# Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity vs Keycard (slim)

> Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity scores 74.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Keycard's 56.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Keycard leads on maintenance & community. Both do auth oauth. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity scores 74.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Keycard's 56.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Keycard leads on maintenance & community. Both do auth oauth.

- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity: BB 74.8, rank #64 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentcore-identity.min.md
- Keycard: C 56.2, rank #572 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/keycard.min.md
- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity, good for Agents already built on AWS, above all those on AgentCore Runtime or Gateway, where token retrieval is automatic and free of extra charge. Ahead on Reliability, 85 against 35; Schema & documentation, 88 against 61; Agent ergonomics, 76 against 60; Transparency & trust, 75 against 44. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Keycard, good for A security-minded team building agents that need their own identities, policy on every delegation and an audit trail per hop, and that is comfortable on an Early Access product. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 79 against 70.

| Category | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity | Keycard |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 85 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 88 | 61 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 84 | 86 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 44 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity | Keycard |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Keycard Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://bedrock-agentcore.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` | `https://api.keycard.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Price for auth oauth | $0.01 per 1,000 requests | not published |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the AWS Customer Agreement and AWS Service Terms. The AgentCore SDKs for Python and TypeScript are Apache-2.0 | MIT (SDKs), Apache-2.0 (keycard-python API client), platform closed, BYOC or on-prem on Enterprise |
| Last release | 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-22 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 335k npm/wk, 1.4M PyPI/wk | 1 stars, 52 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |