Cloudflare One vs Ping Identity Platform comparison

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Cloudflare and Ping Identity are both solutions in the Access Management category. Cloudflare is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.5, while Ping Identity is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.4. Cloudflare holds a 3.7% mindshare in AM, compared to Ping Identity’s 5.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cloudflare users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Ping Identity users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 5, 2026

Ping Identity Platform and Cloudflare One are both competing in identity and access management services. While Ping Identity Platform is favored for its rich features and enhanced security measures, Cloudflare One is recognized for its network security and zero-trust approach.

Features: Ping Identity Platform provides robust authentication mechanisms, supports a variety of MFA options, and enables seamless integration with multiple identity providers. Cloudflare One offers ease of scalability, a comprehensive global network, and integrated security systems which prioritize speed and accessibility.

Room for Improvement: Ping Identity Platform could benefit from simplifying its deployment process and better cost transparency. Additionally, it might improve its user interface for smoother user adoption. Cloudflare One could enhance its API security features and include more customization options. Improving its federated identity management capabilities and expanding its third-party integration support would also be advantageous.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Cloudflare One's deployment is noted for its simplicity and efficiency, greatly reducing implementation time with customer support focused on quick resolutions. While Ping Identity Platform is feature-rich, it may involve a more complex deployment process due to extensive integration options. However, its customer support team is proficient in resolving intricate deployment challenges.

Pricing and ROI: Ping Identity Platform often incurs a higher initial setup cost attributed to its customizable solutions, yet many businesses recognize significant ROI through its security and integration advantages. Cloudflare One tends to be more cost-effective with transparent pricing, offering substantial returns by reducing security risks and improving access control efficiency within broad network environments.

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Cisco Duo

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Access Management category, the mindshare of Cisco Duo is 3.1%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cloudflare One is 3.7%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Ping Identity Platform is 5.2%, down from 7.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Access Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cisco Duo	3.1%
Ping Identity Platform	5.2%
Cloudflare One	3.7%
Other	88.0%

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Featured Reviews

Charles Slaustas

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.

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Cobe Van Coller

Network Architect at IP Dimension

Cloud security has improved remote access and has reduced costs for smaller client sites

I have used Cloudflare One's Identity-Aware Proxy, and it is quite straightforward from what I have seen so far. The app registration on the Azure side integrates fully into Cloudflare, and I am very satisfied with that part because it is easy to set up. The integration of Cloudflare One's Secure Web Gateway and Zero Trust Network Access works without any issues. That part is pretty automatic, and if you complete the rest of the setup, it comes together by itself with no issues from my side. What makes it nice is that we can actually start replacing on-site firewalls at this stage for the smaller clients because it does not matter if they go to a coffee shop or work from home; they are still secured by the same connection. The hops get shorter and you get better latency. We have done testing to see if it is better. One thing that we did notice with our proof of concept with our current client is that they have people connecting from the UK. When they used their previous VPN solution, uploading CAD drawings and other files to the server took a long time. They mentioned that it is much quicker on Cloudflare One's solution. I definitely believe that is part of the improved performance, and I am satisfied with that as well. What is nice about Cloudflare One is that it makes the setup easier and also easier to train technicians to maintain it. Compared to legacy systems, we do not need to get fancy firewalls in place that are costly. That is definitely also a cost-saver with Cloudflare One.

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AmitRathod

Senior Analyst at Toll Holdings Limited

Single sign-on has simplified access while adaptive authentication protects complex user journeys

Regarding areas for improvement in Ping Identity Platform, there is not much. In terms of licensing and implementation costs, it has premium pricing, and it has a very complex implementation. It provides greater feasibility, but it takes a very long time in terms of complete building. There is a very limited number of legacy support, which can pose potential difficulties in integrating with certain older or legacy systems. Additionally, issue troubleshooting can be difficult at times. Sometimes issues can be difficult to diagnose and require extensive technical expertise. There is also a very steep learning curve for administrative purposes and potential difficulties with offline authentication scenarios.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Cisco Duo's integration is smooth and very quick."

"The feature of Cisco Duo that I appreciate most is the push notifications. They are great."

