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Cisco Duo vs Cloudera Data Platform comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.4
Cisco Duo enhances productivity and security while reducing costs and breaches, proving cost-effective despite initial setup challenges.
Sentiment score
4.8
Organizations see varied ROI from Cloudera Data Platform, with benefits in efficiency and costs, but experiences and expectations differ.
Not having MFA means you cannot put a price tag on that because you will be hit with ransomware immediately.
Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I think Cisco Duo offers a good return on investment for startups, newer organizations, or those utilizing cloud-based applications.
Identity and Access Management Principal at Mobily
I have not seen ROI with Cisco Duo; probably the opposite, because it impedes productivity time to be able to get into the system.
Network Engineer at West Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation, Inc.
There are licensing costs that have been saved when we moved some of the data platforms, decommissioned them, and moved on to this platform.
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
In terms of return on investment, I see great changes in operational effectiveness measured by RTO when comparing on-premises solutions with cloud solutions.
Cloud Data Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
A specific example of the positive impact of Cloudera Data Platform is the clearly saved time and improved performance, which is the main result of it.
Data Platform Specialist at Lutech
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Cisco Duo's customer service is efficient and knowledgeable, with high satisfaction despite occasional initial support delays.
Sentiment score
6.0
Cloudera Data Platform's customer service is praised for responsiveness but experiences vary; community resources aid those without paid service.
They got back to us quickly, were nice, and gave us what we needed.
Infrastructure Engineer at a government with 501-1,000 employees
I would rate their support 10 out of 10.
Senior Network Engineer Specialist at Zenith Comp Co.,Ltd.
I would rate support for Cisco Duo a 10, as I have never had a negative experience.
Information Technology Contractor at Insight global
I would rate the customer support of Cloudera Data Platform ten out of ten.
Principal Consultant Data Analytics at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I have communicated with technical support, and they are responsive and helpful.
Data Architect at ubl
Cloudera support is timely and responsive, adhering to the SLAs they provide.
Cloud Data Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Cisco Duo's cloud-based infrastructure offers seamless scalability and flexible licensing, efficiently supporting diverse and expanding user bases.
Sentiment score
6.4
Cloudera Data Platform is praised for its scalability and seamless cloud integration, though some face challenges during upgrades or on-premises.
In my last contracting position, it was a large one for a major worldwide airline that had hundreds of thousands of devices that could use Cisco Duo, and it scaled very well.
Information Technology Contractor at Insight global
You would not need many more engineers to manage Cisco Duo even if we scale up to 500 employees because it is so simple to manage.
Manager, Customer Success at SRC.SI sistemske integracije d.o.o.
Cisco Duo is scalable for organizational growth.
Technical Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
CDP allows for easy, mostly automated scalability where I can schedule job workflows, fine-tune system resource metrics, and add nodes with just a click.
Cloud Data Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
They have the cloud burst feature available where if the on-premises capacity is not sufficient at a point in time, you can run that Spark job on the cloud itself.
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The ability to scale processing capacity on demand for batch jobs without impacting other workloads, and support for a growing number of concurrent users and teams accessing the platform simultaneously are significant advantages.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Cisco Duo is praised for reliable performance, minimal outages, prompt notifications, and effective support, with disruptions rarely being internal.
Sentiment score
6.5
Cloudera Data Platform offers reliable performance with minor issues, requiring careful configuration, especially in complex environments to prevent downtime.
We have not had any Cisco Duo outages across all the companies I have worked for that utilize Cisco Duo.
Senior Engineer at Frontline Fighter Ltd
The stability has been excellent.
Manager, Customer Success at SRC.SI sistemske integracije d.o.o.
I did not notice any downtime or crashes with Cisco Duo.
CTO at Red IT Solutions
Sometimes the end user is not experienced or does not have all the expertise related to Cloudera specifically, making it very difficult to manage properly
Data architect at SentientAI, Karachi
Sometimes a node goes down, but it automatically returns to a healthy state.
Cloud Data Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Cloudera Data Platform is pretty stable in my experience; there are not any downtime or reliability issues.
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Cisco Duo requires enhancements in integration, pricing, UI, documentation, authentication methods, AI features, and update speed.
Cloudera Data Platform needs usability, stability, and security improvements, enhanced AI/ML features, and better multi-tenancy and cloud integration.
If you don't have internet access, you can't access your computer, only local access is available.
Security and Network Team Lead
It lacks some dynamic identity management features compared to other products such as SailPoint.
Senior Iam Associate at Cognizant
Cisco should allow easier integration with third-party equipment because Cisco's own equipment is expensive.
Procurement Officer at Emerging Systems
We aim to address these issues with a Kubernetes-based platform that will simplify the task of upgrading services.
Senior Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Cloudera Data Platform should include additional capabilities and features similar to those offered by other data management solutions like Azure and Databricks.
Data Architect at ubl
Cloudera Data Platform can be improved by addressing the feasibility of using it in the cloud; there are some complexities around the components used in cloud by Cloudera Data Platform that are not really convenient.
ML Engineer - Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Cisco Duo offers user-based pricing with straightforward setup, while Microsoft integration can be a competitive consideration for some.
Enterprise buyers find Cloudera cost-effective versus Oracle, though pricing complexity varies based on deployment size and negotiations.
The pricing is acceptable to them.
Vice President at Next Info Tech Solutions Inc
Their website lists $3 per month per user for the Essential license.
Senior Network Engineer Specialist at Zenith Comp Co.,Ltd.
One of my customers recently received a billing statement charging 3,600 US dollars for 100 users for one year.
Sr. Network Security Engineer at Topnet Internet Services Provider. Riyadh, Saudi A
Initially, CDH had a straightforward pricing model based on nodes, but CDP includes factors like processors, cores, terabytes, and drives, making it difficult to calculate costs.
Senior Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
We find Cloudera Data Platform to be cost-effective.
Cloud Data Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
So far, I would say that it is competitive pricing that we have received.
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Cisco Duo offers simplicity, integration, and security with features like passwordless authentication, intuitive management, and phishing-resistant measures.
Cloudera Data Platform offers scalability, user-friendly interface, integration, cost-effective storage, security, and simplifies administration for hybrid environments.
From a management perspective, I appreciate that we can enroll or control devices on the back end for people who get a new phone and forget to handle Cisco Duo properly and need to add a new device.
Network Engineer at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees
Our company benefits from all those features of Cisco Duo with confidence, and we feel very secure with it in terms of authentication of our logins.
Vice President at Next Info Tech Solutions Inc
The benefit of having a complete passwordless environment in our organization is that it's gotten people away from using the sticky note under their keyboard - which is a huge problem.
Director, Technology at Deer Creek High School
By using the Hadoop File System for distributed storage, we have 1.5 petabytes of physical storage with 500 terabytes of effective storage due to a replication factor of three.
Senior Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The Ranger integration makes it more flexible and reliable for me by allowing control over data access, specifying who can access at what level, such as table level, masking, or data layer level.
Cloud Data Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
What stands out the most in Cloudera Manager are SDX, which provide centralized control for governance, security, and data lineage across multiple sources.
Data Platform Specialist at Lutech
 

