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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Symantec Advanced Authentication

    Score5 out of 10
    N/ASymantec Advanced Authentication (formerly Layer7 or CA Advanced Authentication, now from Broadcom), provides real-time protection for online and mobile applications. The solution can authenticate an employee, partner or contractor while providing frictionless login, ensuring legitimate users have anytime, anywhere access from any device.N/A

    Yubico YubiKeys

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AYubico YubiKeys make the internet safer with phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) by providing simple and secure access to computers, mobile devices, servers, and internet accounts. The Yubico YubiKey stops account takeovers at scale by mitigating phishing and ransomware attacks, and delivers users authentication with a simple touch or tap.

    $3.94

    per month per user

    Pricing
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    90 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    99 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    84 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    89 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Symantec Advanced AuthenticationYubico YubiKeys
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (102 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Broadcom
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    Yubico
    I think, as I said, it's perfectly suited for second-factor authentication where all you have to do is a security team registers the key and you put it in your laptop and then you use it as a second factor. I think that's the best use case governing all access to making it a mandatory second factor so not relying on your cell phone or authenticator app, you just have this hardware thing which is much more secure and you can carry it with you as well when you are traveling.
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    Pros
    Broadcom
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    Yubico
    • Remote access. I'm able to sign documents with the certificates that we have placed on our Yubico YubiKeys, so it's nice to be able to sign a document from anywhere, from any computer with my YubiKey instead of having to look for an adapter for my common access card.
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    Cons
    Broadcom
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    Yubico
    • It can be about access control because either right now it's just you have access or you don't have access. I think there can be a use case where you are allowed a particular set of servers and not a particular set of servers. I think maybe it's there or we don't use it, but I haven't seen that. I think I've used Yubico YubiKeys at two companies and I haven't seen that. Maybe that's something that can be added.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Broadcom
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    Yubico
    As for implementing YubiKey its simple so I don't see us using anything else as we have experienced no issues so fare. Adding these to our environment is still new for us currently but in the transition phase I only see us buying YubiKey. It is highly rated and well known and cost is reasonable so no need to find another solution.
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    Usability
    Broadcom
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    Yubico
    I give slightly better than average rating because of the complexity in using a Yubikey. It is not as easy as native push notifications for 2FA products, however, it provides much better strength. Rating this higher or lower would be a disservice to people reading this review. If you are in the market for a hardware 2FA tool, Yubikey will be a great asset in your toolbox.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Broadcom
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    Yubico
    We have not experienced any issues with availability which is very important when you are dealing with a company that holds the keys to the gate. We have had more issues with availability from our SaaS providers before with authentication but that was on their end. YubiKey has worked every time for us over the course of the last 6 or so months we began testing phase.
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    Performance
    Broadcom
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    Yubico
    We have not seen any lag in loading pages and getting into systems or sites. In comparison to other 2FA and MFA options it is actually faster most of the time to authenticate due to not having to type in. We require users to have long passwords and when there is an option given for password less they jump on it with excitement. As we explore going password less on their PC's the YubiKey is going to make their lives a lot easier to access the resources they need.
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    Support Rating
    Broadcom
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    Yubico
    We have only interacted with support once but it was quick and easily answered. Mostly just questions regarding adding this to certain apps.
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    Implementation Rating
    Broadcom
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    Yubico
    I figured it all out on my own with the excellent product documentation provided by Yubico. I even managed to produce a backup YubiKey in case I lost my frequently used one. This was crucial when I temporarily lost the original.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Broadcom
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    Yubico
    Yubico YubiKeys has been a leader in the security key market, and I think they have a new product we just read about two days back and they can store up to a hundred private keys now. So I think this is what it distinguishes them from the market, apart from this, whatever features we need personally and for our customers. So they provide all those features, but versus the other brands.
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    Scalability
    Broadcom
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    Yubico
    For us I feel like the ease of deployment has made this product very appealing, overall this will make the scalability very easy for us to push out once we roll out to our users and the management tools that we have looked at will make the admins like me happy as it is clear and easy to use. The rollout process looks to be very straight forward from the demos that we have looked at regarding the enterprise tools.
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    Return on Investment
    Broadcom
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    Yubico
    • I think it's the flexibility in being able to let users pick the type of authentications that they want to use. Some are comfortable with the touch device on the physical Yubico YubiKeys. Others prefer the mobile app. So it provides flexibility for our users to choose how they want to authenticate without running a file of our security requirements.
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