Skip to content
Z Zendikt
D
Identity & Access Management (IAM) / SSO · Rank #7 of 10

Duo Security (Cisco)

MFA market leader, SSO secondary.

By Cisco Systems, Inc. · Founded 2010 · Ann Arbor, MI · public

Duo Security is the MFA market leader, acquired by Cisco in 2018 for $2.4B. The product's strengths: cleanest MFA UX in category, strong device trust capabilities (Duo Healthcheck), and Cisco-network integration. Best fit for organizations where MFA is the primary need and SSO is secondary, or Cisco-anchored networks. Trade-offs: SSO depth thinner than Okta/Entra, integration ecosystem narrower, and post-Cisco product velocity has slowed.

Visit Duo Security (Cisco) Vendor pricing Compare to CyberArk Identity
Best for

Organizations where MFA is the primary need and SSO is secondary, or Cisco-network-anchored enterprises wanting native MFA + device trust.

Worst for

Best-of-breed workforce IAM (Okta/Entra better for SSO depth), customer IAM (Auth0 better), or SMBs needing all-in-one (JumpCloud better).

Vendor Trust Score

Is Duo Security (Cisco) a trustworthy vendor?

7.8/10
Mixed
Pricing transparency
Published rates; no hidden fees
8.5
Contract fairness
Reasonable terms; no auto-renew traps
7.5
Incident response
How they handle outages and breaches
8.0
Post-acquisition behavior
Customer treatment after M&A or PE
7.5
Executive stability
Leadership churn over 24 months
8.0
Roadmap honesty
Public commitments held
7.5
Trust signal log
  • 2018-08-02
    Acquired by Cisco for $2.4B
  • 2024-08-22
    Post-Cisco product velocity flagged as slowed
Vendor Trust is scored independently of product quality. A great product from an unfair vendor still earns a low trust score.
Review Intelligence

What 2,840 reviews actually say

Synthesized from G2, Capterra, Reddit, Trustpilot. Patterns >15% prevalence shown.

Last synthesized
2026-04-29

Praise patterns

  • Cleanest MFA UX in category
    87% →
  • MFA market leader
    78% →
  • Device trust capabilities
    64% →

Complaint patterns

  • SSO depth thinner than Okta
    47% →
  • Post-Cisco velocity slowed
    41% ↑
  • Identity governance limited
    31% →
Sentiment trend (6 months)
84/100 0 pts
11
12
01
02
03
04
Patterns are extracted from review corpus and human-verified. We surface trends, not anecdotes.
Verified Pricing

What buyers actually pay

287 anonymized deal disclosures · last updated 2026-04-30

Contribute your deal price
Company size Median annual
50-200 employees $3,600
200-1,000 employees $18,000
Verified pricing is crowdsourced from buyers under anonymity guarantees. Vendor-listed prices are validated against actual deals quarterly.
Compliance & Security

Auto-verified certifications

Verified 2026-04-15
SOC 2 Type II
ISO 27001
HIPAA
GDPR
CCPA
PCI DSS
FedRAMP Authorized

Editorial: Strengths

  • MFA market leader
  • Cleanest MFA UX in category
  • Device trust capabilities (Duo Healthcheck)
  • Cisco network integration
  • Built for MFA-first deployments

Editorial: Weaknesses

  • SSO depth thinner than Okta/Entra
  • Integration ecosystem narrower (~500)
  • Post-Cisco product velocity slowed
  • Identity governance limited
  • Support depends on tier

Key features & integrations

  • +MFA (push, TOTP, hardware tokens)
  • +Device trust (Duo Healthcheck)
  • +SSO (~500 apps)
  • +Adaptive policies
  • +Passwordless authentication
  • +Mobile apps
  • +Cisco network integration
500+ integrations
Microsoft 365SalesforceAWSGoogle WorkspaceCisco AnyConnectSlack
Geography supported
Global; strongest in US, EU, UK
Best fit
10–100,000+ employees · MFA-first deployments and Cisco-anchored
Editorial deep-dive

Read our full ranking of Identity & Access Management (IAM) / SSO

Duo Security (Cisco) ranks #7 in our editorial review of 10 identity & access management (iam) / sso platforms. The deep-dive covers methodology, comparison tables, decision matrix, migration scoring, and FAQs.

Read the full ranking

Closest alternatives in Identity & Access Management (IAM) / SSO

#6
CyberArk Identity
PAM-anchored identity platform for governance-heavy enterprises.
★ 4.4 opaque
#8
OneLogin (One Identity)
Lower-cost Okta alternative for mid-market.
★ 4.4 public
#5
Ping Identity
Enterprise IAM alternative for non-Microsoft enterprises.
★ 4.4 opaque
Help the next buyer

Contribute your verified deal price

Pricing in B2B software is opaque because vendors want it that way. Verified buyer prices fix that, anonymously. Share what you actually paid for Duo Security (Cisco); we’ll add it to the verified pricing dataset on this page (with company size band only, no identifying details).

Submit anonymously