AudyenseSide-by-side record
Cisco Duo vs. GitGuardian
Built from each tool’s researched, reviewed record. Figures are checked against public pricing pages at research time — always confirm current pricing with the vendor before buying.
The short version
Cisco Duo starts at Free per seat, versus GitGuardian at Free. GitGuardian carries the higher aggregate rating (4.8/5 vs 4.7/5).
Full comparison
Cisco Duofrom Free | GitGuardianfrom Free | |
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| Audyense Score | 84ASStrong | 70AS*Strong |
| Positioning | MFA, SSO and device trust for workforce access | Secrets detection and remediation across the SDLC |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud / SaaS | Cloud / SaaS, Hybrid |
| Best fit | SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise | Startup, SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise |
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| Audit logs | YesAuthentication, administrator action and telephony logs are retrievable in the Admin Panel and via the Admin API for SIEM export. | — |
| Compliance reporting | PartialBuilt-in reports (authentication, device insight, policy impact) plus log export support audit evidence, but there are no packaged framework-specific compliance reports. | — |
| Device management | PartialDuo does device trust and posture checking via Duo Desktop and Trusted Endpoints and reads management state from Intune, Jamf Pro, Workspace ONE and others; it is not an MDM itself. | — |
| Multi-factor authentication | YesCore product: push, passcodes, phone call, hardware tokens, passkeys and phishing-resistant methods; available in every edition including Free. | — |
| Privileged access management | NoNo credential vaulting or session recording; Duo layers MFA and SSO onto third-party PAM tools such as CyberArk Privileged Access. | — |
| Public API | YesAdmin API and Auth API cover users, phones, tokens, admins, integrations and log retrieval; included with Essentials, Advantage and Premier. | — |
| Role-based access control | YesNine standard admin roles (Owner, Administrator, User Manager, Help Desk, Security Analyst, Application Manager, Billing, Read-only, Account Switcher) plus custom roles on paid editions; Free plan admins are all Owners. | — |
| SCIM / directory provisioning | YesInbound SCIM 2.0 from Okta or any SCIM-compliant directory; Entra ID users are imported via Duo Directory Sync rather than SCIM. | — |
| Self-hosting / on-prem | NoCloud-only SaaS. The on-premises Duo Authentication Proxy is only a connector to on-prem directories and appliances, not a self-hosted deployment of the service. | — |
| SSO / SAML | YesDuo SSO supports SAML 2.0 and OIDC with hundreds of prebuilt app integrations; requires Essentials or above. | — |
| Secrets detection | — | YesScans code and developer workflows for exposed secrets. |
| Historical scanning | — | YesFinds exposures in repository history. |
| On-premise deployment | — | PartialAvailable for qualifying enterprise requirements. |
| Pull-request scanning | — | YesHelps catch secrets before merge. |
| Remediation playbooks | — | YesGuides response and credential cleanup. |
| Developer alerts | — | YesRoutes findings into existing workflows. |
| Container scanning | — | YesExtends detection to container and deployment artifacts. |
| Non-human identity governance | — | YesSupports machine-secret visibility on enterprise plans. |
| Integrations verified | 24+ | — |
| Aggregate rating | 4.7 · 548 reviews | 4.8 · 259 reviews |
| Integrations | Microsoft Entra IDMicrosoft 365Active Directory Federation ServicesMicrosoft IntuneOktaPingFederate+18 more | GitHubGitLabBitbucketAzure DevOpsJenkinsTravis CI+6 more |
| Security & compliance | SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSNIST 800+2 more | SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR |
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