🆚 Amazon Cognito vs. Shibboleth

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Amazon Cognito
Shibboleth

Type

Authentication service
Authentication service

About

Amazon Cognito is a user identity service by Amazon Web Services that lets you add user sign-up, sign-in, and access control to your web and mobile apps.

Shibboleth Identity Provider is a SAML-based single sign-on (SSO) web application that is widely used in academic organizations.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States
Bristol, United Kingdom

Website

aws.amazon.com/cognito/
shibboleth.net/products/ #583,581

Pricing

Free tier ✔️10,000 MAUs + 50 SAML/OIDC MAUs per month
Greater than 10,000 MAUs$0.015/MAU
Free version ✔️Open source
Shibboleth Consortium Membership Fee€2,750+/year

Categories

Authentication › Rank #8
Authentication › Rank #18

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Amazon Cognito authentication service is 8 times more popular than Shibboleth.
Total websites

Market share

Authentication

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Amazon Cognito is more popular in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany, while Shibboleth is more popular in Hungary.
United Kingdom
United States
Germany
Netherlands
Italy
Spain
France
Australia
Brazil
Switzerland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Amazon Cognito is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Shibboleth is more commonly used on education and reference, and government and military sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Fashion/Beauty
Education/Reference
Health
Travel
Finance/Banking
Internet Services
Restaurants

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#23
#1,053
#1,124
#2,685
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Name
Rank
#2,756
#3,635
#9,125
#11,564
#14,276
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See also

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