Google Cloud → AWS and Azure
AWS and Azure equivalents of Policy Intelligence (role recommendations, Policy Analyzer)
The closest AWS equivalent of Google Cloud Policy Intelligence (role recommendations, Policy Analyzer) is IAM Access Analyzer; on Azure, Microsoft Entra ID Governance (access reviews).
About Policy Intelligence (role recommendations, Policy Analyzer)
| Provider | Google Cloud |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Role recommendations to remove excess permissions and Policy Analyzer to find who has access to what. |
| Documentation | docs.cloud.google.com |
| Pricing | No separate pricing page |
Mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS | Match (GCP vs AWS) | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Find excessive, unused, or external access | IAM Access Analyzer | Partial match | Microsoft Entra ID Governance (access reviews) |
Find excessive, unused, or external access Partial match
IAM Access Analyzer maps partly to Policy Intelligence: role recommendations remove excess permissions, and Policy Analyzer shows who has access to what.
- There is no single service that flags external or public access findings like Access Analyzer; Security Command Center covers some misconfigurations.