Categories and Ranking

Cisco Duo
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
116
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (4th), Authentication Systems (2nd), Access Management (4th), ZTNA as a Service (2nd), Cisco Security Portfolio (1st), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) (1st)
Cloudera Data Platform
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (7th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (4th), AI Data Analysis (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Cisco Duo and Cloudera Data Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Cisco Duo is designed for Authentication Systems and holds a mindshare of 4.2%, down 9.6% compared to last year.
Cloudera Data Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Data Management Platforms (DMP), holds 8.0% mindshare, up 1.7% since last year.
Authentication Systems Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cisco Duo4.2%
Microsoft Entra ID6.6%
Okta Platform4.6%
Other84.6%
Authentication Systems
Data Management Platforms (DMP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cloudera Data Platform8.0%
Palantir Foundry13.9%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)9.7%
Other68.4%
Data Management Platforms (DMP)
 

Featured Reviews

Charles Slaustas - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Contractor at Insight global
Supports seamless authentication for users across multiple organizations and personal portals
The features I use in Cisco Duo include Duo Pushes to confirm my identity to the device, and eventually as MFA security was increased, I actually had to use exchange passcodes. Sometimes, I have to go into the site and get into Cisco Duo to retrieve the passcode, and many of them have been two-factor, where the sites send a passcode that I have to enter into Cisco Duo. It has been more of the latter. I have not seen issues with lagging or crashing on Cisco Duo's end; it was usually on the client end, often because someone set up a bad upgrade or there were connection issues with the Cisco Duo cloud through the administrative site.
T Sarwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Data architect at SentientAI, Karachi
Has enabled efficient big data processing and querying but remains complex to manage and configure
Cloudera Data Platform should use fewer tools and remove the complexity between them. It should make it easier for the end user to change the configuration and understand it better. The UI tool for jobs in Cloudera Data Platform can be improved to provide a proper image of ETL jobs and detailed consolidated graphs to monitor Spark-based Hue jobs.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise57
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise26
 

Questions from the Community

How does Duo Security compare with Microsoft Authenticator?
We switched to Duo Security for identity verification. We’d been using a competitor but got the chance to evaluate Duo for 30 days, and we could not be happier. Duo Security is easy to configure a...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Duo Security?
I cannot speak to the financial planning of the organization, but I can confirm that Cisco Duo falls within the security budget that has been allocated to us.
What needs improvement with Duo Security?
Areas that have room for improvement in Cisco Duo include pricing, as Cisco is quite expensive, and the fact that Cisco Duo relies heavily on external identity providers such as Active Directory or...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hortonworks Data Platform?
The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is very good.
What needs improvement with Hortonworks Data Platform?
Areas for improvement with Cloudera Data Platform could be the initial learning curve that can be a step for teams new to big data economy systems. Platform setup and configuration require careful ...
What is your primary use case for Hortonworks Data Platform?
Cloudera Data Platform on AWS was adopted as the core enterprise data platform, covering the full data lifecycle from ingestion to analytics and advanced use cases. Cloudera Data Platform was used ...
 

Also Known As

Duo Security
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Overview

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