"Looking back at my initial investment in Cisco Duo versus the total value it has delivered over time, I see that it has paid more than what we invested, so we are getting a good return and a good service with improved security."

"Cisco is the perfect product for our current size, and I don't think we'll have problems with scalability as we grow."

"Cisco Duo just works; that is the best feature."

"The most valuable features of Duo Security are visibility and OTP authentication. The OTP is very important because it is a self-enrollment feature, you are able to enroll users very quickly with a shorter time period."

"The most valuable feature of Duo Security is the ability for the user to easily approve access. The application prompts the user, and they can see the location and the IP address. This makes it easy for the user to approve it and go through the process of logging in to the VPN."

"It's easy to deploy. It's easy to manage. It's easy to integrate with other applications."

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"It will take the blow rather than our applications should an attack occur."

"Cloudflare One has assisted in securing my remote workforce through a SASE solution with Cloudflare One and the Workers part, although I am not currently using the Workers component."

"The simplicity of the solution is its valuable features as almost no effort was needed to learn the configurations. It is also one of the cheapest firewalls available in this category."

"Using Cloudflare One makes my work quite easy because for DDoS protection, all I need to do is understand the OSI model and click; it makes it easier than trying to write a command line or use a Linux command."

"Clover is the best product globally."

"The best feature is rate limiting. If I'm expecting 500 visits per hour, Cloudflare will limit the requests if I suddenly get 50,000."

"The tool also offers good scalability, and the dashboard, along with real-time analytics, is very good."

"It's a perfect solution from my perspective; it's easy to understand and easy to configure."

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"It is a scalable solution."

"I work on the application onboarding process because we have multiple customers and get data from different sources."

"The main reason why we use this product is to make sure that we can use our corporate account to log on to applications in the cloud, and from that perspective, it helps us in our account life-cycle management because if somebody is leaving the company, that account will be automatically deleted, which saves time."

"PingFederate gives you granular control over the settings. There are many options for fine-tuning policies."

"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"This is a user-friendly solution."

"It is a scalable solution...It is a stable solution."

"The solution has a smooth and configurable user interface for single sign-on capabilities."

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Cons

"I don't see Cisco Duo playing a significant role in managing agentic AI identities at this moment."

"I would love to see improvements around Identity and Access Management with Cisco Duo, specifically how we can use that as a central source of truth for all of our IAM tools, including Active Directory."

"Often, people do not receive expiration messages, and sometimes, for security reasons, accounts get disabled without notifying the end user, so they mistakenly think something has gone wrong when it really just needs to be re-enabled on the external system."

"Cisco Duo is a modern product that does not support older applications, lacking backward compatibility. It should work on supporting legacy applications and legacy approaches."

"Cisco Duo could definitely be improved, particularly regarding some of the reporting it does, as it currently lacks detail; for example, we had an issue where someone was getting prompted multiple times, but the console only detected it that one time."

"To improve Cisco Duo, the biggest consideration is the licensing standpoint; the most common issue I've found is customers not setting up the Active Directory sync properly, leading to inflated licensing usage when they try to delete inactive users that are still being charged."

"Cisco Duo can be improved, but additional features that should be included in the next release are not my area of responsibility."

"Cisco Duo could be improved, possibly by adding features for the healthcare space. If you're selling something to a healthcare provider, there needs to be consideration for how to launch Cisco Duo with a handheld device that is not native, where you can install the application."

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"There are premium tier live service and lower tier live service, so we opted for the lower tier. But there is no medium tier where we pay a little extra and get a bit more service. So if that can be improved."

"Operating and tuning the product is difficult."

"The initial onboarding was causing us some confusion."

"Our subscription plan for the solution has a limitation of bot signatures."

"From a logging perspective, it is still a bit difficult to see exactly what users are being blocked with the current views."

"The software has automated alerts, but the automated alerts are not available in the mobile app."

"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform needs to improve its documentation. It took time to do the implementation."

"Feedback could be enhanced. While I work efficiently with Clover as a partner in Mexico City, sometimes the information and requests are easier to manage with more concrete solutions."

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"It has a long way to go until it is a cloud-based solution."

