AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

4.8

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Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a policy and identity management solution that helps businesses streamline processes related to access analysis, permission settings, temporary access grants, and more from within a unified platform. With attribute-based access control (ABAC), administrators can let users securely access their preferred Amazon S3 buckets and services, while giving others access only to the resources they need. It enables employees to access the step-by-step instructions and graphical user interface (GUI) to create, modify, and delete resources.

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)'s Access Analyzer module lets users verify existing accounts, removed unused access accounts, handle policy validation processes, and more. The ABAC protocols enable supervisors to define access rights and permissions based on multiple attributes, such as specific departments, team names, and job roles.

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AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Features

Popular features found in Identity Management
Access Certification
Compliance Management
Credential Management
Multi-Factor Authentication
Password Management
Privileged Account Management
Reporting & Statistics
Self-Service Access Request
Single Sign On
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AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

80%

20%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.9

Customer support

4.8

Functionality

4.8

Have you used AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and would like to share your experience with others?

Iddy H.

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Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2024

This is what you supposed to use Everyday

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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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Reviewer

Banking

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2025

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

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

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Value for money

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Functionality

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

Verified

Reviewer

Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

Compared to its competitors, usable, but not delightful

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

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.

Nivesh B.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2025

AWS IAM Review-25

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

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

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.

Gregory J.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2024

A fantastic access control system

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Matthew J.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2023

Identity Management Per Excellence

Top-Notch.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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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Reviewer

Retail

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

Easily manage access between AWS Resources

Very happy with AWS IAM. Without it, it would be very difficult to manage our AWS ecosystem in an efficient and secure way.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Able to create one user or service account in AWS that has access to all of the resources it needs to do its work. Whether, it's an individual, web application, reporting tool, or countless other uses, you are able to assign access to only what that user needs with access keys and quickly remove that access when it is no longer needed.

Cons:

Requires the build out of Groups and Policies when not using the built in options. This can slow down user creation.

Verified

Reviewer

Information Technology and Services

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2022

Best AWS service for user identification, authentication & authorization

Overall we are very happy with the IAM service since it comes pre-integrated with many AWS services that we use and support for the entire organization.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

User groups, user provisioning, user authentication and authorization, access control, roles setup, single stop shop for billing administrator for reporting and audit.

Cons:

Integration with AD can be improved. Works fine only for AWS services but lacks features for on-premise application outside AWS.

Shawn C.

Verified reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

Expensive and complicated but nothing else comes close.

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Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very complex and wide ranging set of tools.

Cons:

Extensive training is needed to fully understand the product.

Pawe W.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

IAM for managing identities of a Web App

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

It integrates really smoothly with other AWS services including AWS Api Gateway. The documentation is very extensive and answers most of the questions that were arising when working with IAM and granting accesses to specific services in the app

Cons:

It does not work well with infrastructure outside AWS

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