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AWS IAM Identity Center vs Tenable Cloud Security comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 2, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.9
AWS IAM Identity Center enhances security, compliance, efficiency, and cost management through centralized access control and streamlined processes.
Sentiment score
5.3
Tenable Cloud Security is financially beneficial, offering cost-effective services and positive outcomes despite lacking specific recent metrics.
The return on investment includes operational efficiency gains, security risk reduction, compliance with regulations, improved user experience, productivity benefits, reduced overhead, and better security posture.
DevOps Engineer | Cloud Architect & Automation Specialist | Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, AWS EKS at Phoenix Marketing & Advertising
We have achieved significant time efficiencies with AWS IAM Identity Center.
Director of Engineering at Infosys
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.9
AWS IAM Identity Center documentation is detailed; users appreciate support plans, though some miss visuals and live chat.
Sentiment score
3.4
Tenable Cloud Security support receives mixed reviews with praised efficiency and availability, but some note delayed and inconsistent assistance.
AWS provides immediate solutions and assistance whenever needed, especially if issues arise that cannot be handled internally.
Director of Engineering at Infosys
They are prompt, keep you updated, and provide excellent assistance.
AWS DevOps Engineer at CTB Solutions
AWS offers better assistance plans for their services.
Strategist | Webops and Blockchain at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
With Element, if you need a feature, you can discuss it with them, and if implementation is possible, you will have that feature within a month or two, depending on complexity.
Information Security Architect at WSP
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
AWS IAM Identity Center efficiently manages growth, offers scalability, and integrates well for enterprises despite permission management challenges.
Sentiment score
5.8
Tenable Cloud Security excels in scalability, praised for handling assets efficiently, but faces challenges in larger multi-cloud setups.
AWS Identity Center successfully supports scalable deployments, allowing additional resources as the company grows.
AWS Cloud Engineer at BINO-K
The scalability of AWS IAM Identity Center is excellent.
AWS DevOps Engineer at CTB Solutions
It can handle both a small number of users and a bigger number of users efficiently.
AWS Certification Full Stack Cloud Engineer at Social Economic Accelerator LabSocial
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
AWS IAM Identity Center is highly reliable with 99.96% uptime, stable performance, and smooth integration despite occasional page refresh issues.
Sentiment score
7.8
Tenable Cloud Security is stable and reliable, with high ratings and prompt resolution of minor bugs, say users.
There can be issues if there is an outage on AWS's side, which could prevent logging in because your region might be down, affecting the Identity Center's availability.
Sr DevOps Engineer at HTC Global
It offers 99.96% uptime.
AWS DevOps Engineer at CTB Solutions
Stability-wise, it is functioning well without any outages or crashes.
AWS Certification Full Stack Cloud Engineer at Social Economic Accelerator LabSocial
In situations where there was a platform issue, they fixed it immediately and provided a complete explanation for the occurrence.
Information Security Architect at WSP
 

Room For Improvement

AWS IAM Identity Center needs UI, integration, and automation improvements for better user management, security, and onboarding experiences.
Tenable Cloud Security needs improved speed, automation, integration, clearer licensing, better support, and AI-powered features for multi-cloud environments.
Having a lot of users on one instance is hard to configure, so I hope for more flexibility and ease in configuration.
AWS Certification Full Stack Cloud Engineer at Social Economic Accelerator LabSocial
Enhancements could include automation tools or a centralized dashboard for managing roles and policies across multiple accounts, simplifying the process.
DevOps Engineer | Cloud Architect & Automation Specialist | Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, AWS EKS at Phoenix Marketing & Advertising
When configuring it with third-party tools, like Active Directory, the naming convention of permission sets requires careful attention, which can be confusing.
Sr DevOps Engineer at HTC Global
Adding capabilities for the scanner to automatically pick up changes and add assets automatically would be valuable.
Information Security Architect at WSP
The only complaint I hear in the market is from resellers that Tenable management team in Brazil doesn't play fair with the channel and resellers.
Owner at SUNLIT TECHNOLOGIES
 

Setup Cost

AWS IAM Identity Center is cost-effective with free basic functionality, though premium features may incur additional charges.
Tenable Cloud Security is favorably received for its fair pricing, offering good value for enterprise cloud security solutions.
AWS IAM Identity Center is available as a free service by default.
AWS Cloud Engineer at BINO-K
It is not that expensive, rated at three out of ten for costs.
Sr DevOps Engineer at HTC Global
Pricing for AWS IAM Identity Center is very affordable, rated at two out of ten with one being cheap.
AWS DevOps Engineer at CTB Solutions
 

