We performed a comparison between Cisco Duo and Fortinet FortiToken based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Authentication Systems solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's easy to deploy. It's easy to manage. It's easy to integrate with other applications."
"For me and my customers, the best feature is that it's very easy to integrate with the existing infrastructure. It takes a few minutes to configure it."
"It provides single-pane-of-glass management, which is pretty easy and straightforward. Because we manage multiple access tiers, it allows us to essentially manage everything from one viewpoint and not have many viewpoints for the same product. This is important because it is a time and resource saver. It also saves us money."
"Duo offers dual-factor authentication for our logins. I put in my credentials and hit go. Then I get an alert on my Apple watch, and I approve it. That part is just phenomenal."
"We get fewer threats to remediate due to the two-factor authentication, which does not allow as many threats through."
"At the moment, the ease of use is what is the best feature for me. Once it has been set up and the security can hoc to my mobile device, it's very simple to use my single sign-on, get prompted for a Duo Security, push, go to my phone, accept the push, and I'm done. It's a very simple process."
"It's simple. It's reliable. I haven't had any issues with it."
"If you have to log in to something, you must go to Duo Security to confirm that you're who you are on your phone."
"Bangladesh is a price-sensitive market, and FortiToken is popular because it's more affordable than the Palo Alto and Cisco authentication solutions. Fortinet has a local director for Bangladesh, so they can deliver solutions to customers quickly."
"Fortinet FortiToken provides security and authenticates that the right external people are working with a company's system."
"The deployment is quick and simple."
"The token-based authentication is good and modern aspect."
"I love the push-button authentication on FortiToken Mobile. It's also great that the soft token automatically reloads the OTP at intervals, so I always have a fresh code to enter."
"Its ease of installation is most valuable. It took me five minutes, and it was up and running. It didn't take me that long. The installation on the cell phones is pretty simple."
"I would rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. The solution is a smart product that anyone can easily access and manage. The solution is a good product for multi-factor authentication and to secure remote authentication in the corporate environment."
"The product provides secure access to our internal server."
"We had some trouble with the password reset function."
"We found it difficult to integrate it into our broader product family of Microsoft tools and other applications used across our organization."
"We were considering purchasing other products, like AMP for Endpoints, and it was not properly integrated with the firewall function. It might be better now with SecureX."
"One area that might be improved is that setting up SMS texting is not as easy as using the app, even though it does support it."
"Smart Licensing needs improvement. It's terrible. We have problems with it every year and we need to involve support to fix it."
"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."
"There is a little bit of apprehension for some users thinking, well, "How do I know this app is not collecting personal information from my personal device?""
"Integration between Duo Security and FTDs needs improvement. Integrating Next Generation Firewall safety with Duo Security currently requires a proxy agent between Active Directory and the appliance. It's an additional factor that we need to think about. It would be great to have direct integration with FTD so that we don't have to worry about middleware products. For the rest of the Cisco Secure solutions, the APIs need improvement."
"I would like to see complete OAuth support. Also, if they can support it from a SaaS (Software as a Service) or cloud platform, that would be great."
"I would like to see if FortiToken can integrate with Office 365 mail to support the same two-factor authentication experience that I have with ESET. With ESET, when a user logs in, they are easily directed to the ESET authentication page, where they are prompted to enter their OTP after supplying their username and password. I understand from support that FortiToken cannot do this with email integration. That's why I opted for ESET."
"Support is a pain point in Bangladesh because there aren't many experienced Fortinet engineers in this country. It's easier to find one certified in Cisco, Palo Alto, or Juniper."
"We can only use the tool with the FortiToken Mobile app."
"Fortinet FortiToken could be lower for some markets."
"Its reporting should be better. The reporting feature is missing. I don't have any reporting of who has done what, what has failed, and what didn't work."
"The solution works well. We have nothing to complain about."
"The solution comes with two firewalls as a bundle. In that bundle, most of the individual users can be assigned to mobile users. However, in cases of technical difficulties, users may accidentally remove the mobile application. In normal scenarios, we get back to the activation key and assign it again."
Cisco Duo is ranked 2nd in Authentication Systems with 55 reviews while Fortinet FortiToken is ranked 4th in Authentication Systems with 20 reviews. Cisco Duo is rated 8.8, while Fortinet FortiToken is rated 8.2. 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 Fortinet FortiToken writes "A stable and scalable solution that provides an affordable and perpetual license". Cisco Duo is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Yubico YubiKey, UserLock and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, whereas Fortinet FortiToken is most compared with Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Microsoft Entra ID, Yubico YubiKey, RSA SecurID and Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine). See our Cisco Duo vs. Fortinet FortiToken report.
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