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Multi-factor authentication · October 2026 Edition

Cisco Duo vs OneLogin MFA

Nine of fourteen models named Cisco Duo first on the direct prompt; zero named OneLogin MFA. Cisco Duo was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and OneLogin MFA by eight and Cisco Duo carries 63 labels and OneLogin MFA 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Cisco Duo

endorsed leader

Named in six categories this edition.

OneLogin MFA

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share47%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels6312A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Cisco Duo reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft Entra ID was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Cisco Duo vs Microsoft Entra ID · Cisco Duo vs Okta Verify · Cisco Duo vs Microsoft Authenticator

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the multi-factor authentication page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Cisco DuoFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOneLogin MFA
Direct90
Paraphrase91
Comparative70
Budget-constrained801 against Cisco Duo
Scale-constrained20
Negative003 against Cisco Duo
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Cisco Duo and OneLogin MFA were named in the same answer twenty-five times, of the 230 answers naming Cisco Duo and the 26 naming OneLogin MFA. In those answers OneLogin MFA took the first choice one time and Cisco Duo sixteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Cisco Duo and OneLogin MFA stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Cisco Duo OneLogin MFA first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cisco Duo on the left and OneLogin MFA on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cisco Duo and OneLogin MFA stood in it.

Cisco Duo first, OneLogin MFA an alternative

9 of 14 modelsOneLogin MFA was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashCisco Duo alternatives: JumpCloud Protect, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Verify
Perplexity SonarCisco Duo alternatives: Okta Verify, OneLogin MFA, WorkOS
Grok 4.1 FastCisco Duo alternatives: JumpCloud Protect, Microsoft Entra ID
Mistral SmallCisco Duo, Okta Verify alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID
DeepSeek V4 FlashCisco Duo, Microsoft Entra ID alternatives: JumpCloud MFA
Kimi K2Cisco Duo alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Verify
GLM 4.7 FlashXCisco Duo alternatives: JumpCloud MFA, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Verify, OneLogin MFA
MiniMax M2.5Cisco Duo alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Verify
Muse Glimmer 30BCisco Duo alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Verify, PingOne MFA, SafeNet Trusted Access, SecureAuth Arculix

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Entra ID alternatives: Cisco Duo, Okta Verify
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Entra ID alternatives: Cisco Duo, Okta Verify, YubiKey
GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Entra ID alternatives: Cisco Duo, Okta Verify

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Verify
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Cisco Duo leads by forty points.
Cisco Duo40%#1 of 10
OneLogin MFA0%#– of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Cisco Duo leads by forty-five points.
Cisco Duo47%#1 of 11
OneLogin MFA2%#5 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Cisco Duo leads by fifteen points.
Cisco Duo16%#3 of 6
OneLogin MFA2%#– of 6
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Cisco Duo

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“Duo and Okta are established options, though their pricing is typically quote-based rather than simple low-cost self-serve pricing” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“Push notifications (e.g., "Approve login?" on apps like Duo, Microsoft Authenticator push): Susceptible to MFA fatigue/bombing” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Only use push notification systems (like Microsoft Authenticator or Duo) if they are configured to require Number Matching” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Best overall for mid-market B2B: Cisco Duo – MFA-first product with strong phishing-resistant auth (FIDO2/WebAuthn), device trust, and easy deployment.” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Duo Security (Cisco) — it offers the best balance of security, ease of deployment, user experience, and pricing for mid-sized B2B companies.” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose Cisco Duo if you want best-in-class ease of deployment and user experience for core MFA with minimal IAM overhead.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about OneLogin MFA

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“Okta Adaptive MFA or OneLogin MFA are the top choices” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“strong value option for mid-market companies that want enterprise-grade SSO and MFA with faster deployment” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · alternative
“Okta / OneLogin (Best for Broad Identity Management)... these are the gold standards.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.