Fortinet FortiAuthenticator vs Imprivata OneSign comparison

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Fortinet and Imprivata are both solutions in the Single Sign-On (SSO) category. Fortinet is ranked #10 with an average rating of 7.1, while Imprivata is ranked #12 with an average rating of 9.0. Fortinet holds a 3.7% mindshare in SSO, compared to Imprivata’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Fortinet users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Imprivata users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Imprivata OneSign and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator are leading authentication management solutions. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator stands out for its comprehensive security features, gaining user preference despite its higher cost.

Features: Imprivata OneSign is valued for single sign-on capabilities, streamlined user access, and user-friendliness. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is praised for robust multi-factor authentication, extensive integration options, and advanced security measures.

Room for Improvement: Users suggest that Imprivata OneSign could improve reporting features, customization options, and usability. For Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, feedback highlights the need for a more intuitive setup process, easier deployment, and a simplified user interface.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Imprivata OneSign is noted for its quick deployment and responsive customer service. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is perceived as more complex during deployment but offers robust support once implemented.

Pricing and ROI: Imprivata OneSign is seen as cost-effective with a quick ROI due to lower initial setup costs. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, while more expensive to implement, is considered worth the investment for its comprehensive feature set and long-term ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Cisco Duo

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Single Sign-On (SSO) category, the mindshare of Cisco Duo is 3.2%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is 3.7%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Imprivata OneSign is 2.5%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Single Sign-On (SSO) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cisco Duo	3.2%
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator	3.7%
Imprivata OneSign	2.5%
Other	90.6%

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Featured Reviews

Charles Slaustas

Information Technology Contractor at Insight global

Supports seamless authentication for users across multiple organizations and personal portals

The features I use in Cisco Duo include Duo Pushes to confirm my identity to the device, and eventually as MFA security was increased, I actually had to use exchange passcodes. Sometimes, I have to go into the site and get into Cisco Duo to retrieve the passcode, and many of them have been two-factor, where the sites send a passcode that I have to enter into Cisco Duo. It has been more of the latter. I have not seen issues with lagging or crashing on Cisco Duo's end; it was usually on the client end, often because someone set up a bad upgrade or there were connection issues with the Cisco Duo cloud through the administrative site.

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reviewer2848395

Technical Business Development Manager at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees

Multi-factor security has improved device protection but still needs broader application coverage

Fortinet FortiAuthenticator could be improved in its cost structure. Although it is not expensive, other solutions offer more value for less money. Cisco Duo provides better value in this regard and connects to web applications much more easily, scaling effectively in that sense. While I have never used Cisco Duo to secure other devices in IoT environments, I know Cisco Duo is capable of doing so, whereas Fortinet FortiAuthenticator cannot. Additionally, Cisco Duo is also cheaper. These are the main reasons why we switched away from Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, as it was very limited compared to other solutions available. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator was primarily missing the ability to scale to web applications.

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Rohit Yamsani

Senior Consultant at HCLSoftware

Single sign-on saves time by seamlessly managing passwords and improving workflow efficiency

What I appreciate best about Imprivata OneSign are the single sign-on and the Confirm ID features. The single sign-on works seamlessly for all the nurses or the end users out there. You just have to log in to the application once and the single sign-on clicks in and works for everyone. Users don't have to manually remember all their passwords. Imprivata OneSign helps by remembering and storing all passwords. The integration capabilities of Imprivata OneSign offer many possibilities, and there are numerous upgrades Imprivata has been implementing. At this point, they are growing rapidly. There are new tools coming out for reporting and generating real-time analysis. Imprivata E-PAM is a new feature that I've been reading about in articles, which is going to help administrator people and enterprise administrator personnel to view real-time records and views for all end customers. Reporting and looking at logs for the users will be seamlessly efficient. I use the reporting tools available in Imprivata OneSign. The admin console itself has a reporting feature, which gives us a list of pre-built templates of reports where you can see how many users have been added, the user policy, the users who have last logged in in specific amounts of days, and the reporting for the EPCS users. There are numerous reporting options available which help with troubleshooting issues. I have seen many benefits from using Imprivata OneSign. It saves substantial time for nurses. As a nurse or doctor, you don't have to spend time remembering passwords or signing into computers. You just need to grab the nearest machine and tap in. You can use the machine anytime if you want. It saves time when dealing with patients. For doctors who might not be tech-savvy, Imprivata OneSign helps them sign in seamlessly.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"In my opinion, the best features Cisco Duo offers include its 2FA authentication, which is very good, everything is perfect about the features, it is very easy to use, and the integration with other systems is very good."

"The solution is easy to use."

"Cisco Duo is rock solid in terms of stability and reliability."

"Everybody loves it. They feel a sense of security when they get that prompt to send them a text, or an email."

"With respect to our users feeling safe, secure, supported, and included, Duo Security is among the best solutions that we have ever used."

"Cisco Duo has improved my operational efficiency and reduced costs in areas such as authentication, IT support, and security operations."

"Cisco Duo seems very scalable; in my experience, I started with a small-medium business, and in my last contracting position, it was a large one for a major worldwide airline that had hundreds of thousands of devices that could use Cisco Duo, and it scaled very well."

"Looking back at my initial investment in Cisco Duo versus the total value it has delivered over time, I see that it has paid more than what we invested, so we are getting a good return and a good service with improved security."

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"This is a very important product if a company wants to use a VPN."

"The biggest advantages of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator are that it's easy to deploy, easy to manage, and the GUI is a very strong interface."

"The first valuable feature is being able to see everything on one platform. This includes logs and authentication failure."

"The logs have great detail that make it easier to evaluate and control the security environment."

"Once you configure it properly, it runs fine."

"In terms of benefits, the tool provides both cost savings and efficiency, but efficiency is more important for our customers."

"If you want a more efficient way to manage two-factor authentication for your users, or implement the unit as a cluster member role, the FortiAuthenticator can be incorporated very well into your environment."

"Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is an easy-to-use solution."

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"It has benefited my organization in the way that it makes it more secure by making it harder to hack."

"I have seen many benefits from using Imprivata OneSign. It saves substantial time for nurses."

"Imprivata OneSign helps customers minimize their work in remembering passwords and enhances their security."

"Imprivata supports single sign-on, providing a service that allows users to sign in to whatever application they are using, and the deployment is very quick and not difficult to deploy."

Cons

"The new smart license model doesn't always work. It's very complicated."

"The reason I chose a seven rating for Cisco Duo is that, as I mentioned before, it's not cheap, and one of the key features that comes to mind is its dependency on the internet to make Cisco Duo reachable, which can lead to a failure."

"I think Cisco Duo can be improved. I found the onboarding was very difficult, even for engineers who have been using similar solutions before."

"Cisco Duo can be improved by exploring a way to make it a more seamless integration and by deploying an in-house server."

"Certain customers can not use this product because it is cloud-based."

"Duo was clearly purchased, and Cisco has a lot of other panels for their Firepower products, et cetera. They need to continue bringing it, Umbrella, and the endpoint pieces even more together and make the integration a little more seamless among all of them."

"Areas that have room for improvement in Cisco Duo include pricing, as Cisco is quite expensive, and the fact that Cisco Duo relies heavily on external identity providers such as Active Directory or Entra ID and does not offer full identity lifecycle management on its own, which leads organizations to often pair Cisco Duo with another IAM solution for complete identity governance."

"Cisco Duo is stable, but occasionally there are emails about incidents that affect some services temporarily."

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"I think the tool could provide this solution on the cloud. It's currently an on-premises solution. A cloud-based version could make setup, installation, and management easier. With on-premises, you must pay capital expenses (CapEx) upfront. However, if the solution was cloud-based, it would be operational expenses (OpEx), which is often easier to manage. You can pay monthly instead of paying the total cost at once. In my opinion, OpEx is more easily manageable than CapEx."

"They could expand FortiAuthenticator's capabilities to accommodate a broader range of environments."

"Regarding Fortinet technical support, I would say a six. Most of the time, the engineer will take time, such as 24 hours or 48 hours, maybe even more, because most of the time, they appear, gather the logs, and then disappear."

"The only issue I encounter is that when not using FortiAuthenticator for an extended period, it's typical to encounter some obstacles in the configuration process that you need to address."

"We had issues trying to integrate the keys properly during the initial setup."

"The user interface and clustering are areas with shortcomings that need improvement."

"The solution's command line interface could be improved to provide better support for low-level debugging and advanced configurations."

"I would like to see some email options for Fortinet FortiAuthenticator."

