Google Authenticator

Google Authenticator

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Google Authenticator	Score8.1 out of 10	N/A	Google Authenticator is a mobile authentication app.	N/A

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	Google Authenticator
Considered Both Products	Google Verified User Chose Google Authenticator There are a few things to keep in mind when using Google Authenticator. Second, it's imperative that everything be kept as simple as possible. Many customers don't understand why they're putting up MFA, therefore adding further difficulty to their daily routines is always a … Incentivized Helpful? Nick Williams Computer Technician in Information Technology at Sound Advice (Computer Networking, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Authenticator Being under the google umbrella gives a level of reassurance to our users. It seems to be cleaner and easier to use for our users. Being able to use a product from an already known vendor helps onboard new users to the software. It is clean and easy to use, all of the users … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Authenticator First, Google Authenticator meets the security requirements which should be considered "table stakes". Second, simplicity is critical. Many users don' understand why they are setting up MFA (or they just don't care), and so adding additional complications to their day-to-day is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Authenticator Setup was easier and transferring between accounts is simpler in Google Authenticator when compared against Symantec VIP. The other features kind of are the same where both provide keys in offline mode and work seamlessly. Keys are refreshed every 30 seconds in both the … Incentivized Helpful? Gregory Palenschat Product Consultant in Sales at North Star Surfaces, LLC. (Building Materials, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Authenticator For myself and my business, we have not explored any other Authenticator out there. We have had no real issues with Google Authenticator and have no plans to switch. Incentivized Helpful? Pretty Varughese IT Executive in Information Technology at MattsenKumar LLC (Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees) Chose Google Authenticator We were using Duo before in our environment for two-factor environment. But when it comes to availability we were always facing issues such as time-sync & app integration. After using Google Authenticator it resolved our synchronization issues as well as the third-party tool … Incentivized Helpful? Vinit Sharma Network Administrator in Information Technology at Infosys (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Google Authenticator Google Authenticator is cost-effective & a bucket of features as compared to other available solutions in the market. Google Authenticator provides a multi-layer of security with ease of integration features. Incentivized Helpful? rahul Verma Network Consultant in Information Technology at Upwork (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Authenticator I've used only this software for the last 2 years and have never faced any issues so no need to go to another application. Incentivized Helpful? Basant Gupta Executive System Admin in Information Technology at Freelancer (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Authenticator I used Cisco Secure Access Duo in my organization but I was not happy with [the] services. It creates lots of problems so I switched to google authenticator and it is really good. I am very happy with this software. No need to search [for] another option. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Authenticator Google authenticator can only run on mobile devices, which makes for a more secure authentication flow. 1Password's desktop multi-factor authentication is easier to use, but it's the same device so is a weaker form of multi-factor authentication and thus less secure. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Authenticator I stopped using google authenticator once I lost my primary phone. Incentivized Helpful? Arcoma L. Lambert Business Development Manager in Sales at PCS Title (Real Estate, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Authenticator Google Authenticator is awesome. We used LastPass in the past. In general, I don't like password saving or authenticating services because it feels like a vault that I am putting all my trust in. With Google, they have made it so easy and secure, I feel confident. I have … Incentivized Helpful? Matt Hoffman Chief Executive Officer in Corporate at Hoffman Management Group (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Authenticator Google Authenticator is only really competing against SMS two-factor. Instead of getting a text from random phone numbers all the time, you go to one app/ website to get access to any account. In addition, we can allow our members to share the same Google account (with a master … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Authenticator Reputed platform. Incentivized Helpful? Mochammad Zachri Software Developer in Information Technology at PT Indie Marketindo Ceria (Retail, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Authenticator We are using our WhatsApp Business Account to send OTP to our users, but we can't control our users for having a WhatsApp Account. And WhatsApp API is not free too and so complicated to implement. Google Authenticator is a good alternative and cost-free to our users for getting … Incentivized Helpful? Christine May Bustamante Security Operations Center Analyst in Information Technology at Confidential (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Google Authenticator I don't recall having used other authenticators. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Authenticator LastPass is the most similar to Authenticator that we're currently using, but I honestly wouldn't say they are all that similar. Authenticator is another step up, security-wise, from password managers as far as internet safety goes. Incentivized Helpful? Jack Bowling Computer and Information Systems Manager in Information Technology at BCESC (Education Management, 501-1000 employees) Chose Google Authenticator Quick and easy to use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Authenticator I tried a few other apps and decided to personally go with Authy, but I usually recommend Google Authenticator for most people who just want something simple and easy to use. I also tried Microsoft Authenticator (not available in the list above), but it didn't work as well as … Incentivized Helpful? Stacey Medina IT System Administrator in Information Technology at Micross (Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 501-1000 employees) Chose Google Authenticator Google Authenticator is a great alternative to FortiAuthenticator for our vendors to have us use to login securely to their secure portals and FTP sites. Google Authenticator does not require a setup by the Admin in order to use it. Google Authenticator does not require … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Authenticator Google Authenticator is well known and trusted in the space. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Authenticator Twilio Authy is our preferred alternative - it features a lot of the same good features, along with a nicer backup setup and a more robust security model. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Authenticator CyberDuo was also looked at - but because we were already set up with Google in our organization this seemed the way to go. Again, I am a user and have no authority in that area, but Google was seamless and transitioned us right into what was needed here. Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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User Ratings
	Google Authenticator
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (46 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (2 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.6 (8 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)
Configurability	4.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	8.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	5.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	8.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	8.0 (1 ratings)