Amazon Cognito vs JSON Web Token vs Keycloak

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Amazon Cognito

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JSON Web Token

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Keycloak

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Pros of Amazon Cognito
Pros of JSON Web Token
Pros of Keycloak
  • 14
    Backed by Amazon
  • 7
    Manage Unique Identities
  • 4
    Work Offline
  • 3
    MFA
  • 2
    Store and Sync
  • 1
    Free for first 50000 users
  • 1
    It works
  • 1
    Integrate with Google, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, SAML
  • 1
    SDKs and code samples
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    • 33
      It's a open source solution
    • 24
      Supports multiple identity provider
    • 17
      OpenID and SAML support
    • 12
      Easy customisation
    • 10
      JSON web token
    • 6
      Maintained by devs at Redhat

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    Cons of Amazon Cognito
    Cons of JSON Web Token
    Cons of Keycloak
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      Massive Pain to get working
    • 3
      Documentation often out of date
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      Login-UI sparsely customizable (e.g. no translation)
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      Docs are vast but mostly useless
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      MFA: there is no "forget device" function
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      Difficult to customize (basic-pack is more than humble)
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      Lacks many basic features
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      There is no "Logout" method in the API
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      Different Language SDKs not compatible
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      No recovery codes for MFA
    • 1
      Hard to find expiration times for tokens/codes
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      Only paid support
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        Poor client side documentation
      • 5
        Lack of Code examples for client side

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      What is Amazon Cognito?

      You can create unique identities for your users through a number of public login providers (Amazon, Facebook, and Google) and also support unauthenticated guests. You can save app data locally on users’ devices allowing your applications to work even when the devices are offline.

      What is JSON Web Token?

      JSON Web Token is an open standard that defines a compact and self-contained way for securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object. This information can be verified and trusted because it is digitally signed.

      What is Keycloak?

      It is an Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services. It adds authentication to applications and secure services with minimum fuss. No need to deal with storing users or authenticating users. It's all available out of the box.

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      What are some alternatives to Amazon Cognito, JSON Web Token, and Keycloak?
      Auth0
      A set of unified APIs and tools that instantly enables Single Sign On and user management to all your applications.
      Okta
      Connect all your apps in days, not months, with instant access to thousands of pre-built integrations - even add apps to the network yourself. Integrations are easy to set up, constantly monitored, proactively repaired and handle authentication and provisioning.
      Firebase
      Firebase is a cloud service designed to power real-time, collaborative applications. Simply add the Firebase library to your application to gain access to a shared data structure; any changes you make to that data are automatically synchronized with the Firebase cloud and with other clients within milliseconds.
      AWS IAM
      It enables you to manage access to AWS services and resources securely. Using IAM, you can create and manage AWS users and groups, and use permissions to allow and deny their access to AWS resources.
      Postman
      It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.
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