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Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) vs Amazon Cognito Identity Provider

If you need a Cloud Storage & File Sharing API that's easy to integrate, go with Alibaba Cloud (阿里云).

Alibaba Cloud (阿里云)

China's largest cloud provider — compute, database, storage, CDN, networking, AI services with SDKs

Amazon Cognito Identity Provider

<p>Using the Amazon Cognito user pools API, you can create a user pool to manage directories and users. You can authenticate a user to obtain tokens related to user identity and access policies.</p...

Alibaba Cloud (阿里云)

  • No authentication required
  • HTTPS supported

Amazon Cognito Identity Provider

  • Simple API key authentication
  • HTTPS supported
FeatureAlibaba Cloud (阿里云)Amazon Cognito Identity Provider
AuthenticationNoneapiKey
HTTPSYesYes
CORSUnknownUnknown

When to use which?

Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) is the better choice for quick prototypes and hackathons since it requires no authentication.