Cisco Secure Access by Duo vs Imprivata OneSign

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco Secure Access by Duo is recommended if you need to enable multifactor authentication with no major effort to implement it, understanding you have to pay a license per user. It's important to mention that what you are paying gives you a lot of possibilities to enable SSO on your applications, even legacy systems., there is no need to pay extra for it. If you are looking for free or cheap software, Cisco Secure Access by Duo is not an option.

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Supervisor in Information Technology

Retail Company, 1001-5000 employees

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It's a very good tool for anyone in the industry who wants to deploy Multi Factor authentication to make their company safe and secure. It is best suited for companies where a majority of the workforce works in the field; and access to company data using internet can be a little risky. Imprivata One-sign will make the connection more secure and safe.

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Sujeet Swain

Senior Consultant

InfosysInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

It integrates very well with multiple products such as M365 and VMware
It allows for multiple security options including hardware tokens and a phone app
If users are locked out for whatever reason, it's easy to get them up and running again with the Duo admin dashboard

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James Heiney

Distributed Systems Specialist

Lock Haven UniversityHigher Education, 501-1000 employees

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Allows admins to enable single sign-on to additional applications without Imprivata services. After a quick training session with Imprivata, most admins are easily able to enable additional apps.
Works well with many device types including Windows, IGEL, Teradici and many Linux based thin clients.
High availability and failover. Imprivata's implementation of this was one of the most well thought out and easy to implement of any solutions in our stack. It works very similar to Active Directory, but requires no real config or settings to make it happen. Add an additional appliance and the enterprise is automatically synchronized. If an appliance goes down, client software is aware and automatically switched to another appliance.

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Paul Pettit

Co-Founder / Partner

SpadafyInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Cons

An extra step to configure when setting up with things like O365 products whereas the native client would have been easier.
At the time of implementation it did not integrate with the rest of the cisco security suite.
Documentation was light or lacking for any lesser known products.
Had to configure ManageEngine as a "generic app" when doing SSO. Really need to build out the prebuilt app's base quicker for us lazy IT people.

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Ryan Lee

Enterprise Infrastructure Supervisor

KLJCivil Engineering, 501-1000 employees

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Building the application profiles is not always simple.
Better application integration with Java would be beneficial.

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$3 Per User Per Month

Cisco Secure Access by Duo Editions & Modules

Edition

MFA	$3.00¹
Access	$6.00¹
Beyond	$9.00¹

Per User Per Month

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Imprivata OneSign Editions & Modules

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Likelihood to Renew

Cisco Secure Access by Duo 9.1

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It’s best in class

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Verified User

Manager in Corporate

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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No score

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Usability

Cisco Secure Access by Duo 8.9

Based on 72 answers

Like all Cisco products, it can be a little difficult to configure and use properly. Once set up, it works like a charm, and we rarely have to reconfigure it or update it. We do wish it integrated better with our SonicWALL firewalls.

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Guy Kittelson

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

Kittelson IT Solutions, Inc.Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

Cisco Secure Access by Duo 8.8

Based on 106 answers

Most of my support has come from the pre-sales side, as I haven't done much with post-sales support. The engineer was helpful, though it would have been even better if he had more production experience. Hopefully the backing by Cisco will give Duo support the deep bench that one would expect out of Cisco.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Implementation Rating

Cisco Secure Access by Duo 9.1

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Rich documentation was provided by Duo team.

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Manager in Corporate

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

I think that Duo is better than SecureAuth because the interface is better. I like the usability better and I like the design and functionality better. I wasn't involved in the selection process and initially didn't want to make the switch because I had heard some complaints about Duo but now that I have used it for a couple of years I would definitely say it is better than what I was using.

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Randy Palmer

Manager, Training & Learning Development

DHI Computing Service, Inc.Computer Software, 201-500 employees

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None of the other toolsets offered Epic integration. I spent 9 months testing other SSO tools and found them to be slow and tied to specific tools and or workflows only. Imprivata OneSign was the only truly universal tool that I could find that was adaptable.

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Mark Moran

Sr. Systems Engineer – Windows Architect

Ally Financial Inc.Hospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Duo Security has been a positive ROI in that it has prevented unwarranted access to confidential information.
Duo Security has been a positive ROI in that it keeps me informed of what's going on with my devices.
Duo Security has been a negative ROI in that it costs money that I'm not sure is well spent all of the time.

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Thomas Young

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

Econometric StudiosFinancial Services, 11-50 employees

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Increase in security prevents lost revenue due to fines over security breaches.
Easier password management allows for smaller tech team.

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Sean McIntire

Virtual Desktop Administrator

Beaufort Memorial HospitalHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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