# Amazon Cognito Documentation

Amazon Cognito handles user authentication and authorization for your web and mobile apps. With user pools, you can easily and securely add sign-up and sign-in functionality to your apps. With identity pools (federated identities), your apps can get temporary credentials that grant users access to specific Amazon resources, whether the users are anonymous or are signed in.

## Amazon Cognito User Pools

- [Developer Guide](/en_us/cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-user-identity-pools.html): Provides a conceptual overview of Amazon Cognito user pools and includes instructions that show you how to use its features.

## Amazon Cognito Identity Pools (Federated Identities)

- [Developer Guide](/en_us/cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-identity.html): Provides a conceptual overview of Amazon Cognito identity pools and includes instructions that show you how to use its features.

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