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AWS IAM Identity Center: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

AWS IAM Identity Center is the Amazon Web Services offering for giving workforce users access to AWS accounts and AWS managed applications. An organisation connects an existing identity source, such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Google Workspace or Active Directory, or manages users directly in the service itself. IAM Identity Center then handles single sign-on, assignment of permissions through permission sets, and a web portal for users. The service was called AWS Single Sign-On until 26 July 2022 and is delivered as a managed cloud service through the AWS console.

Amazon Web Services is part of US-based Amazon and subject to US law, including the CLOUD Act. The service is available in multiple AWS Regions, including Frankfurt, Ireland, Paris, Stockholm, Milan, Spain and Zurich, and the instance can be replicated to additional Regions. According to AWS, the customer decides in which geographic region data is stored. For GDPR purposes AWS points to standard contractual clauses in its service terms. An EU Region therefore limits the storage location, but not US jurisdiction over the provider.

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Sovereignty score
27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (US, EU, CH, OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    Key management with a non-European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026
Headquarters
US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
US, EU, CH, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Identity
Type
Product
Website
aws.amazon.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to AWS IAM Identity Center

The European alternatives to AWS IAM Identity Center come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with AWS IAM Identity Center

AWS IAM Identity Center is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

AWS IAM Identity Center hosts data in US, EU, CH, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

AWS IAM Identity Center is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs AWS IAM Identity Center together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to AWS IAM Identity Center?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to AWS IAM Identity Center include Adnovum, Airlock and Auðkenni. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to AWS IAM Identity Center?

Our list of EU alternatives to AWS IAM Identity Center is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is AWS IAM Identity Center GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

AWS IAM Identity Center is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU, CH, OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 11, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Identity

Identity: Identity and access management — SSO, MFA, directory services. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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