Best MFA Solutions in 2026

Duo Security was founded in 2010 by Dug Song and Jon Oberheide in Ann Arbor, Michigan, initially to provide multi-factor authentication, and joined Cisco in 2018. The company says it reached 2,000 customers by 2015 and, as part of Cisco Security, now serves more than 40,000 customers in over 100 countries.

Duo's best-known component is its push-notification authenticator app, which asks users to approve a sign-in on their phone. The product line has since grown into phishing-resistant MFA, passwordless authentication, single sign-on, a user directory, device trust and identity threat detection. Duo Free covers up to ten users with MFA, integrations and the authenticator app; Essentials adds Duo Directory, phishing-resistant MFA, passwordless login, SSO, trusted endpoints and unlimited applications.

Advantage adds Cisco Identity Intelligence for cross-identity visibility, identity security posture management and identity threat detection and response, plus session theft protection, Active Directory defence and risk-based authentication. Premier adds VPN-less remote access to private resources and full device trust with endpoint protection checks. Duo's prices are published, unusually for this category, and a 30-day trial can be activated with a credit card.

Microsoft Entra ID is Microsoft's cloud identity and access management service, known as Azure Active Directory until it was renamed in 2023. Because every Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant uses it, Entra ID is the most widely deployed source of MFA in organisations that run on Microsoft software. The free tier provides MFA, unlimited single sign-on and password self-service.

Entra ID P1 adds conditional access policies, hybrid identity with on-premises Active Directory, administration features and reporting, cross-tenant synchronisation and verifiable credentials. P2 adds identity protection with risk detection, adaptive risk-based access controls and privileged identity management for critical resources. Both are also included in Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 licences.

The Microsoft Entra Suite bundles further identity and network access controls and requires P1. The main limitation is complexity: licensing spans several SKUs and bundles, and organisations outside the Microsoft ecosystem gain less from its integration.

Okta is an independent identity company whose workforce products are sold as suites priced per user per month and billed annually. It also owns Auth0, its customer identity platform, and markets both together as platforms that secure workforce, customer and non-human identities including AI agents.

The Starter suite includes single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, Universal Directory and five automation workflows. Essentials adds Adaptive MFA, which uses risk signals to decide when to prompt users and supports phishing-resistant methods, together with privileged access, lifecycle management, access governance and 50 workflows. A Core Essentials option sits between the two for organisations that do not need the advanced security and compliance features.

Okta's main advantage is neutrality: its integration network connects to applications from many vendors, which suits organisations that do not want their identity layer tied to Microsoft or Google. Professional and Enterprise suites are priced on request. Okta's entry price is twice Duo Essentials and close to Entra ID P1, and the most useful MFA features, notably Adaptive MFA, are reserved for Essentials.

Yubico is a publicly traded company that has focused solely on hardware authentication since 2007. Its YubiKey security keys are phishing-resistant because they prove possession of a physical key bound to the genuine website rather than relying on a code that can be relayed by an attacker.

The YubiKey 5 Series supports several protocols on one device: FIDO2/WebAuthn and passkeys, FIDO U2F, smart card (PIV), one-time passwords and OpenPGP. Keys are available with USB-A, USB-C, NFC and Lightning interfaces, are IP68 rated, crush resistant and need no battery. This multi-protocol design lets a single key serve both modern cloud services and legacy systems that rely on smart cards or OTP.

Yubico names T-Mobile, Cloudflare and Hyatt among its customers and cites US agency guidance favouring hardware authentication. Keys are sold individually, in trays, or through YubiKey as a Service, a subscription aimed at organisations with more than 500 employees. A YubiKey is an authenticator, not an MFA platform: it works with identity providers such as Entra ID, Okta or Duo rather than replacing them.

Ping Identity sells an identity platform used, by its own account, by more than half of the Fortune 100, 13 of the 15 largest US banks and 7 of the 9 largest global healthcare companies. Its products cover workforce, customer, business-to-business and agentic or non-human identities, and pricing is structured by identity count and type.

MFA is one of several services, alongside orchestration, threat protection, identity verification with documents and biometrics, reusable verifiable credentials, privacy-preserving biometrics, authorisation and just-in-time privileged access. Ping describes its MFA as adaptive and passwordless-ready.

A distinguishing factor is deployment choice: PingOne multi-tenant cloud, PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud as a single-tenant managed service, Ping Advanced Identity Software for self-managed private, public, hybrid and on-premises environments, and FedRAMP-authorised environments for US government work. Ping does not publish prices; all deals are quoted by its sales team. In October 2026 Ping announced it had been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Customer Identity and Access Management.

RSA ID Plus is the identity platform of RSA Security, the company behind the SecurID authenticator. ID Plus is aimed at governments, financial institutions and other high-assurance organisations and runs in cloud, hybrid and on-premises environments.

