What is Amazon Cognito?
Amazon Cognito is AWS’s managed identity service for application users and related access workflows. User pools support application authentication, while identity pools address a different access role. Lite, Essentials and Plus tiers have different feature and charging scope; federation and machine-to-machine use must be priced separately.
Who is Amazon Cognito for?
Application teams evaluating customer authentication within an AWS service architecture.
Amazon Cognito features
The core capabilities to consider for your workflow.
- Application user pools and sign-in
- Supported social and enterprise federation
- Identity pools for AWS access workflows
- Managed authentication features by tier
Amazon Cognito pricing
Limited free allowance by user type and tier
Estimate active users by authentication type and tier, federation, token requests, SMS or email services and optional features. Keep account and regional conditions with the estimate.
Calculate the cost of your quote →Free access & evaluation
Lite and Essentials have a limited direct/social monthly-active-user allowance. Enterprise-federated users have a different allowance; Plus and machine-to-machine tokens do not receive that same free tier.
Before you choose Amazon Cognito
User pools and identity pools are different components.
Direct/social users, enterprise federation, machine tokens and messaging do not share one unrestricted free allowance.
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Take a closer look at the decisions behind this product.
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Amazon Cognito FAQs
Does Amazon Cognito have a free plan?
Lite and Essentials have a limited direct/social monthly-active-user allowance. Enterprise-federated users have a different allowance; Plus and machine-to-machine tokens do not receive that same free tier.
Who is Amazon Cognito for?
Application teams evaluating customer authentication within an AWS service architecture.
What should I compare before buying?
Check the tier that contains your essential features, confirm plan limits and compare the total quote with your own expected usage.