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."They are users who, as mentioned before, utilize RDPAP and MDPAP. It includes functionalities related to finance, specifically in single sign-on."
"I lead an IT organization that has a significant amount of technical debt, and we're not in a zero-trust architecture yet. I'm pushing in that direction. Duo helps me considerably with my identity in an environment where I don't have zero trust. It's helping me bridge the gap until I can build a zero trust architecture."
"The two-factor login is great. I receive a message and just have to press okay."
"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."
"It's easy to use for the security part, and it helps to improve our security posture."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the ability for users to connect securely to the office using the VPN."
"The most valuable aspect is the authentication and the SSO."
"The security and compliance features are very helpful. The online information on the site is well documented."
"It's an easy product to maintain."
"The most valuable feature is the single sign-on, which allows any application that is SAML or OAuth compatible to use Azure as an identity provider for seamless sign-in."
"The security features are great. They will report in advance to you in the case of suspicious activity."
"It offers good Microsoft integration capabilities."
"It has given us the ability to be able to establish single sign-on identities in which we can establish credentials no matter where we are, whether it is on-premises or in the cloud, in a hybrid cloud, or in an additional connection from another cloud where we share equipment or host."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that is easy to use."
"With Azure Active Directory we were able to manage with different options the access for different users."
"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."
"Sometimes, it's a little harder for customers to adopt."
"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."
"Integration with a product such as Microsoft Sentinel would be great. As the product continually improves, I'm unsure if this feature is available."
"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."
"The technical engineers in the first line of support should improve their knowledge."
"For the back-end, there could be a few more security features applied."
"Smart Licensing needs improvement. It's terrible. We have problems with it every year and we need to involve support to fix it."
"Microsoft needs to add a single setup, so whenever resources join the company or are leaving the company, all of the changes can be made with a single click."
"When it comes to identity governance, the governance features in Azure AD are very focused on Microsoft products. I would like to see those governance and life cycle management features offered for non-Microsoft products connected to Azure AD."
"The solution can improve the educational portion because it is an administration cost."
"The downside is that we now have all our eggs in one basket with Microsoft. We have this great authentication and single sign-on, but if Microsoft has an outage in North America or globally, on Outlook or Teams, we're dead in the water... We get some type of hiccup once a quarter."
"The integration between the Azure active directory and the traditional active directory could be improved upon."
"I want to see more features to improve security, such as integrated user behavior analysis."
"The only improvement would be for everything to be instant in terms of applying changes and propagating them to systems."
"The initial setup was complex."
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 "Allows users to authenticate from home and has excellent integrations in a simple, stable solution". 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, Yubico YubiKey and Auth0. See our Cisco Duo vs. Microsoft Entra ID report.
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