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Duo

byCisco Systems
in
4.8
2026
Market Presence: User Authentication, Access Management

Overview

Product Information on Duo

Updated 23rd September 2025

What is Duo?

Cisco Duo provides security-first Identity and Access Management (IAM) that protects organizations from identity-based threats. Duo includes all the necessary components to serve as your sole IAM platform or seamlessly integrate with and fortify your existing identity providers, operating as a unified defense layer across your identity infrastructure. By embedding critical protections like broad-based MFA and device trust into the company’s base offering, Duo eliminates the "security tax" often imposed by traditional IAM vendors. Essential security is on by default—not a costly, complex upgrade. As a result, Duo addresses advanced threats while delivering a seamless experience that users and admins embrace.

Duo Pricing

Duo offers three pricing tiers: Essentials ($3/user/mo) includes security-first IAM, phishing-resistant MFA, passwordless, SSO, AI Assistant, and Trusted Endpoints. Advantage ($6/user/mo) adds continuous identity security, cross-platform visibility, posture management (ISPM), and threat detection and response (ITDR). Premier ($9/user/mo) adds VPN-less remote access via Duo Network Gateway.

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Overall experience with Duo

Manager, IT Security and Risk Management
500M - 1B USD, Manufacturing
FAVORABLE

“Duo Care Service truly sets Duo apart from any other Cisco Security product line/service”

5.0
Jan 27, 2026
Product demo, sales engineers, POV, etc. were all exceptional and well delivered.
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CRITICAL

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2026
For Market:
User Authentication

About Company

Company Description

Updated 8th February 2024

Cisco is a company that specializes in networking technologies, particularly Internet Protocol (IP)-based solutions. It was established in 1984 by a group of computer scientists from Stanford University. As of today, Cisco has a global workforce, continuing to innovate in various fields, notably in routing and switching. Adding to its core business, the company also delves into emerging technologies including home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security features, storage area networking, and wireless technology. Moreover, Cisco extends its expertise to offer a sweeping range of services such as technical support and advanced services. The company sells its products and services on an enterprise level, to commercial businesses, service providers, and end-users.

Company Details

Updated 25th June 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1984
Head office location
San Jose, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
http://www.cisco.com

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Duo Likes & Dislikes

Like

Ease of implementation: Duo Care service makes the implementation adoption a true white glove experience. They have the technical expertise to assist with any and all potential problems with adoption - from whitepapers to provide to your end-users, technical white papers for architecture/implementation, best-practice guidelines, project management, etc. The Duo Care team always make themselves available to you to address any questions, troubleshooting sessions, even those that are outside of the Duo platform itself (assisted us with MS Conditional Access policies, idP, SSO, SAML, FirePower/ISE questions, etc.).

Like

Ease of implementation - we can have a new application configured and active in a short time. Versatility - With available options for securing apps, we are able to ensure that the correct users have access, and the correct level of verification is applied to each application. Constantly evolving - Cisco is constantly adding functionality to DUO, allowing us to grow with the product and adapt to an ever changing security landscape.

Like

The dashboard is excellent and simple. The app is great and migrating your MFA setup to a new device is made really simple. All around great experience

Dislike

There are no weaknesses or dislikes to list. I am not sure what my experience with the product would be like without the Duo Care service. It truly is what sets it apart from my experience with any other Cisco Security product.

Dislike

Licensing is basic, lacking the nuance we need for the different categories of users we have. There is no mechanism to support non-standard license agreements in the portal, requiring assistance at times from our account team to keep us in compliance. Documentation can be wordy and hard to find what you are looking to do.

Dislike

The documentation on the installation of the authentication proxy was outdated, and I encountered some errors, because the file structure was different, but nothing that we didn't figure out quickly, and made it work. The extra features, such as the Duo Passwords and SSO capabilities, could be better explained.

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Duo Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 66 ratings and reviews for Access Management market. View all 862 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.8

(66 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
77%
4 Star
23%
3 Star
0%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.6

Integration & Deployment

4.9

Service & Support

4.7

Product Capabilities

4.8

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  • Manager, IT Security and Risk Management
    50M-1B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Duo Care Service truly sets Duo apart from any other Cisco Security product line/service

    5.0
    Jan 27, 2026
    Product demo, sales engineers, POV, etc. were all exceptional and well delivered.
  • SR NETWORK SECURITY ENGINEER
    1B-10B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Multi Factor Star

    5.0
    Jan 21, 2026
    DUO has been an outstanding solution for us. It has helped us implement two-factor authentication for more applications than we ever imagined, with enough two-factor options to accommodate every user. Administration is relatively simple, allowing us to push much of the day to day user administration to our helpdesk, freeing our engineers to work on other things.
  • NETWORK ENGINEER
    50M-1B USD
    Telecommunication
    Review Source

    Easy Management And Increased Security For Remote Workforce, and equipment Access for administrators.

    5.0
    Jan 21, 2026
    Easy to get started and set up, we installed the duo authentication proxy and it took no longer than a day to get it up and into the testing phase. The management dashboard is really simple and great to work with, user management is made simple with AD connection, so all users added to ad can be replicated over to the dashboard.
  • Financial Aid Specialist
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Delayed Push Notifications and Confusing Backup Methods Impact Security Access Process

    4.0
    Jan 15, 2026
    Duo made my experience well as I don't need to take tension regarding the security of my accounts as I can approve the request through my phones which is pretty impressive also the setup is easy and straightforward which no efforts. The options of connection it offers are wide in number.
  • LEITUNG IT / CIO
    <50M USD
    Miscellaneous
    Review Source

    Cisco Duo Enhances Access Control, But Lacks Administrative Email Notifications

    5.0
    Feb 4, 2026
    Cisco Duo has been truly exceptional in reducing account compromise risk and improving access control maturity.Its MFA and policy controls are dependable, the platform is stable, and the visibility into authentication activity is valuable for security monitoring. We have seen measurable improvements in security hygiene without creating a burden for users or IT.
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