Cisco Duo vs Microsoft Entra ID
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| Cisco Duo | Microsoft Entra ID | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | Duo flips the script on identity with security-first IAM that attackers hate and users love. duo.com | A cloud identity and access management (IAM) solution microsoft.com |
| Starting at | $3 Duo Essentials · per user / month free plan listed | $3.00 Microsoft Entra Workload ID · per user / month |
| Platforms | Duo for iOS, Duo for Android, Android, iOS duo.com | Not observed |
| Integrations | Not observed | Azure, Microsoft 365 microsoft.com |
| Compliance | ISO 27001, SOC 2 duo.com | Not observed |
| Free plan | Yes duo.com | Yes microsoft.com |
| Plans | Duo Essentials, Duo Advantage, Duo Premier, Duo Free, Advantage, Essentials, Premier duo.com | Microsoft Entra ID P1, Microsoft Entra ID P2, Microsoft Entra ID Free microsoft.com |
| Pricing basis | Not observed | user/month, paid yearly microsoft.com |
| Customers (their claim) | Gain exposure to 100,000+ customers, and 18,000+ MSPs and thousands of Cisco resellers duo.com | See why more than 720,000 organizations use Microsoft Entra ID microsoft.com |
Where they differ
- Cisco Duo claims ISO 27001 on its own pages; Microsoft Entra ID’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- Cisco Duo claims SOC 2 on its own pages; Microsoft Entra ID’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.