Entrust Identity App vs Spriv Adaptive MFA

Entrust Identity App provides one-time passcodes for signing in to websites, VPNs, and other online resources, and can verify transactions. For a transaction, it displays the details and generates a corresponding passcode for confirmation. One app can contain identities issued by multiple organizations, with separate branding and passcode generation for each. Entrust says its Transaction Notification Service can wake the app and alert users when transaction details are ready, without using SMS. The app is free to download and is listed for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. Activation depends on an organization that has deployed the Identity Enterprise authentication platform; it is intended for people whose employer, bank, healthcare organization, or another organization uses that platform. Entrust identifies Identity Enterprise as the new name for IdentityGuard. For activation help, users should contact the help desk or help website of the organization they are activating the app for.

Spriv Adaptive MFA adds multi-factor checks to logins across web, Windows, Linux and mobile environments. Its adaptive authentication can pair a workstation with an environmental identifier from a phone after the user approves a login, then authenticate later matching logins in the background. Other factors include one-way and two-way SMS, TOTP, and Allow/Deny prompts. Windows Remote Desktop logins can use a credential provider, while a PAM module covers SSH, su and sudo on Linux and Unix. Developers can connect their own applications through a REST API with sample code in five languages. Schema and directory needs vary by plan: Business includes Active Directory synchronisation and bulk user import. Large institutions can host custom servers in their own data center; other customers use shared cloud servers. Spriv states that its MFA meets FFIEC, PCI, HIPAA and SOX requirements and does not transfer personally identifiable information. It offers iOS and Android apps, a free plan for up to two users and two servers, and paid service from $7/user/mo. SMS on the free account is billed at carrier cost.