We compared Okta Workforce Identity and Duo Security across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Okta Workforce Identity and Duo Security both offer valuable features for securing access to applications and networks. Okta Workforce Identity is praised for its ease of use, straightforwardness, and integration capabilities. However, it has room for improvement in areas such as password vaulting management and customer support. On the other hand, Duo Security is commended for its two-factor authentication and user-friendly interface. It could benefit from enhancements in areas such as compatibility with other vendors and user-specific permissions. Pricing for both products is considered fair, but Okta Workforce Identity is seen as expensive by some.
"The anti-phishing feature is the most valuable."
"The most valuable aspect is the authentication and the SSO."
"Multifactor authentication and secure two-factor authentication are the most valuable features. It's been around for a while, but now it's becoming an enforced behavior as opposed to something that you used to do as optional."
"They are users who, as mentioned before, utilize RDPAP and MDPAP. It includes functionalities related to finance, specifically in single sign-on."
"Cisco Secure solutions are great for detecting and remediating threats across our infrastructure from end to end. The integration of Talos in SecureX is great. Everything is clear in one dashboard. You have a dashboard there, your dashboard, and now you can have one look in your dashboard and see everything. It's on one pane of glass."
"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."
"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."
"It meets our security needs very well. It is easy to use, and documentation is also available. It is also very stable and scalable, and its support is also very good. We are satisfied with this solution."
"The initial setup of Okta Workforce Identity is straightforward. I was able to get an environment ready within half a day."
"It offers very helpful support. The technical team is very helpful."
"Okta integrates well with other solutions. Once you have integrated an application into Okta and onboarded a user, they will be onboarded for just-in-time provisioning."
"The most valuable features of Okta Workforce Identity are MFA, and SSO, which have high security."
"The support for YubiKey is really good because you don't actually have to type in your username and password."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"The solution so far has been very stable."
"The feature that is most valuable to me is the automated user provisioning that we set up using Okta as a major part of that process."
"For the back-end, there could be a few more security features applied."
"Duo has some issues that we're trying to work through. For example, if I install it on a WordPress site and another admin needs to log in, they can't because Duo hasn't been set up for them. It doesn't appear that I can add permissions on a user-by-user basis. It's not obvious."
"I wouldn't mind seeing some options for remembering a device for a short period of time or a specific login, particularly for administrative engineering staff, as we may be logging in to four or five different services."
"Its documentation must be in French because we are a French-speaking country. They should also provide more training documentation. Its management interface should also be improved. They should also improve its update period. If I compare its update period with other products such as Palo Alto firewalls, this solution is really slow in updates."
"We first deployed Duo Security for our company with the VPN, and afterward, about a year later, we implemented it for a customer of ours where we offered infrastructure as a service. When I tried to establish a VPN connection through Duo Security, it did not function well on that version, which was the latest one at the time. So, I had to make a copy of the machine and then implement Duo Security with the VPN because it did not function well with the newer version."
"The dashboard needs to be improved."
"The product could be more intuitive on the app."
"Duo was clearly purchased, and Cisco has a lot of other panels for their Firepower products, et cetera. They need to continue bringing it, Umbrella, and the endpoint pieces even more together and make the integration a little more seamless among all of them."
"Okta Workforce Identity could improve the way passwords are reset and how it interfaces with Microsoft."
"The product is expensive compared to other tools."
"The solution's user interface needs to be improved and made easy."
"You can't hide the device when you're checking logs."
"They should focus on improving them to provide top-notch team access management while still offering those typical features."
"Okta Workforce Identity can improve by having more features in governance."
"Application updates are lacking. Customer support needs to be improved."
"RESTful Web Service calls and their response seem a bit slow."
Cisco Duo is ranked 2nd in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 55 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 4th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 58 reviews. Cisco Duo is rated 8.8, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4. 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 Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". Cisco Duo is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Fortinet FortiToken, Yubico YubiKey and Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt and OneLogin by One Identity. See our Cisco Duo vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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