It supports FIDO2 and passkeys, mobile push, biometrics, OTP, QR codes, SMS and voice, RSA's SID700 and DS100 hardware tokens, third-party authenticators, a mobile SDK and offline authentication. RSA also sells the iShield Key 2 Series as phishing-resistant hardware. A notable capability is hybrid failover, which keeps authentication working during cloud outages, a requirement for organisations that cannot lose access to critical systems.

Plans are published per user per month and range from a cloud-only edition to hybrid identity and access management, with a dedicated edition for Microsoft Entra ID environments that adds help-desk identity verification. The top Hybrid IAM+ tier, with RSA Risk AI and RSA Mobile Lock, is priced through sales.

JumpCloud is a cloud directory platform for small and mid-sized organisations that combines identity, device and access management, including SSO and MFA, with an option to buy features individually.

Packages include device management and MDM, an SSO package with MFA and a password manager, a device identity package, a Platform package and Platform Prime, which adds zero trust, AI and SaaS management and premium support. Organisations can also buy single features, such as MFA, cloud LDAP, cloud RADIUS or conditional access, à la carte.

Monthly billing is available at a higher rate than annual billing, which suits growing companies. JumpCloud offers a 30-day free trial with full functionality. Its breadth comes at the cost of depth in some areas: large enterprises with complex federation or governance needs typically choose Okta, Entra ID or Ping.

OneLogin is a workforce identity and access management platform offering single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, an advanced directory, lifecycle management and desktop login. Its MFA product supports its own authenticator app, OneLogin Protect, TOTP and hardware tokens, email, SMS, security questions, WebAuthn biometrics including Windows Hello and Touch ID, and third-party authenticators.

SmartFactor Authentication uses the Vigilance AI risk engine to adjust authentication requirements based on context. Plans are sold as feature packs: Basic for authentication with limited user management, Essentials for authentication and user management, Business for advanced authentication and automation, and Enterprise for advanced authentication and user management. OneLogin Workflows is an add-on at $2 per user per month.

OneLogin is a mid-market alternative to Okta with lower published entry prices. Purchases are handled through sales rather than by self-service checkout, even for the lowest pack.

HYPR was founded in 2014 as what it called the Passwordless Company and builds phishing-resistant authentication based on passkeys and device-bound credentials. Its platform covers the identity lifecycle: authentication, onboarding and account recovery with identity verification, and risk orchestration.

Plans are organised under the Identity Assurance name. Access covers web access, phishing-resistant onboarding and recovery, and policy controls. Plus extends coverage to endpoints, including desktop MFA, VPN, VDI and remote access. Advanced adds customisable identity risk orchestration. HYPR also markets identity verification for help-desk calls and for checking job candidates against fraudulent applicants.

HYPR's published prices are low relative to its focus on passwordless desktop login, and a free trial is available. It is a specialist: organisations still need a directory and SSO provider, and HYPR integrates with those rather than replacing them.

Silverfort sells what it calls runtime identity security: it enforces controls inline at the point of authentication, before access is granted, across Active Directory, cloud, SaaS, legacy systems and operational technology, without changes to the protected systems. Its best-known use is extending MFA to resources that cannot support it natively, such as legacy applications, command-line tools and industrial systems, without agents or code changes.

The platform also discovers and protects non-human identities and service accounts, provides an authentication firewall, vaultless privileged access security, identity security posture management, identity threat detection and response, and controls for AI agent identities. The company states it is trusted by more than 1,000 organisations and processes 10 billion authentications a day.

Silverfort complements rather than replaces an MFA provider: it often uses an existing authenticator to challenge users while it intercepts authentication traffic at the directory. Prices are not published.

SafeNet Trusted Access (STA) is a cloud-based access management and authentication service from Thales, the French defence and technology group, delivered as SaaS with no infrastructure to install. It combines MFA and single sign-on for cloud and enterprise applications.

STA supports high-assurance FIDO devices, push and pattern-based authentication, contextual and adaptive authentication, passwordless options and authentication schemes an organisation has already deployed. Its policy engine applies rules at the level of individual users, groups or applications, and Smart SSO decides whether to re-prompt based on previous sessions. Users can be grouped by region to apply country-specific compliance controls.

Thales says a wide range of authenticator types is included at no additional cost and offers a 30-day free trial with mobile tokens and template integrations. The service does not publish prices or editions on its product page. Its appeal is strongest for organisations that already use Thales hardware tokens, smart cards or public-key infrastructure.

Auth0 is Okta's customer identity platform, used by developers to add login, MFA and user management to their own applications rather than to secure employees. It is priced by monthly active users rather than per employee.

The Free plan allows up to 25,000 monthly active users and requires no credit card. Paid B2C and B2B plans begin with Essentials and Professional; Essentials adds Pro MFA and role-based access control, and Professional adds use of an existing user database and Enterprise MFA. Adaptive MFA, available as a paid capability, triggers a second factor only when a login is assessed as risky according to defined risk profiles.

Auth0 suits software companies building consumer or business applications. It is not a substitute for workforce MFA products such as Duo or Entra ID, and costs rise quickly as monthly active users grow beyond the plan thresholds.