"They could enhance the product's device tracking for better zero-trust security would be beneficial. Currently, it tracks IPs well but lacks detailed device information, which is crucial from a security standpoint."

"The product's community has certain shortcomings that require improvement."

"The timing of the token validity, if it could be extended, would be great. I'm not sure if there is even an option to configure these types of settings."

"I have contacted the technical support team at PingFederate. I would rate their help as two out of ten."

"Sometimes, there are issues with its stability."

"Ping Identity Platform is expensive."

"Many times when we are authenticating, we'd like the freedom to set the time; maybe it needs to be slightly longer, and before we can authenticate it, it ends up in an error and then we have to create everything all over again in terms of launching the application."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cisco's licensing is always a bit complicated to understand, but the price is fair. It could be more expensive than others, but the way they integrate everything, it has a fair price."

"I believe the licensing model is excellent as it offers flexibility to our customers, allowing them to adopt a crawl, walk, or run approach."

"Its price is reasonable. It is not highly expensive."

"I haven't seen any information on the pricing in four years, so I can't comment on that."

"From a business perspective, it is a little bit costly. The licensing is on a per-user basis."

"Their pricing model is a little bit weird. Currently, there is no price advantage in signing up for yearly contracts. There are no additional costs to the standard licensing costs."

"I only need the solution for IT staff, which makes it relatively cheap. If I deployed it for the whole company, it would be costly, so it depends on the number of users. Duo Security is affordable compared to other products in the segment."

"Price wise, it's not cheap, but it's not expensive at all either. It's in the middle."

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"The prices are slightly expensive."

"The pricing of the solution is cheap. The licensing cost is also very low. I rate the cost and pricing a three out of ten."

"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform's pricing is good."

"The price tag is no longer $200,000, but rather $300,000 to $400,000. It's twice."

"The solution is not that expensive."

"My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There are no hidden charges apart from the licensing costs of the solution."

"The solution's pricing lacks transparency."

"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten."

"The platform's value justifies the pricing, especially considering its security features and scalability."

"Ping Identity Platform is not an expensive solution."

"Compared to some SaaS-based solutions, the platform is relatively cost-effective."

"PingID pricing is a ten out of ten because it's a little bit cheaper than other tools, such as Okta and ForgeRock, and supports multiple tools."

"The product is costly."

"The tool is quite affordable."

"PingID's pricing is pretty competitive."

"Ping Identity Platform is not very expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

18%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Outsourcing Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	66
Midsize Enterprise	29
Large Enterprise	93

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Large Enterprise	13

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	22

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 Du...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Duo Security?

Regarding the pricing, what actually happened was that we got the product purchased through our HQ, so the costing as...

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What needs improvement with Duo Security?

I do not have a straight answer for how Cisco Duo can be improved at this time. With the implementation that we are g...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform?

Pricing is competitive. Akamai is more expensive, in my view.

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What needs improvement with Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform?

In my opinion, Cloudflare One can be improved mainly through compatibility, as the integration should be much simpler...

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What is your primary use case for Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform?

Cloudflare One's primary use case for my organization is to protect servers and to provide remote access with the...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PingFederate?

Regarding pricing for Ping Identity Platform, I would rate it eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with PingAccess?

The areas where I think PingFederate needs room for improvement include that the most significant area I would recomm...

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What is your primary use case for PingAccess?

The main use case for PingFederate is that we are maintaining the centralized single sign-on with DuroSengel and Cara...

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Also Known As

Duo Security

Cloudflare Area 1 Email Security, Cloudflare Bot Management, Cloudflare Gateway, Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform, Cloudflare DDoS, Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform

Ping Identity (ID), PingFederate, PingAccess, PingOne, PingDataGovernance, PingDirectory, OpenDJ

Overview

Cisco Duo is a cloud-based identity security platform safeguarding critical resources for any user and device worldwide. Known for its ease of use, Duo offers seamless protection across multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.

Cisco Duo is designed to secure access with identity-first protection and provides extensive visibility throughout an organization's identity ecosystem. Offering multi-factor authentication, Duo facilitates easy integration and management, allowing teams to protect data effectively on VPNs, applications, and networks. Its single-pane management improves security processes while enhancing trust, making it suitable for diverse IT infrastructures.

