Passwordless in 2025: Biometric MFA Buyer’s Guide (Vendors, Pricing, ROI, Compliance) By CyberDudeBivash • Date: September 21, 2025 (IST)

Executive summary Passkeys are mainstream. 70%+ consumer awareness and widespread production rollouts mean FIDO2/WebAuthn is now the default path to phishing-resistant sign-ins for workforce & customers. FIDO Alliance +1 Pricing split: Workforce IAM is typically per user/month (Okta, Duo, Ping, Microsoft Entra ID). CIAM is per MAU (Auth0/Okta CIC, Microsoft Entra External ID free for the first 50k MAU , AWS Cognito tiered). Amazon Web Services, Inc. +3 Okta +3 Duo Security +3 ROI is tangible: Removing passwords cuts help-desk resets (~$70 each) and OTP/SMS fees; real deployments show big gains in success rate & speed at login. BleepingComputer +2 FIDO Alliance +2 Compliance is clearer: Build against NIST SP 800-63B-4 (2025) and PSD2/SCA rules; design flows so your service never stores biometrics (device-local checks). NIST Computer Security Resource Center +1 What’s new in 2025 (buyer’s signal check) Enterprise controls for passkeys (Entra...