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Duo

Cisco Duo secures workforce access and defends against advanced identity threats with IAM, phishing-resistant MFA, SSO, passwordless, and device trust.

Free optionSignup unclearFile handling unclearWebsite health 5 / 5

Where it stands

4.3 / 5

Signals score

Not a hands-on test

Based on 1 of 3 signals

  • Website health5 / 5 · weight 50%

    Measured from the tool's public website

Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works

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We have not run our own hands-on test on Duo yet. Facts checked 2026-11-08. How tests work

Should you use Duo?

A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-08.

A good fit if…

  • You want a free option. It states: “Duo offers a free tier for teams of 10 or less. The page says: “Duo Free for teams of 10 or less.””

Check first

  • Its pages do not state: pricing, watermark, where your files go. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.

Does: Two-factor authentication

Measured signals

5 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08

Read automatically from Duo's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured

  • Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 247 ms.
  • Security5 / 54 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, content-security-policy, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy).
  • Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
  • Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.

Community feedback

We found no public discussion of this tool to read.

Threads: Duo Outage (2023, 75 comments)

Free tier
Duo offers a free tier for teams of 10 or less. The page says: “Duo Free for teams of 10 or less.”
Paid plan
Not stated.
Signup
A free sign up is available. The page says: “Free sign up.”
Watermark
Not stated.
Where files go
Not stated.

From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.

Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”

Get an email if Duo changes

We check its official pages every week. If they change, we tell you, so you can see if the price or limits moved. No other email, and one click stops it.

Are you the maker of Duo? Link to this page

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<a href="https://agathox.com/tools/duo">Duo on agathox: compared and tested</a>

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