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"They should have a landing page."

"I would like for them to make this solution compatible with Mac OS. I would also like for them to provide a portal so that users can easily integrate it with their applications."

"Fast user switching and Citrix integration in Imprivata OneSign could improve. There are many options available for VDI connectivity, but I've seen issues with VDI connectivity and Citrix storefront connectivity."

"Imprivata OneSign should have a landing page because most customers prefer this feature, which is currently a strong point for competitors."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"During testing we are allowed a certain number of licenses for free."

"It's very simple. Its price is fair. We use the hardware tokens as well. You get what you pay for. In terms of licensing, Cisco has very complicated products, but Duo Security was surprisingly easy."

"Duo Security's pricing is good, fair, and very comparable to today's market."

"It has a fair pricing model. I know they have different tiers, but it would be nice to have different types of licenses for certain groups of users in our organization. That way, we wouldn't have to lump everybody into one group. That would be also one complaint."

"Overall, the pricing is fair. Customers can wrap it into their Enterprise Agreement, making it easier for them to solve their issues."

"The pricing was a lot more than what we were paying for our previous solution."

"It falls in line with everything else."

"The pricing is pretty competitive. It's pretty cheap. Anybody can adopt it."

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"It is usually cheap. Without a license, you can use some basic features. You can buy a 20-year license and implement the solution once."

"I rate the product price as two or three on a one-to-ten scale, where one is expensive, and ten is cheap."

"I price of the solution is expensive."

"We pay for licensing on a yearly basis."

"When we buy the Fortinet FortiAuthenticator device there is a comparison between price and security."

"I rate its pricing a three to five out of ten."

"The cost of the license could be less expensive. The license is paid on a yearly basis."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a high price and ten is a low price, I rate the pricing a seven."

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"At the moment, I believe the price is reasonable."

"The price is reasonable, it's an affordable solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Construction Company

Healthcare Company

22%

Outsourcing Company

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	66
Midsize Enterprise	29
Large Enterprise	93

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	38
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	11

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Questions from the Community

How does Duo Security compare with Microsoft Authenticator?

We switched to Duo Security for identity verification. We’d been using a competitor but got the chance to evaluate Du...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Duo Security?

Regarding the pricing, what actually happened was that we got the product purchased through our HQ, so the costing as...

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What needs improvement with Duo Security?

I do not have a straight answer for how Cisco Duo can be improved at this time. With the implementation that we are g...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiAuthenticator?

My experience with Fortinet FortiAuthenticator's pricing found the pricing to be good. There are better solutions...

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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiAuthenticator?

Fortinet FortiAuthenticator could be improved in its cost structure. Although it is not expensive, other solutions of...

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What is your primary use case for Fortinet FortiAuthenticator?

Fortinet FortiAuthenticator was implemented as a multi-factor authentication solution to serve as a second barrier fo...

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What needs improvement with Imprivata OneSign?

Fast user switching and Citrix integration in Imprivata OneSign could improve. There are many options available for V...

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What is your primary use case for Imprivata OneSign?

I have experience with Imprivata OneSign and Imprivata Confirm ID. For the past three and a half years, I've been...

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What advice do you have for others considering Imprivata OneSign?

As an end user, it's easy to use Imprivata OneSign. Users don't have to rely much on knowledge to use that to...

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Also Known As

Duo Security

FortiAuthenticator

OneSign, Imprivata OneSign Authentication Management

Overview

Cisco Duo is a cloud-based identity security platform safeguarding critical resources for any user and device worldwide. Known for its ease of use, Duo offers seamless protection across multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.

Cisco Duo is designed to secure access with identity-first protection and provides extensive visibility throughout an organization's identity ecosystem. Offering multi-factor authentication, Duo facilitates easy integration and management, allowing teams to protect data effectively on VPNs, applications, and networks. Its single-pane management improves security processes while enhancing trust, making it suitable for diverse IT infrastructures.

What are the key features of Cisco Duo?

Multi-factor Authentication: Strengthens user verification with multiple methods.
Push Notifications: Simplifies authentication with quick approvals.
Single Sign-On: Enhances convenience by allowing one set of credentials.
VPN Access: Secures remote connections with reliable authentication.
User Activity Visibility: Offers comprehensive insights into access patterns.

Which benefits and ROI should users consider?

