6 categories · RankedCisco Duo
Cisco Duo is a multi-factor authentication product from Cisco, used for workforce identity and single sign-on and for zero trust network access · cisco.com ↗
Leads at mid-market. Ranked 2 of 64 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first, contested: Microsoft Entra ID has 28%.
Ranked first. Next is Microsoft Entra ID at 29%. 11 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Microsoft Entra ID is first at 54%.
Why models recommend it
“Need fast rollout, minimal training, hybrid on-prem/cloud | Cisco Duo (broad protocol support, device trust, low admin overhead)”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“Cisco Duo and Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) are both highly recommended multi-factor authentication (MFA) tools”Mistral Small · Paraphrase question · first choice
“The best MFA solution for a company with a limited budget is Duo Free or Google Authenticator for under 10 users.”Llama 4 Maverick · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“I recommend Cisco Duo — it's widely regarded as the best MFA tool for small-to-mid-sized businesses”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Paraphrase question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Legacy or basic versions of popular solutions (e.g., older Duo...): These can still fall to AiTM phishing, session token theft, or prompt bombing.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Excellent MFA, but not a full CIAM replacement — only use for authentication, not profile management.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Cisco Duo, over the 237 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 192 | 69 | Compare → | |
| 144 | 18 | Compare → | |
| 62 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 61 | 1 | View → | |
| 57 | 4 | View → | |
| 57 | 1 | View → | |
| 38 | 0 | View → | |
| 36 | 8 | Compare → | |
| 23 | 6 | View → | |
| 22 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Cisco Duo →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
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- Also from Cisco
- Cisco ACE, Cisco ACI, Cisco ACI / Tetration, Cisco AI Defense, Cisco ASA/Firepower, Cisco AnyConnect and 70 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
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Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 189 of the 237 answers that named Cisco Duo and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
599 of the 599 domain citations in answers naming Cisco Duo came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Kimi K2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |