# privacyIDEA Reviews
**Vendor:** privacyIDEA  
**Category:** [Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/multi-factor-authentication-mfa)
## About privacyIDEA
privacyIDEA is a modular authentication server that can be used to enhance the security of your existing applications like local login, VPN, remote access, SSH connections, access to web sites or web portals with two factor authentication. Originally it was used for OTP (One Time Password) authentication devices – being an OTP server. But other “devices” like challenge response, U2F, Yubikeys, SSH keys and x509 certificates are also available. It runs on Linux and is completely Open Source, licensed under the AGPLv3.






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## privacyIDEA Features
**Authentication type**
- SMS-Based
- Voice-Based Telephony
- Email-Based
- Hardware Token-Based
- Software Token
- Biometric Factor
- Mobile-Push
- Risk-Based Authentication

**Functionality**
- Multi-Device Sync
- Backup

**Implementation**
- Easy Setup
- Mobile SDK
- Web SDK

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