We performed a comparison between Infoblox IPAM and SolarWinds IPAM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."For me, the best feature of Infoblox IPAM is that you can use BloxOne DDI which means you can manage everything from the cloud and have security policies as well. I also like that Infoblox IPAM is plug-and-play."
"The most important feature of Infoblox IPAM for my clients is its reliability."
"Infoblox IPAM provides visibility into what's on your network and helps fingerprint devices based on the OS, manufacturer, and other things along those lines."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution has been DNS security. It has a solid foundation for building DNS, DHCP, and Advanced Threat Prevention."
"It provides us with flexibility."
"This is a DDI solution and having one management control has been most useful."
"The features we found the most valuable were being able to handle DHCP scopes and handing out DHCP leases. We weren't doing some of the things that we can do, such as DNS query rate limiting. Our usage was pretty standard. We wanted to be able to track our IP addresses to create DNS entries and then create DHCP and manage DHCP scopes. We used the standard features the most."
"It helps to avoid manual mistakes and we can add the proper DNS if we add an Alias name to that. We are aware of the CNAME we need to use. By using Infoblox as a DNS, we can add the A and PTR records, which is helpful for the lookup as well as the reverse lookup."
"I am impressed with the product's reports."
"The product is user-friendly and valuable."
"The initial setup is straightforward. It takes about half a day, and it can be done by one engineer."
"I like the option to keep all of the available and used IPAM addresses in the central organization."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds IPAM is its automated IP address management. Instead of working with Excel sheets, it's automated and saves a lot of time and effort. Additionally, it is adaptable, IT managers enjoy it, and it is high quality."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"SolarWinds IPAM is a simple and user-friendly tool."
"I would recommend this solution for all companies that have to deal with a lot of networks."
"The only room for improvement in Infoblox IPAM is its compatibility and flexibility with IPv6. There's been an issue transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6, and though Infoblox is in the process of resolving the issue, it would be better if the team could come up with a solution in a quicker timeframe. Better transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 is what I'd like to see in the next release of the solution."
"When we do a host entry, it also reflects in the lookup. We should be able to filter that part. If we do only the A and PTR records, we need to reflect only that part in the lookup."
"It is challenging to find training tutorials online."
"An area for improvement is IPAM's smart folders, which can be slow to access and would benefit from a search feature."
"Their biggest problem is with the corporate side of the house as far as getting a support response or getting a sales team response isn't always as efficient as it should be and as it used to be."
"How you track IPs within a subnet and how all of that works was not intuitive to me. If I compare it to VitalQIP, I create a subnet, and it's a slash 24 size. It's very easy. I look, and here are my 254 IPs. I can then see if I have assigned a static, do I have a DHCP scope, and what's the name of the device. That's all there in front of me. The thing that I found frustrating with Infoblox was that it was not very intuitive."
"Infoblox IPAM has improved and is better, but it needs to have an external GSLB functionality. Currently, the solution has a GLSB functionality for internal appliances, but for an external user, that functionality doesn't exist. Infoblox IPAM also needs some improvement on its threat engine and RPZ policies, or DNS firewall or DNS policies. An additional feature I'd like to see in Infoblox IPAM is zero-touch provisioning in terms of the appliances. Currently, there's zero-touch provisioning for cloud-based devices, but for physical appliances in branches, there's none, so you still have to do some configurations. For example, if you have existing DNS infrastructure and you need to set up Infoblox IPAM in new branches, and you need more appliances, you should be able to just plug the solution into the network, and there shouldn't be any manual interference required."
"CLI needs to be user-friendly. There should be an option to commit changes."
"The product needs to improve its support. The response time is long and not very helpful."
"SolarWinds IPAM offers premium support, but the customer has to pay more money, and then they will have minimal response times."
"Sometimes we have to wait for screens to load, so faster operations would be better."
"They should provide more details on the full stack feature. It needs to be integrated with the hypervisor."
"I would like more updates."
"My understanding is that IPAM cannot be used for the AWS environment. I might be wrong, but that's what I believe it cannot do. On AWS, SolarWinds IPAM cannot do what it does on the on-prem side. They should explore how to make IPAM capable and scalable on AWS and Azure environments."
"The installation and storage could be improved."
"From any improvement perspective, SolarWinds IPAM should consider working on the area where the tool lacks, which is its network management capabilities."
Infoblox IPAM is ranked 1st in IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools with 15 reviews while SolarWinds IPAM is ranked 3rd in IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools with 10 reviews. Infoblox IPAM is rated 9.0, while SolarWinds IPAM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Infoblox IPAM writes "Plug-and-play, stable, scalable, and lets you manage everything from the cloud; has professional technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds IPAM writes "A stable and scalable tool meant for IP address management". Infoblox IPAM is most compared with BlueCat Integrity, BT Diamond IP, NetBox.dev, Micetro and Device42, whereas SolarWinds IPAM is most compared with ManageEngine OpUtils, BlueCat Integrity, NetBox.dev and Micetro. See our Infoblox IPAM vs. SolarWinds IPAM report.
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