Cisco Duo

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Duo
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
Cisco Duo is a two-factor authentication system (2FA), acquired by Cisco in October 2018. It provides single sign-on (SSO) and endpoint visibility, as well as access controls and policy controlled adaptive authentication.
$3
per month per user
Pricing
Cisco Duo
Editions & Modules
Duo Essentials
$3
per month per user
Duo Advantage
$6
per month per user
Duo Premier
$9
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Duo
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Cisco Duo
Considered Both Products
Cisco Duo
Chose Cisco Duo
Cisco Duo exceeds the WatchGaurd Authpoint product on every metric. Its easier to implement. More flexible in how its applied. And it allows much more features and granularity in how it can control access
Chose Cisco Duo
Ultimately we ended up going with Cisco Duo because we are a Cisco shop. All of our networking infrastructure, our phones, our wireless environment is Cisco based. It made logical sense to stay with a product that we already have a line of support with. With a smaller …
Chose Cisco Duo
We did look at Okta for our 2FA solution and while it did support end user 2FA, Okta did not have the feature set that Cisco Duo was offering. One of our requirements was 2FA support for custom applications. Cisco Duo had the solution and support staff to help us roll that out.
Chose Cisco Duo
Better brand awareness, compatibility.
Chose Cisco Duo
Duo is the only solution we considered after conducting our research. There is nothing better.
Chose Cisco Duo
None, we are happy with offering Cisco Duo
Chose Cisco Duo
As previously mentioned, I have used email/text verifications, like Okta, but that requires typing a series of numbers, so I have to copy and paste each time.
Duo is much simpler. Since I wasn’t involved in the purchasing process, I don’t know what other products were …
Chose Cisco Duo
Cisco Duo supplements the above products in providing MFA
Chose Cisco Duo
Cisco Duo provides a much richer user experience, the UI is way more modern, and the product itself is easier to use.
Chose Cisco Duo
I would fully expect a competitor like Okta or any other multifactor mechanic to function pretty similarly, and I hesitate to say duos the best. I think the idea is that it's a simple concept, but it does it well. So I haven't evaluated any myself outside of duo, but I'm also …
Chose Cisco Duo
Cisco Duo was much better suited to integrate with our Citrix solution.
Chose Cisco Duo
We didn't evaluate any other MFA solutions to compare outside of using Keeper as a password vault but that works in conjunction with Cisco Duo.
Chose Cisco Duo
The organization chose Cisco Duo prior to the acquisition with its strong brand and reputation from the security community.
Chose Cisco Duo
Cisco Duo had an integrated method for handling MFA on Endpoints and Servers. This was a huge bonus. Administration and implementation seemed more efficient as well.
Chose Cisco Duo
We did not evaluate any other tools, the partner program they were offering was nearly completely unique at the time in our space. While others have began to cater to Managed Service Providers in recent years, Duo was among the first. While other platforms have developed around …
Chose Cisco Duo
We use Microsoft O365, and it looks like I can leverage my existing license to save money by moving away from Cisco Secure Access by Duo. I am still in the research phase, so we might or might not stay with Cisco Secure Access by Duo.
Chose Cisco Duo
Cisco is one of our trusted solution vendors and Cisco Duo can be good integrated to our security landscape.
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Cisco Duo
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User Ratings
Cisco Duo
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(160 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.8
(10 ratings)
Usability
9.9
(76 ratings)
Availability
9.8
(9 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
9.9
(90 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.9
(10 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.9
(9 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.3
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.3
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.3
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Duo
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
It is a very compete and solid solution Once it is in place, and you have configured the different settings and policies it is consistent and works well. It does take some time to work the kinks out. We had a Cisco support provider assist us while we stepped through the process of getting it set up.
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Pros
Cisco
  • We use Cisco Duo with different type of device and application, but we never face any difficulties to integrate Cisco Duo with any of them.
  • We integrated Cisco Duo with some of our active directory and some of the OS are quite old but Cisco Duo works totally fine with them.
  • The end user application is very easy to use. We never had any complain from non tech team members of having trouble of using Cisco Duo.
  • There are several authentication methods available rather than passcode. I personally like the push notification which is always on time and quite fast.
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Cons
Cisco
  • Documentation is oftentimes missing key information for proper implementation. This is circumvented by reading third-party guides or contacting support for additional details.
  • They do not push Fail-Closed as much as I think they should. Fail-Open is fairly trivial to bypass and it should be made known to the customer during setup how much this will affect overall security.
  • More vendor integration is something that is always craved by administrators. There are so many third-parties to integrate with.
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Likelihood to Renew
Cisco
There are a lot of competing solutions on the market; however, Duo "just works", and there is little to no learning curve for the new members to be acclimated to it. As long as that continues I see it as the preferred option moving forward
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Usability
Cisco
La interfaz es intuitiva y fácil de navegar, lo que permite a los usuarios administrar sus dispositivos y acceder a las políticas sin problemas. La integración con las aplicaciones SSO y SaaS facilita aún más el proceso de acceso, mejorando la experiencia del usuario.
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Reliability and Availability
Cisco
In the last 5+ years we've been using Duo, there may have been 1 outage that impacted us. We do receive periodic notifications of issues but, for the most part, they impact carriers or functionality that we either don't use, or do not care about.
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Performance
Cisco
We do not see any degradation of performance of the protected applications. There are occasional lags in receiving the push but no show stooppers.
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Support Rating
Cisco
I have not needed direct support for Cisco Secure Access by Duo as I have not had a problem with it, but I have full confidence that the support is outstanding. It is now a core component of the corporate technology stack - a problem would mean a serious degradation in the ability of the company to function.
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In-Person Training
Cisco
There was no in person training but checking the box was the only way I could complete all of the questions.
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Online Training
Cisco
This was not organized training but the videos that Duo provides to teach you how to install a particular integration are top notch.
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Implementation Rating
Cisco
Implementation was straight forward and you can isolate different scenarios in order to test new application setup or add to an existing setup. Gui interface is pretty easy to understand and follow. I had no experience with Duo and still manage to easily set up new policies and rules.
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
I would fully expect a competitor like Okta or any other multifactor mechanic to function pretty similarly, and I hesitate to say duos the best. I think the idea is that it's a simple concept, but it does it well. So I haven't evaluated any myself outside of duo, but I'm also not in the market and I don't feel like we need to go shopping for something else.
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Scalability
Cisco
So far, the only limits we've encountered were tied to our imagination. Duo's strong list of supported integrations is amazing.
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • Assess user risk within minutes
  • Cisco Secure Access by Duo cloud-based MFA eliminates the need for on-prem appliances and hardware; you don't need to invest in your data center
  • There is no on-going maintenance or service costs, eliminating time to patch and update
  • No required important IT time and extra resources beyond implementation
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