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 push notifications and the integrations they offer are valuable. Their mobile app is very useful. It is very easy to use."
"The administrator tool in the dashboard is the most valuable feature. It's really easy to quickly see if users are locked out from their device, firmware code, or just all the little dashboards and reports I can run to give the security for monthly reports. The dashboard's really good."
"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."
"The two-factor authentication is valuable because that is the use case for which we are using it."
"It is a good solution for hybrid environments and VPN."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Duo Security improved my organization by helping us secure all access points within the company infrastructure."
"The single pane of glass management is very important and it is part of the reason we went with Duo. Anything we can do to save time for our administrators, help desk staff, and engineers, is valuable to us."
"It made things a lot easier, especially with passwords."
"I like the tool's workflows, which is user-friendly. It can integrate with different applications. I particularly like that users are delighted to access their applications without the hassle of entering their username and password each time. It truly enhances user-friendliness."
"We find the solution to be stable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable features depend on a customer's needs. Our customers generally find multi-factor authentication very useful."
"It is a very stable solution."
"It offers very helpful support. The technical team is very helpful."
"The initial setup of Okta Workforce Identity is straightforward. I was able to get an environment ready within half a day."
"We found it difficult to integrate it into our broader product family of Microsoft tools and other applications used across our organization."
"We had some trouble with the password reset function."
"For upgrades, there should be a better notification of when they're coming out. We always have a testing phase, so we need to be ahead of it. It takes us longer before we can upgrade to the newest version."
"The new smart license model doesn't always work. It's very complicated."
"For the back-end, there could be a few more security features applied."
"We use Yubikey for pushing it to the phones. Yubikeys can get expensive because people tend to lose those for some reason. Fifty dollars a device is pretty high."
"The only challenge is finding the right person sometimes. From what I've seen, being a named account is a big deal."
"The dashboard needs to be improved."
"The lifecycle management part can be improved. It should also have identity governance and the ability to choose a specific factor authentication at the application level. Its licensing and pricing can also be improved."
"It can have more API integrations."
"Okta Workforce Identity could improve the way passwords are reset and how it interfaces with Microsoft."
"The only area of concern in the solution stems from the fact that my company needs some help regarding the setup phase from a partner."
"It is challenging to obtain a comprehensive backup."
"The ability or the options in the solution for changing the look and feel are not good enough because in our partner portal, essentially what they have is an ugly admin interface."
"We experienced some technical glitches that need to be resolved."
"The solution’s policies are difficult to understand due to the policy methods. They use authentication. The solution’s workflow is also difficult and not very active. They need to have proper documentation on it. In the next release, I would like to see the workflows being more digestible."
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 56 reviews. Cisco Duo is rated 8.8, while Okta Workforce Identity 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 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 FortiToken, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Yubico YubiKey and Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Google Cloud Identity, Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator. See our Cisco Duo vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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