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duo.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 3 November 202626 issues · 97 checks
This review found 26 issues worth fixing on duo.com, 10 of them high impact, across 97 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
72CClosest competitors among SaaS websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.8 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 338 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 337 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 350 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 364 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 378 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 381 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 388 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 397 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 412 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 423 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 425 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 427 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 418 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 403 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 390 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 369 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 355 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 347 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 343 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 345 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 342 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 343 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 340 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 349 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 362 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
duo.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.8 s · 365 KiBAbout 365 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.8 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.6 s · 227 KiB10 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (227 KiB).
Main-thread work: 8.5 s
A phone's processor spends 8.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.2 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Mobile performance score: 56
56/100Your mobile performance score is 56. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
5 third-party services on the page
5 third-party services load with your homepage (Wistia, Optanon and Tealium and others), adding 679 KiB and 654 ms of main-thread time.
Wistia adds 410 ms
410 msWistia costs a phone 410 ms of main-thread work and 339 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Render-blocking requests
300 ms2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 300 ms.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 52 KiBAbout 52 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
199 KiB7 images could be 199 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
9 long tasks on the main thread
9 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 167 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Legacy JavaScript
15 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 15 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
Minify JavaScript
5 KiB5 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
1 checks passed
Server response: 4 ms
4 msYour server sent the HTML in 4 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.
Largest Contentful Paint: 15.8 s
15.8 sYour largest element takes 15.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Duo's evolution to a complete IAM solution”.
Time to Interactive: 16.0 s
16.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 16.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 4.9 s
4.9 sThe first text or image appears after 4.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 6.9 s
6.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Real-user LCP: 2.5 s
2.5 sReal visitors wait 2.5 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 301 ms
301 msReal visitors wait 301 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.13
0.13For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.13 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 2.2 s
2.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors wait 1.1 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
7 images without width and height
7 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+5%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 338 ms to 362 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-7%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.1 s to 2.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
2 checks passed
Total Blocking Time: 192 ms
192 msScripts block the page for only 192 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.025
0.025The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.025, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.8 MB in 76 requests
3.8 MBYour homepage downloads 3.8 MB in 76 requests on a phone: images 1.2 MB (24), fonts 1.1 MB (17) and scripts 765 KiB (18). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (201 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
1 image in older formats
1 image (74 KiB) is JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.
About 1.1 g of CO₂ per visit
1.07 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.07 g of CO₂e: 128.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
Invalid ARIA attributes
2 elements use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.
2 text elements with low contrast
2 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (40 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 40 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 33 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
43 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 46 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 43 passed and 3 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
124 internal links, 24 external
The homepage links to 124 pages on duo.com and 24 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 151 characters
Your meta description is 151 characters: “Cisco Duo secures workforce access and defends against advanced identity threats with IAM, phishing-resistant MFA, SSO,…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “You know our MFA.Meet our IAM.”.
Title: 64 characters
Your title is a healthy 64 characters: “IAM & MFA Identity Security for Business, Humans, AI | Cisco Duo”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://duo.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization, Review, SoftwareApplication, WebPage and WebSite.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://duo.com/sitemap_index.xml.
AI search readiness
4 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Organization data: 6 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,548 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (195 KiB, 852 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 58 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
2 small tap targets
2 of 9 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
No Permissions-Policy
No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.
Deprecated X-XSS-Protection
X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.
9 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (duo.com).
Valid certificate (185 days left)
The certificate from Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M01 verifies for duo.com and is valid for another 185 days.
Protected from clickjacking
X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.
Content-Security-Policy set
A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://duo.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 59 links work
All 59 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 19 external) answered without errors.
security.txt published
A security.txt file tells researchers how to report a problem with your site.
Domain and trust
DNSSEC is off
duo.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.
3 checks passed
Domain is 28 years old
28 yearsduo.com was registered in Oct 1998 through MarkMonitor Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only amazon.com, amazonaws.com, amazontrust.com and awstrust.com to issue certificates for duo.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Registered until Oct 2027
duo.com is registered until Oct 2027.
Content and conversion
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
No direct contact details
No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
About 902 words of copy
The homepage carries about 902 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Free sign up”.
10 calls to action
The homepage has 10 calls to action, for example “Pricing”, “Buy Now” and “Contact sales”.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 15 testimonial or review blocks, 1 customer or partner logo and 2 trust badges.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 95/100
Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.
3 checks passed
DMARC policy: reject
DMARC tells receivers to reject mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 ip4:72.35.40.113/28 ip4:66.51.154.240/29 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:mktomail.co…”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “k1” and “s1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
7 cookies set on arrival
7Opening the homepage sets 7 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
10 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 10 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
2 checks passed
Consent tool: OneTrust
A consent management tool (OneTrust) loads with the page.
No known trackers before consent
No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).
Upkeep, stack and company
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- Hosting
- CloudFront
Hiring
- Hiring
- 2 open roles
- Job board
- careers page
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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