Overview
What is Google Authenticator?
Google Authenticator is a mobile authentication app.
It's an excellent way to secure your accounts
Google makes another Great Product at a Great Price!
Google Authenticator Review
Google Authenticator: A Simple, Secure Solution to Business 2FA Needs.
The 1st Choice in 2 Step Authentication
Secure, fast and easy to setup
Google Authenticator is fantastic!
Google Authenticator for Secure infrastructure
Google Authenticator is great
Make your infrastructure and application more secure
Google Authenticator for Easy integration of MFA
Google Authenticator is good and everyone should use.
Google Authenticator is required for everyone.
No cost solution to get started with multi-factor authentication.
Awards
Products that are considered exceptional by their customers based on a variety of criteria win TrustRadius awards. Learn more about the types of TrustRadius awards to make the best purchase decision. More about TrustRadius Awards
Reviewer Pros & Cons
Video Reviews
7 videos
Pricing
What is Google Authenticator?
Google Authenticator is a mobile authentication app.
Entry-level set up fee?
- Setup fee optional
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Would you like us to let the vendor know that you want pricing?
326 people also want pricing
Alternatives Pricing
What is Yubico YubiKeys?
Yubico 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,…
What is Firebase?
Google offers the Firebase suite of application development tools, available free or at cost for higher degree of usages, priced flexibly accorded to features needed. The suite includes A/B testing and Crashlytics, Cloud Messaging (FCM) and in-app messaging, cloud storage and NoSQL storage (Cloud…
Product Details
- About
- Tech Details
- FAQs
What is Google Authenticator?
Google Authenticator Technical Details
Operating Systems | Unspecified |
---|---|
Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Comparisons
Compare with
Reviews and Ratings
(267)Attribute Ratings
Reviews
(1-2 of 2)Gets the job done, pros and cons.
- An extra layer of security for your user accounts
- The two-step verification can be a code from your phone or a USB drive as a security key
- Easy to use
- Once you lose access to your device you will be locked out of whatever accounts that you had set up to use with this app
- Can't transfer the codes to another device
- Added layer of security for important business user accounts.
- I can see if employees are trying to access specific user accounts from unknown devices.
- Securing our google accounts with 2 factor authentication
- Securing our amazon account with 2 factor authentication
- adding extra security from cyber attacks
- It can be used to see when someone is logging onto one of our accounts with require the authentication app
- Extra level of security for free
- We can be used to secure other online accounts in the future when more companies are supporting 2FA
- Securing Windows Computer Logins and Mobile Device logins
- Price
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Vendor Reputation
- Existing Relationship with the Vendor
- Implemented in-house
- Teaching other staff how it's used
- no training
- The setup process after downloading the app is easy and straightforward
- The security benefits make up for the extra step required to login
- the added factor of opening the app for authentication is the most cumbersome part, but worth the benefits of extra security
- Google gmail
- Apple iPhone
- Android
- Amazon
- Ebay mobile app
- Single Signon
- We did not have a need at this moment to upgrade our version
- More applications supported
- Bug fixes
Easy to configure and use 2 Step Verification
Google Authenticator uses TOTP (time-based OTP) and HOTP (HMAC based OTP) algorithms. The product is very reliable and easy to implement.
- Easy implementation: The product is very easy to implement both from embedding it into the application and from end users using it via their smartphones.
- You can use Google Authenticator to manage multiple two-factor authentication keys.
- Easy to add keys options: You can scan a QR code to set up 2FA in Google Authenticator. You can also do a manual entry using the unique key provided by the application you are setting up 2FA for.
- I once performed a factory reset of my smartphone which had Google Authenticator. I didn't have a backup for the device. When I restored my phone with the same google account, I was not able to restore the authenticator app settings. I had to add all the keys back into the app to use it. This is cumbersome, but I understand it is set up this way for security reasons.
- I don't like the ease with which it lets you delete a key. If I accidentally delete a key, I am doomed to get my 2FA key reset, unless I still have the QR code saved somewhere.
- It was easy and quick to implement, this reduced our overall expected time to go live.
- It prevents our applications from non-authenticated user hogging on the network traffic and prevents other security attacks.
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Vendor Reputation
- Adding a 2FA using QR Code or manual key.
- I also loved the ease with which we were able to implement it across our applications. There are plenty of helpful materials available online to get you started and help you debug any issues.
- I don't find the UI very impressive. It's black and white :)