What are the key features of Cisco Duo?

Multi-factor Authentication: Strengthens user verification with multiple methods.
Push Notifications: Simplifies authentication with quick approvals.
Single Sign-On: Enhances convenience by allowing one set of credentials.
VPN Access: Secures remote connections with reliable authentication.
User Activity Visibility: Offers comprehensive insights into access patterns.

Which benefits and ROI should users consider?

Quick Deployment: Facilitates rapid integration within existing systems.
Effective Management: Streamlines IT operations with centralized control.
Regulatory Compliance: Aids in meeting industry standards for data protection.
Enhanced Trust: Strengthens security posture across networks.
User-friendly Approach: Simplifies authentication for non-technical users.

In industries like education and finance, Cisco Duo is widely employed to secure multi-factor authentication across platforms such as email, databases, and servers. Its integration capabilities with Microsoft 365, Active Directory, and VPNs like AnyConnect are instrumental in verifying user identities using mobile apps or OTPs, catering effectively to both remote and on-premise environments.

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Cloudflare One is a comprehensive platform for security, performance, and connectivity. It provides features like rate limiting, DDoS protection, and application access, tailored to enhance user experience while securing internet access and accelerating communications.

Designed to integrate security measures with ease of use and scalability, Cloudflare One offers a secure web gateway and zero trust network access. These features ensure seamless setup and operation, making connectivity reliable and protected. Users appreciate its integrated console, intuitive interface, and the ability to manage risk effectively. It offers straightforward deployment, improves latency, and boasts cost-effectiveness. While its onboarding process and documentation need enhancement, its value in content delivery and application shielding is notable. Despite challenges in integrating Cloudflare Access with existing VPNs and the need for better automation and support, it remains vital for DNS and infrastructure protection.

What features make Cloudflare One stand out?

Rate Limiting: Controls the traffic rate to prevent abuse.
DDoS Protection: Shields applications from distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Secure Web Gateway: Provides secure internet access with seamless operation.
Zero Trust Network Access: Ensures secure, application-based connectivity without relying on traditional VPNs.
Access for Connectivity: Facilitates access to internal applications securely.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Security: Robust measures for DNS and browsing protection.
Performance: Enhanced site accessibility and communication speed.
Cost-Effectiveness: Offers competitive pricing for its features.
Ease of Deployment: Straightforward and efficient setup process.

In industries like finance, retail, and technology, Cloudflare One is crucial for enabling secure remote access and protecting web applications against dynamic threats. It supports compliance access policies and enhances content delivery, playing a key role in safeguarding digital infrastructure.

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Ping Identity Platform offers cloud capabilities for applications, supporting Single Sign-On, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless authentication. It features flexible integrations and federated identity management, enhancing security through detailed compliance features and seamless IDP integration.

This platform meets enterprise needs with role-based access control, device management, API security, and risk-based adaptations. Its BYOD support, ease of integration, biometric authentication methods, and customizable options with PingFederate aid in enhancing security and convenience. Challenges such as the complex management console, network reliability, and limited customization are present. Users find areas for improvement in incident response features, bio-certification, and network handling for IP classification. Community support and documentation need strengthening to address existing device tracking and token management issues.

What are the key features of Ping Identity Platform?

Cloud Capabilities: Built for cloud applications with flexible integrations.
Federated Identity Management: Allows easy integration of multiple IDPs.
SSO and MFA Support: Ensure secure and seamless access.
Passwordless Authentication: Enhances user convenience.
API and Device Management: Protects and secures devices and APIs.

What benefits and ROI can be expected from Ping Identity Platform?

Enhanced Security: Through detailed compliance features and multi-protocol support.
User Convenience: Enabled by passwordless access and integration flexibility.
Improved Access Control: With role-based permissions and identity management integration.
Seamless Integration: Across a range of identity providers and authentication protocols.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and IT, enterprises deploy Ping Identity Platform for its ability to implement seamless SSO and MFA. It integrates with protocols like SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect to secure communications and user identities. This enhances security and user convenience for customer-facing and internal applications.

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