We performed a comparison between Cisco Duo and Microsoft Entra ID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The ability for users to authenticate via phone, from any random phone number, has been very helpful for managing a distributed workforce. Using it across a distributed network for securing access to our applications is big for us."
"Since Duo Security provides a single place to log in for our SaaS applications, we don't have to manage user accounts and remember passwords for each specific application."
"Duo Security provides a high level of certainty regarding the identity of the individual performing an action. Whether it's logging into a system, using VPN, or utilizing Autopay, establishing that trust is crucial. I can't imagine any security company, organization, or IT team that wouldn't prioritize having multifactor authentication enabled when accessing critical systems."
"The single pane of glass management works very well. That feature is very important because we have a lot of admins who have to manage Duo, and it's much easier when it's a single pane of glass. That single pane is also great because it's easy to enroll new devices."
"The integration with Azure Active Directory and the AWS cloud is amazing, as most products nowadays require the creation of a customized integration. With Duo Security, it was more like native integration, and it took me five minutes to register."
"The ease of deploying Cisco Duo Security and onboarding has greatly benefited our customers."
"I like the set time that users can log into devices during the day and how many times they can do so. I also like the ability to restrict the regions from which the user can get in. Users outside of our country or even the town cannot log in."
"Cisco is the perfect product for our current size, and I don't think we'll have problems with scalability as we grow."
"Many of its features are valuable, including: facilitating application authentication, privileged access management, processes for attestation, and access reviews."
"I like the way it communicates to the cloud."
"The initial setup was very straightforward."
"Installation is straightforward. It only took a couple of hours to set everything up."
"It's a very intuitive platform. It's easy to create groups and add people."
"The security features, multi-factor authentication, and service management features are valuable."
"The security and infrastructure management features are the most valuable ones for us."
"The most valuable features in Active Directory are the password writeback product and the MDM technology."
"I would like to see Duo Security increase the time that the users have to log into the devices. The maximum time interval is 50 minutes at the moment, and I would like it to be 60 minutes. When you try to log into a device and have to authenticate yourself, sometimes it's not very pleasant. It's not the best thing particularly if you have to do this every 50 minutes, which is the maximum time that Duo gives. This makes it difficult to use and does not save time."
"More automation and device insights would be helpful in achieving a seamless single pane of glass. Having the additional capability to streamline processes would also make things better."
"We already have Active Directory enabled in our routers and switches. However, if we could do two-factor authentication, then it could go a long way since no one's getting into them unless you want them to."
"Duo Security could improve by being more compatible with other vendors."
"I would like to see some features simplified, such as securing, configuring, and implementing Microsoft Remote Desktop. Other than that, the solution was rock solid throughout my time administering it."
"They could just continue to add more integrations."
"I'm not a big fan of relicensing products every year or two years, but that's the model at the moment. I prefer to go back to licensing perpetually or permanent licensing."
"We have users who move throughout the world, and their levels of connectivity change. It can be a challenge, if someone is in Bahrain, to authenticate via Duo."
"Microsoft Authenticator is as easy as Google Authenticator, but it is not open to all types of applications. Google Authenticator is integrated with other third-party platforms and applications, whereas Microsoft Authenticator is not. It should have more integration with third-party platforms and applications."
"Many of the features are outdated, so the UI and UX could be improved."
"Lacks integration between applications and phones."
"The ease of use regarding finding audit information for users could also be improved."
"Azure Active Directory could improve the two-factor authentication."
"The cost of licensing always has room for improvement."
"Documentation I think is always the worst part with what Azure's doing right now across the board."
"An area where there is room for improvement is the ease of use of the dashboards."
Cisco Duo is ranked 2nd in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 55 reviews while Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 1st in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 190 reviews. Cisco Duo is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Duo writes "Helps reduce the risk of a breach and is easy to deploy and onboard". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Entra ID writes "Saves us time and money and features Conditional Access policies, SSPR, and MFA". Cisco Duo is most compared with Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Fortinet FortiToken, Yubico YubiKey, UserLock and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, whereas Microsoft Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Ping Identity Platform and SailPoint Identity Security Cloud. See our Cisco Duo vs. Microsoft Entra ID report.
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