Valuable Features

AWS IAM Identity Center streamlines role management, enhances security with MFA, and simplifies access control and policy configuration.
Tenable Cloud Security offers comprehensive vulnerability detection, asset management, and integration, enhancing security and compliance with proactive monitoring.
It provides the least privilege-based access control, which limits users to only the operations they need to perform without interfering with unrelated configurations.
Sr DevOps Engineer at HTC Global
These features allow for excellent micro-level control over resources, ensuring specific permissions are granted.
Strategist | Webops and Blockchain at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Its valuable features include granular access control, allowing precise control over who can access specific AWS resources and under what conditions using JSON-based policies.
DevOps Engineer | Cloud Architect & Automation Specialist | Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, AWS EKS at Phoenix Marketing & Advertising
The automatic integration capabilities, particularly with DNS, Azure, and AWS, are extremely valuable.
Information Security Architect at WSP
Perhaps the best functionalities are related to promoting a deeper analysis of the environment where applications are running in terms of creating a double armor of security to block threats that may come in the cloud with Tenable Cloud Security.
Owner at SUNLIT TECHNOLOGIES
The best features Tenable Cloud Security offers in my experience are automatic scanning, frequent scanning, and automatic finding, which I find valuable.
Cloud Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS IAM Identity Center
Ranking in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS)
8th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (9th)
Tenable Cloud Security
Ranking in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS)
15th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Container Security (24th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (14th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (15th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (12th), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) category, the mindshare of AWS IAM Identity Center is 1.5%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable Cloud Security is 1.0%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS IAM Identity Center1.5%
Tenable Cloud Security1.0%
Other97.5%
Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

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Web developer at King of CMS Consulting
Centralized access control has improved team collaboration but still needs a simpler onboarding
One of the best features AWS IAM Identity Center offers is the permission set, which is one of the best. Then there are the temporary credentials via SSO, the multi-account governance, and the centralized identity management. Those are good features that I believe assist developers, and another feature I can say is one of the best is the improved security with temporary credentials. The feature I find myself relying on the most day-to-day would be the centralized identity management and multi-account governance. It allows me to check what other developers are doing and since I am the admin, I can also revoke the access they have to the AWS accounts.
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Information Security Architect at WSP
Has significantly improved proactive monitoring through automated asset discovery and seamless integration with cloud environments
Making the system smarter would be beneficial. Adding modules for integration with AWS and Azure would be helpful. Adding capabilities for the scanner to automatically pick up changes and add assets automatically would be valuable. When discussing a big company, it is mandatory to have tools that will assist us rather than waiting for manual input to add hosts. Adding assets manually is prone to mistakes. Humans might forget to add an asset or make errors when adding multiple assets. Taking the human element out of the context and making it more streamlined is the future for security. The human should be involved where expertise is needed, such as analysis and decision-making. Currently, with resource constraints, we need tools to collect and aggregate data, eliminate false positives as much as possible, and present relevant information to employees for action.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Government
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS IAM Identity Center?
AWS provides the lowest pricing among other service providers like Azure, Google, Oracle. It is cost-effective, and they use a pay-as-you-go model.
What needs improvement with AWS IAM Identity Center?
I think AWS IAM Identity Center can be improved by making it beginner-friendly. It was very hard for me to navigate initially because the UI was very complicated. I had to do a lot of research and ...
What is your primary use case for AWS IAM Identity Center?
My main use case for AWS IAM Identity Center is hosting and redirecting web services that I want to use as localhost, but then I have to reroute it. What I did was create a permission set and use i...
What needs improvement with Tenable Cloud Security?
Making the system smarter would be beneficial. Adding modules for integration with AWS and Azure would be helpful. Adding capabilities for the scanner to automatically pick up changes and add asset...
What is your primary use case for Tenable Cloud Security?
We had other solutions that we used. One solution was that we did not have something exactly similar to what Element is doing. For example, we were using Bitsight, Evelin, and also Tenable Cloud Se...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Ermetic CSPM?
I wasn't involved with the pricing, setup cost and licensing for Tenable Cloud Security.
 

Also Known As

AWS Single Sign On, AWS SSO
Ermetic, Ermetic Identity Governance for AWS
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
Tyler Technologies, Bilfinger, BarkBox, MongoDB, airSlate, Adama, Latch, Cloudinary, Riskified, AppsFlyer, IntelyCare, Aidoc, 42Dot, and more.
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