# Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity vs Scalekit AgentKit (slim)

> Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity scores 74.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Scalekit AgentKit's 71.9 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Scalekit AgentKit leads on agent ergonomics, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do auth oauth. Category scores…

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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity scores 74.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Scalekit AgentKit's 71.9 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Scalekit AgentKit leads on agent ergonomics, payments & pricing and 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
- Scalekit AgentKit: BB 71.9, rank #111 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scalekit-agentkit.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 75; Security & auth, 84 against 66; Transparency & trust, 75 against 65.
- Scalekit AgentKit, good for A team that wants per-user third-party tokens plus a hosted tool catalogue at the lowest per-call price, with a tidy virtual MCP surface for agents. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 83 against 76; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30; Maintenance & community, 80 against 70. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity | Scalekit AgentKit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 85 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 88 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 83 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 84 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity | Scalekit AgentKit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Scalekit |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://bedrock-agentcore.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` | `https://{env}.scalekit.com` |
| 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), platform closed, self-hosted on Enterprise |
| Last release | 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-01-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2026-01-01 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 335k npm/wk, 1.4M PyPI/wk | 6 stars, 11k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |