# Other capabilities
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Beyond signing users in to your application with a user pool, Amazon Cognito offers additional capabilities for specialized needs. Amazon Cognito identity pools exchange a user's identity for temporary, limited-privilege AWS credentials so that your application can call AWS services directly.

**Topics**
+ [Amazon Cognito identity pools](cognito-identity.md)
+ [Getting started with Amazon Cognito identity pools](getting-started-with-identity-pools.md)