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Amazon Cognito vs Stormpath: What are the differences?

Developers describe Amazon Cognito as "Securely manage and synchronize app data for your users across their mobile devices". 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. On the other hand, Stormpath is detailed as "User Management and Authentication for Developers". Stormpath is an authentication and user management service that helps development teams quickly and securely build web and mobile applications and services.

Amazon Cognito and Stormpath belong to "User Management and Authentication" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by Amazon Cognito are:

Manage Unique Identities
Work Offline
Store and Sync across Devices

On the other hand, Stormpath provides the following key features:

User Authentication as a Service
Authorization – Easily model and manage your data, including pre-built roles
Flexible User Profiles

"Backed by Amazon" is the top reason why over 11 developers like Amazon Cognito, while over 26 developers mention "Authentication" as the leading cause for choosing Stormpath.

ChromaDex, Sendhelper Pte Ltd, and Strain Merchant are some of the popular companies that use Amazon Cognito, whereas Stormpath is used by Stormpath, Forerunner Games, and Notify-e. Amazon Cognito has a broader approval, being mentioned in 41 company stacks & 13 developers stacks; compared to Stormpath, which is listed in 3 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.

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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 Stormpath?

Stormpath is an authentication and user management service that helps development teams quickly and securely build web and mobile applications and services.

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Why do developers choose Amazon Cognito?

Why do developers choose Stormpath?

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Backed by Amazon
7
Manage Unique Identities
3
Work Offline
2
Store and Sync
1
SDKs and code samples
1
Integrate with Google, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, SAML
1
MFA

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Authentication
20
User Management
19
API Authentication
17
Token Authentication
17
Security Workflows
16
Secure
7
Easy setup and great support

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What are some alternatives to Amazon Cognito and Stormpath?

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.

Devise

Devise is a flexible authentication solution for Rails based on Warden

OmniAuth

OmniAuth is a Ruby authentication framework aimed to abstract away the difficulties of working with various types of authentication providers. It is meant to be hooked up to just about any system, from social networks to enterprise systems to simple username and password authentication.

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