We compared Duo Security and Cloudflare Access across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: When comparing Duo Security and Cloudflare Access, Duo Security is praised for its simple setup process, extensive documentation, and seamless integration with other applications. Its most valuable feature is its two-factor authentication and trust establishment for access requests. However, users recommend improvements in terms of compatibility, user management, and technical support. On the other hand, Cloudflare Access is highly regarded for its effortless setup, DDoS protection, and adaptability. It provides protection, customizable rules, and secure solutions. Pricing and support for the free plan are areas of concern.
"The app has greater stability than rival solutions such as Google Authenticator, and Duo Push authentication is a valuable feature."
"I love Duo Security's push notifications. It's simple, fast, and secure. From the user's perspective, the solution is seamless. The security aspect is great."
"The two-factor login is great. I receive a message and just have to press okay."
"It has definitely reduced embedding. We found a lot of problems with attackers being able to compromise accounts. Now, when they try to access accounts, they are not able to do so because there is an added layer of protection. Once we know that a username and password are compromised, we just reset the password to protect the company."
"The product is reliable and easy to use."
"The ease of deploying Cisco Duo Security and onboarding has greatly benefited our customers."
"Another feature is the single pane of glass management. That's important for analytics and also for troubleshooting. It means there's one place that you go to at least start the troubleshooting process."
"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."
"Enables me to work from two locations."
"The tool also offers good scalability, and the dashboard, along with real-time analytics, is very good."
"It's the endpoint exposition. We don't need to expose our VPN server to the internet and need a zero-test solution. I can apply some conditional access to the endpoint that's connecting to our network to check their security policies or the security condition of their workstation. Once the workstation is trying to connect to my internal network, then I would like to check the discrete condition of these endpoints that are trying to access my internal network. We created some conditional access. We have CrowdStrike, to check if the CrowdStrike is installed, to check if it's updated, and to check for Windows updates. We created some conditional policies to check it."
"Cloudflare, in my opinion, was easy to implement."
"For Cloudflare Access, I am using the free plan...The most valuable feature is their protection."
"The only time I really had some negative feedback for them was about the UI of their mobile app, but they improved it in the last version. It is good on the functionality side, but their pricing model is a little bit weird. Currently, there is no price advantage in signing up for yearly contracts. If you are on a monthly term or a yearly contract, you basically pay the same price, and that is very unusual. Normally, there is a discount when someone signs up for the 12-month system."
"The new smart license model doesn't always work. It's very complicated."
"The only challenge is finding the right person sometimes. From what I've seen, being a named account is a big deal."
"The technical engineers in the first line of support should improve their knowledge."
"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?""
"When you come to the push in Duo Security, there are some integrations where you have to use the code instead of the push functionality."
"We have a 24 hour timer for our Duo cookie and we would like to reduce this to a shorter time when using Duo."
"Removing the need for a password would be a positive change as well as the ability to cover all the different enterprise applications. They don't have coverage for everything."
"They don't have a person to provide support for customers using the solution under their free plan."
"When there are any dynamic changes in complex applications, the tool takes a lot of time, making its analytics-related area a major matter of concern where improvements are needed."
"The pricing is an area that can be improved. Pricing, as far as I recall, was the source of our problems."
"For the topic of improvement, providing some training material is one of my suggestions."
Cisco Duo is ranked 3rd in ZTNA as a Service with 55 reviews while Cloudflare Access is ranked 11th in ZTNA as a Service with 5 reviews. Cisco Duo is rated 8.8, while Cloudflare Access is rated 8.8. 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 Cloudflare Access writes "Replaces traditional VPN and enables endpoint exposition ". Cisco Duo is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Fortinet FortiToken, Yubico YubiKey and OneSpan DIGIPASS, whereas Cloudflare Access is most compared with Twingate, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Auth0 and Akamai Enterprise Application Access. See our Cisco Duo vs. Cloudflare Access report.
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