# AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

## What is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)?

Identity and access management solution that allows businesses to handle access to AWS resources and services.

## What is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) used for?

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## Compare with a popular alternative

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### AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

4.8 (15)

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[4.7 (929)](https://www.capterra.com/p/119653/Okta/reviews/)

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Starting Price

$6

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Free Trial

Free Version

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Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.2 (15)

Ease Of Use

4.6 (913)

Value For Money

4.9 (13)

Value For Money

4.5 (475)

Customer Service

4.8 (10)

Customer Service

4.5 (494)

## AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) alternatives

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$0.90

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$3.00

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[4.7 (213)](https://www.capterra.com/p/210695/Bitwarden/reviews/)

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## Pricing

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4.9 (13)

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.8 (10)

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## User reviews

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Nivesh B.

Network Administrator

Information Technology and Services

### "AWS IAM Review-25 "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

June 9, 2025

AWS products are largely in demand globally. It is 100% recommended by any fortune 100 to fortune 500 companies.

Pros

☆ IAM allows for centralized management of user identities and access, simplifying IT operations and reducing workloads. ☆ IAM helps organizations meet compliance requirements by granting access to specific individuals based on their roles.

Cons

☆ IAM requires regular monitoring and auditing to ensure that access permissions are still appropriate and to identify any vulnerabilities.

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AU

Anonymous User

Cloud specialist

Banking

### "In-Depth Review of IAM: Protecting Your Organization’s Digital Identity"

5.0

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5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

February 25, 2025

great experience especially for user access review and with custom policy creation , one can restrict the access as required.

Pros

The option to choose between iam user and role is something really great as both serves various purposes and can be very beneficial

Cons

AWS managed policies are something that cannot be removed or edited which can be a bit tideous

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Iddy H.

AWS Soluion Architect

Information Technology and Services

### "This is what you supposed to use Everyday"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

September 9, 2024

Pros

What I like most about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is its granular control and security. With IAM, I can manage access to AWS resources with a high level of detail, specifying permissions at a very fine-grained level. This means that I can define exactly who can access what services and resources, under what conditions, and with which actions allowed (like read, write, or delete). This helps to minimize the risk of unauthorized access and enables me to apply the principle of least privilege effectively.

Cons

What I like least about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is its complexity in managing permissions at scale. As the number of users, roles, and policies grows, it can become difficult to keep track of permissions, especially in large environments with many AWS services.

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Gregory J.

Software Engineer

Computer Software

### "A fantastic access control system"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

January 20, 2024

Pros

I am going to choose two things because I can't choose between them. First is the ease of integration with other identity systems. It's fairly easy to get something like your HR system (Rippling in my case). The other is the truly granular access control which lets you give very specific access to custom roles for various automated systems to do what they need to and nothing more. If you keep on top of that as you go and don't grant \`\*\` permissions, it makes going through compliance checks on the platform much easier because there's no need to worry about small components of your system going rogue, because they just can't.

Cons

Implementation can be challenging. AWS has better tools than they used to for checking permissions but if your code performs different actions on different paths then you really need to be thorough in your testing to make sure you have the permissions you need. For example, if you only report errors via alarms then you need to make sure you're injecting faults in your tests. Otherwise you will have some very fiddly problems to solve where things fail unexpectedly. I would say this is most of the cost of implementation, just getting the permissions right as you build.

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AA

Akarsh A.

DevOps engineer

Information Technology and Services

### "ONE OF THE BEST RBAC (ROLE BASED ACCESS CONTROL)"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

December 11, 2023

Overall it was really very much good, you are not see any bug or production issue.

Pros

IAM is one of the most advanced technology to give access to the users and some of the providers and vendors will only provide the access for users as per the applications but AWS managed in this way that if a service needs a resource we need to provide access for read as well as write both so it was too good when comes security

Cons

There is no AI BOT or assistent who hear the requirements and create role for the customers, clients or customers needs to create role test the application then only they will satisfied so it was just a good thing if they create a bot .

Reasons for choosing AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

OKTA is also powerful but we are using okta for SMAL and multi login auth.

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Matthew J.

Application Support Engineer

Computer Software

### "Identity Management Per Excellence "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

July 3, 2023

Top-Notch.

Pros

It's top-notch security and ease of setup without ambiguity. Even with little experience working with the AIM service is so seamless yet powerful.

Cons

It's simply and excellent tool with no issues based on the coverage of my usage.

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Erick R.

Ingeniero en seguridad

Computer Software

### "IAM, la piedra angular para la seguridad en AWS"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

June 12, 2023

En términos generales, IAM me ha brindado una excelente experiencia en la administración de accesos y permisos en AWS, ofreciendo una funcionalidad robusta y flexibilidad a la hora de cumplir con los requerimientos de los clientes finales.

Pros

IAM es un servicio robusto que permite brindar protección a los diferentes recursos que se encuentren desplegados en AWS, evitando el accesso y uso no autorizado de los mismos. Otro beneficio es la gran flexibilidad que brinda para adaptarse a los requerimientos de seguridad de diferentes clientes.

Cons

Considero que se necesita mejorar la interfaz para ser más intuitiva para los usuarios, además de que sería importante mejorar la funcionalidad de creación de políticas de IAM a través de un asistente virtual

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AD

Anmol D.

Security Analyst

Information Technology and Services

### "aws iam "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

February 23, 2023

Pros

It's easy to create a user and attach pre-defined policies. For security, we have MFA and password policy, and many more things

Cons

We can't use the Access key on the same user with MFA enabled on the console

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AU

Anonymous User

Junior Technical Consultant

Information Technology and Services

### "Compared to its competitors, usable, but not delightful"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

5/10

February 17, 2023

Pros

In AWS there is always a way to get something done. When dealing with user, service principals and co. you will find a way.

Cons

In comparison to its competitors, AWS does not make things easily discoverable in the UI. You can do it through the CLI tools and consoles, but the learning curve can be very steep.

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Fabiano A.

Consulente IT

Information Technology and Services

### "Chive per la sicurezza: Least Privilege Principle"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

February 15, 2023

Lo utilizzo a lavoro nelle app di test che ho sviluppato per gestire quali utenti possono accedere a delle determinate risorse

Pros

Consente con precisione di decidere a cosa possono accedere utenti e servizi

Cons

Forse per i meno esperti può risultare complesso ma non mi sento di dire niente di negativo

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