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Product	Cisco Duo Customer Identity by Cisco View product	Descope by Descope View product
Overview
What it is	Cisco Duo Customer Identity helps teams with frictionless customer MFA. Explore features like fraud prevention, cloud deployment and the closest CIAM competitors.	Descope covers visual drag-and-drop auth flows, passkeys and WebAuthn passwordless auth and enterprise SSO for enterprise B2B SSO federation. Compare top CIAM tools.
Product type	Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM)	Developer-Friendly Drag-and-Drop CIAM & Authentication Engine
Best for	Cross-industry, Retail, E-commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, Partner Portals	Technology, E-Commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, SaaS, Retail
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Cloud SaaS via customer portal API / SDK integration	Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS
Data residency	Multi-region cloud hosting (US, EU, Canada, APAC)	United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Key features
What it offers	Consumer-facing multi-factor authentication Passwordless consumer sign-in Fraud prevention Risk-based step-up authentication Seamless customer onboarding Self-service credential enrollment Customer account takeover protection Frictionless customer MFA	Visual drag-and-drop auth flows Passkeys and WebAuthn passwordless auth Enterprise SSO (SAML/OIDC) Adaptive risk-based authentication Developer SDKs Customer identity and access management Passkeys passwordless deployment Enterprise B2B SSO federation
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: yes	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Customer web portalsmobile applicationsclient interfaces	Web ApplicationsNative Mobile AppsSingle Page AppsAPI Backends
Compliance	GDPR, CCPA, PSD2 SCA, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAFIDO Alliance Member
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	OAuth 2.0OpenID Connect (OIDC)SAML 2.0Customer IAM directoriesREST APIs	ReactNext.jsAngulariOSAndroidNode.jsPythonOkta+1 more
Industries	Cross-industryRetailE-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcarePartner Portals	TechnologyE-CommerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaSRetail
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Cisco	Descope
Headquarters	San Jose, California, USA	Los Altos, California, USA
Company size	80,000+	201-500
Founded	1984	2022

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

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Overview

What it is

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Cisco Duo Customer Identity helps teams with frictionless customer MFA. Explore features like fraud prevention, cloud deployment and the closest CIAM competitors.

Descope

Descope covers visual drag-and-drop auth flows, passkeys and WebAuthn passwordless auth and enterprise SSO for enterprise B2B SSO federation. Compare top CIAM tools.

Product type

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM)

Descope

Developer-Friendly Drag-and-Drop CIAM & Authentication Engine

Best for

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Cross-industry, Retail, E-commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, Partner Portals

Descope

Technology, E-Commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, SaaS, Retail

Pricing

Pricing model

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Contact Vendor

Descope

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Descope

Deployment

Deployment options

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

SaaSCloud

Descope

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Cloud; Cloud SaaS via customer portal API / SDK integration

Descope

Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS

Data residency

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Multi-region cloud hosting (US, EU, Canada, APAC)

Descope

United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Key features

What it offers

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Consumer-facing multi-factor authentication
Passwordless consumer sign-in
Fraud prevention
Risk-based step-up authentication
Seamless customer onboarding
Self-service credential enrollment
Customer account takeover protection
Frictionless customer MFA

Descope

Visual drag-and-drop auth flows
Passkeys and WebAuthn passwordless auth
Enterprise SSO (SAML/OIDC)
Adaptive risk-based authentication
Developer SDKs
Customer identity and access management
Passkeys passwordless deployment
Enterprise B2B SSO federation

Platform & access

API access

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Descope

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Descope

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Descope

Multi-tenant

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Descope

Mobile app

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Descope

Supported platforms

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Customer web portalsmobile applicationsclient interfaces

Descope

Web ApplicationsNative Mobile AppsSingle Page AppsAPI Backends

Compliance

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

GDPR, CCPA, PSD2 SCA, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001

Descope

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAFIDO Alliance Member

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

OAuth 2.0OpenID Connect (OIDC)SAML 2.0Customer IAM directoriesREST APIs

Descope

ReactNext.jsAngulariOSAndroidNode.jsPythonOkta+1 more

Industries

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Cross-industryRetailE-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcarePartner Portals

Descope

TechnologyE-CommerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaSRetail

Regions

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Global

Descope

Global

Vendor

Company

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

Cisco

Descope

Headquarters

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

San Jose, California, USA

Descope

Los Altos, California, USA

Company size

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

80,000+

Descope

201-500

Founded

Cisco Duo Customer Identity

1984

Descope

2022