Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to AWS Cognito
AWS's Parse competitor. (Mobile backend)
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. AWS Cognito launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Cognito▲139Phone number based identity verification service
2017 · cognitohq.com · its alternatives →
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Cognito Forms▲107Build advanced forms for any device with ease
2015 · cognitoforms.com · its alternatives →
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Realtime JavaScript Backend. . Contribute to CloudBoost/cloudboost development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A library that allows you to easily mock out tests based on AWS infrastructure. - getmoto/moto
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Parsehubfree tier, from $189/mo▲96Turn dynamic websites into APIs
2014 · parsehub.com · its alternatives →
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Quicksite▲82A cloud-based business intelligence tool from Amazon
2015 · aws.amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Collaboratively browse and navigate your digital channels with your customers in real time. Book a demo or kickoff a free technical proof-of-concept today.
2018 · cobrowse.io · its alternatives →
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Cohere▲278See what your users are seeing, engage them with context.
2021 · cohere.io · its alternatives →
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AI memory tool that lives where you work
Jan 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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🐎 A serverless MapReduce framework written for AWS Lambda - bcongdon/corral
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · jamesyu.org · its alternatives →
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Top 5 Advantages of AmazonCognito For Mobile Application
2022 · cmarix.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN I've been using ECS for a while now and found it annoying having to log into the console everytime I use Lens for Kubernetes but couldnt find an equivalent for ECS so i built one! The project is open source as well https://github.com/utibeabasi6/mercek
Jun 2026 · mercek.dev · its alternatives →
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Manage your parse.com databases from your mobile
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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A collaborative list of Parse alternative backend services
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Don't let AI think for you.
Jul 2026 · thinkwithcogni.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN — I am the CTO of Rierino (https://rierino.com/platform/core), a low-code backend platform built for developers, not business users. We recently launched our Developer Lite version on AWS Marketplace, and we're offering a free private trial to HN users. We built our low-code platform while working with scale-ups, out of frustration with how painful and expensive backend logic can be to implement and maintain in high-speed, distributed environments. It either meant hand-coding everything or relying on rigid tools that abstract away too much. We tested a range of LCNC…
2025 · its alternatives →
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