We performed a comparison between Amazon Route 53 and Infoblox DDI based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Managed DNS solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution effectively monitors the health of resources and provides good identity access management."
"The solution offers you the flexibility to control configuration rules."
"Amazon Route 53 is a DNS resolution service that helps you to map your hostname to another hostname."
"It stands out for its user-friendly interface, seamless integration with other AWS services, and ability to efficiently manage DNS, making it a valuable tool for various deployment scenarios, including those involving Kubernetes on AWS."
"The most valuable feature is that it works very well."
"The product integrates with other services from AWS, like Amazon S3 bucket and load balancers. The product can also be used with AWS EC2 Instances, AWS Global Accelerator, Amazon SNS, and AWS Lambda."
"The scalability is the most valuable feature."
"You can host your zone and name servers here, and keeping track of records is easy."
"Infoblox has more technology patents than any of its competitors."
"The best feature is the user interface."
"Infoblox DDI is a good tool if you want to centralize everything in your environment...It is a stable solution."
"It offers an easy initial setup."
"Infoblox DDI prioritizes DNS security, which is crucial for the security department."
"The most valuable feature of Infoblox DDI is its IP Address Management (IPAM) tool. This tool allows for the effective management of IP addresses and provides the capability to detect duplicates, hence its moniker "discovery." Another feature that I find particularly useful is the integration of DNS, which can be seamlessly integrated with your existing primary DNS server, making the overall experience much more seamless and efficient."
"It is difficult to manage the product if the person involved in the setup process doesn't know much about the solution."
"The product could improve its price."
"The solution should include more robust and secure services for hardening sites."
"The cost calculator for determining the cost of Route 53 is a little bit obscure."
"The solution’s pricing could be reduced."
"Supporting DNS check is one feature missing in the solution."
"Route 53 would be better if it had the ability to handle multiple requests at the same time because we have a lot of users. I would like that to be optimized in the next version."
"The product’s security and disaster recovery features need enhancement."
"The solution is expensive."
"They need to reconsider their pricing for their SMB customers. It is a hurdle for them to manage the price."
"Regarding an upcoming release of Infoblox DDI, I would like to see an improvement in the existing integration with Ansible. Currently, the integration is not up to par and requires further enhancements, particularly in Ansible version 2.5. Additionally, the GUI is slow, it could be improved."
"They need to provide more training and tutorials than what's provided on the website."
"The recategorization part takes longer with Infoblox DDI compared to other companies like Symantec, Zscaler, and Palo Alto."
Amazon Route 53 is ranked 3rd in Managed DNS with 19 reviews while Infoblox DDI is ranked 8th in Managed DNS with 6 reviews. Amazon Route 53 is rated 8.6, while Infoblox DDI is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Amazon Route 53 writes "Provides clear documentation, easy to understand, simplifies management and efficiently handles our domain-related configurations and DNS records". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Infoblox DDI writes "An excellent tool that provides an overall centralized view of everything in an environment, majorly the security part". Amazon Route 53 is most compared with Azure DNS, Cloudflare DNS, Google Cloud DNS, Cisco Umbrella and Quad9, whereas Infoblox DDI is most compared with BlueCat Integrity, VitalQIP, Azure DNS, Cloudflare DNS and Smart DDI . See our Amazon Route 53 vs. Infoblox DDI report.
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