by One Identity?
Overall, the experience with OneLogin by One Identity has been very good, but I feel there are some improvements that can be made, particularly regarding how the integrations happen and providing m...
What is your primary use case for OneLogin by One Identity?
OneLogin by One Identity is used to manage user identities and single sign-ons, as well as manage access to individual applications used in our organization. A specific example of how OneLogin by O...
What advice do you have for others considering OneLogin by One Identity?
Regarding OneLogin by One Identity's AI capabilities, I find its accuracy and reliability of output to be very good so far, but it definitely needs verification from a human. My advice for others l...
 

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
OneLogin has thousands of customers across multiple industries and from around the globe such as Uber, Airbnb, Noom, Petco, Sony, Lucky Brand, Tesco, Airbus, Japan Airlines, Aetna, Compass, Kaplan, Susan G. Komen, AAA and PennyMac.
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