Quick Deployment: Facilitates rapid integration within existing systems.
Effective Management: Streamlines IT operations with centralized control.
Regulatory Compliance: Aids in meeting industry standards for data protection.
Enhanced Trust: Strengthens security posture across networks.
User-friendly Approach: Simplifies authentication for non-technical users.

In industries like education and finance, Cisco Duo is widely employed to secure multi-factor authentication across platforms such as email, databases, and servers. Its integration capabilities with Microsoft 365, Active Directory, and VPNs like AnyConnect are instrumental in verifying user identities using mobile apps or OTPs, catering effectively to both remote and on-premise environments.

Cisco

Fortinet FortiAuthenticator enhances security through intuitive management and integration capabilities, offering two-factor authentication and seamless connectivity with FortiGate, LDAP, and AD. It provides robust OTP features and operates efficiently across diverse environments.

Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is designed to streamline two-factor and multi-factor authentication processes across diverse network environments. Its seamless integration with Active Directory optimizes secure user management and enhances VPN security. It facilitates multi-domain authentication and serves as a comprehensive identity and access management tool. Organizations leverage its capabilities for VPN and network access while utilizing tokens for increased security. Its single sign-on feature aids in simplifying identity management and authorization, supporting extensive network and application security demands. However, improvements could be made to its outdated interface, pricing strategy, and better integration with third-party applications. Streamlined command line configurations and bolstered technical support would enhance user experience further.

What are the key features of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator?

Simple FSSO configuration: Provides easy setup for secure single sign-on.
Flexible two-factor authentication: Offers varied authentication methods to enhance security.
Seamless integration: Works effortlessly with LDAP, AD, and FortiGate systems.
Intuitive management: Features a user-friendly interface for efficient management.
Robust OTP features: Supports diverse credentials for One-Time Passwords.

What benefits should users expect from Fortinet FortiAuthenticator?

Enhanced security: Through detailed logs and strong authentication measures.
Cost-effective management: Reduces administrative overhead and operational costs.
Global operation support: Provides reliable service worldwide.
Centralized management: Increases efficiency across devices and platforms.

In industries like finance, healthcare, and education, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is implemented to secure sensitive data and streamline access management. Its integration capabilities support compliance requirements, while its authentication features ensure authorized access across platforms, enhancing both security and operational efficiency.

Fortinet

Imprivata OneSign provides single sign-on, streamlining application access through AI-managed passwords. It supports legacy systems, enhances security, and saves time, especially valuable for healthcare. Confirm ID and reporting tools enable seamless integration and user activity tracking.

Imprivata OneSign is a comprehensive single sign-on and multi-factor authentication platform that simplifies password management and streamlines user access to over fifty applications. Designed primarily for healthcare, it integrates with both cloud and on-premises systems, offering upgraded versions like G4 23.7 with advanced security features such as MFA and Vasco tokens. Although its price point is higher and Mac OS compatibility is limited, it improves focus on patient care by reducing administrative burdens. Challenges include fast user switching, Citrix integration lag, and authentication slowness with published applications.

What are Imprivata OneSign's key features?

Single Sign-On: Access multiple applications with one ID, enhancing security and efficiency.
AI-Managed Passwords: Automates password entry, reducing manual input and errors.
Legacy System Integration: Enhances security and eases transitions with existing systems.
Confirm ID: Ensures seamless and secure end-user authentication.
E-PAM & Reporting Tools: Tracks user activity to optimize system use.

What benefits should users look for in OneSign reviews?

Enhanced Security: Combines single sign-on with MFA and Vasco tokens for improved data protection.
Time Savings: Reduces time spent on administrative tasks, focusing resource allocation on patient care.
Scalability: Supports cloud and on-premises deployments, accommodating growing IT infrastructures.
Seamless Integration: Works with existing IT systems while offering advanced security features.

Imprivata OneSign is especially impactful in healthcare settings, where quick access to applications without sacrificing security is crucial. It facilitates e-prescribing and other clinical tasks through streamlined processes and advanced authentication measures, ensuring that patient care remains the primary focus.

Imprivata

Sample Customers

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Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data

AZ Groeninge, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Womens NHS Foundation Trust, Mahaska Health Partnership, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Boulder Community Hospital, City of Marietta, Spencer Hospital, Southwest Washington Medical Center, South Shore Hospital

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