Cisco Duo vs WorkOS

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Cisco Duo is the stronger AI pick in Identity & Access Management: it has a visibility score of 16.5 versus 9.5 for WorkOS, and ranks ahead in 0% of the answers that name both.

Choose Cisco Duo if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (16.5 vs 9.5)
You need more native integrations (500+ vs 20+)
You need FedRAMP High (Duo Federal) or FedRAMP Moderate (Duo Federal) or GovRAMP or TX-RAMP or FIPS 140-3 coverage
Per seat pricing suits your budget better than usage-based

Choose WorkOS if…

AI answers describe it more positively (56% vs 50% positive)
You need SOC 2 Type 2 or GDPR or CCPA or SOC 3 or SIG Lite coverage
Usage-based pricing suits your budget better than per seat
Highly transparent for B2B SaaS authentication

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Cisco Duo	WorkOS
Visibility score	16.5%	9.5%
Change vs last week	down−0.6%	down−1.3%
Rank in Identity & Access Management	#6	#11
Share of voice	4.2%	3%
Mentions this run	14	10
Positive in AI answers	50%	56%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Cisco Duo +0.10000000000000142pp · WorkOS +0.5999999999999996pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Cisco Duo leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

6.4%

4.5%

AI Mode

6.3%

Perplexity

30.9%

12.8%

Cisco DuoWorkOS

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

0Cisco Duo ranked higher

2WorkOS ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Cisco Duo	WorkOS
What should a identity and access management platform integrate with?	Perplexity	#6	#5
Best identity and access management platform for startups	ChatGPT	#8	#7

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Cisco Duo	WorkOS
Pricing model	Per seat	Usage-based
Entry price	Free; paid from $3 per seat / mo	Contact sales
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud APIs and SDKs
Integrations	500+	20+
Compliance	FedRAMP High (Duo Federal), FedRAMP Moderate (Duo Federal), GovRAMP, TX-RAMP, FIPS 140-3	SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, CCPA, SOC 3, SIG Lite
Support	Technical documentation, Knowledge base, Community	Email support, In-dashboard web support, Slack channel, Video calls
Founded	2010	2019
Headquarters	Ann Arbor, MI, United States	San Francisco, California, United States
Employees	—	51–200
Funding	Venture Round	Seed · $195M raised
Best for	Organizations from small businesses to enterprises and government that want phishing-resistant MFA and simple IAM.	SaaS and AI companies that need to add enterprise features like SSO and SCIM to sell to large organizations.