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I have no idea why anyone would use Cognito unless they don’t care about availability. Almost every other SaaS vendor supports multi-region active-active and C

I have no idea why anyone would use Cognito unless they don’t care about availability. Almost every other SaaS vendor supports multi-region active-active and Cognito does not.

theteapot 2y ago
What is active-active?
- illusive4080 2y ago
  Being live in more than one region at the same time
theteapot 2y ago
> Almost every other SaaS vendor supports multi-region active-active and Cognito does not. Who are we talking about here? Google and Azure?
- nostrebored 2y ago
  auth0, okta, ping identity, azure, google
  - ak217 2y ago
    Had some pretty negative experiences with pricing/"enterprise" sales tactics by Okta (which now owns Auth0, and they used the same tactics on both products). I will take AWS pricing shenanigans over that any day.
    - nostrebored 2y ago
      I'll take the scummy sales tactics over the cognito API any day of the week
      - ak217 2y ago
        Given the choice between a crummy API and being driven bankrupt by a SaaS vendor, I prefer a crummy API. I suppose your calculus might look different if you have a lot of money or an employer with great negotiating leverage.
  - mschuster91 2y ago
    Okta has been plagued by security issues [1], never heard of Ping Identity, Azure only makes sense if you get a sweetheart deal and are willing to deal with Azure's crap, and I'd never recommend anyone to use anything Google any more. [1] https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=54722 https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=54722
    - ak217 2y ago
      Ping is one of the oldest players in the business, they were founded in 2002 and had one of the earliest identity PaaS in the market (at least as far back as 2012). Haven't used their products much though.
    - SgtBastard 2y ago
      Ping Identity run the largest enterprise identity platforms on the planet after merging with ForgeRock last year. Think HSBC, JP Morgan Chase-scale.
  - pquerna 2y ago
    okta is not "active-active" in a multi-region sense, they run in a single active AWS single Region per-tenant. You can pay extra to have a faster failover in a region level failure scenario: https://support.okta.com/help/s/article/overview-of-enhanced-disaster-recovery?language=en_US https://support.okta.com/help/s/article/overview-of-enhanced...

I have no idea why anyone would use Cognito unless they don’t care about availability. Almost every other SaaS vendor supports multi-region active-active and Cognito does not.

theteapot 2y ago

What is active-active?

illusive4080 2y ago
Being live in more than one region at the same time

theteapot 2y ago

> Almost every other SaaS vendor supports multi-region active-active and Cognito does not. Who are we talking about here? Google and Azure?

nostrebored 2y ago
auth0, okta, ping identity, azure, google
- ak217 2y ago
  Had some pretty negative experiences with pricing/"enterprise" sales tactics by Okta (which now owns Auth0, and they used the same tactics on both products). I will take AWS pricing shenanigans over that any day.
  - nostrebored 2y ago
    I'll take the scummy sales tactics over the cognito API any day of the week
    - ak217 2y ago
      Given the choice between a crummy API and being driven bankrupt by a SaaS vendor, I prefer a crummy API. I suppose your calculus might look different if you have a lot of money or an employer with great negotiating leverage.
- mschuster91 2y ago
  Okta has been plagued by security issues [1], never heard of Ping Identity, Azure only makes sense if you get a sweetheart deal and are willing to deal with Azure's crap, and I'd never recommend anyone to use anything Google any more. [1] https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=54722 https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=54722
  - ak217 2y ago
    Ping is one of the oldest players in the business, they were founded in 2002 and had one of the earliest identity PaaS in the market (at least as far back as 2012). Haven't used their products much though.
  - SgtBastard 2y ago
    Ping Identity run the largest enterprise identity platforms on the planet after merging with ForgeRock last year. Think HSBC, JP Morgan Chase-scale.
- pquerna 2y ago
  okta is not "active-active" in a multi-region sense, they run in a single active AWS single Region per-tenant. You can pay extra to have a faster failover in a region level failure scenario: https://support.okta.com/help/s/article/overview-of-enhanced-disaster-recovery?language=en_US https://support.okta.com/help/s/article/overview-of-enhanced...