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We performed a comparison between Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise and Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The best feature of Akamai SPS Threat Avert is that it's very user-friendly compared to other technologies."

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"Our ability to detect data exfiltration was minimal before Infoblox and the cloud portal was instituted for us. In terms of DNS security as a whole, we had some capability with our firewalls, but this is a lot more specialized because we're sending all of our DNS requests to Infoblox. I'd say we improved 100%.""Using the reporting, we can tell that we have gained an extra layer of protection. Just by looking at it, we can see what is being blocked before it even makes it to the firewall. It is definitely working.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the granularity for which you can categorize what you want to block versus what you don't want to block.""The most valuable feature is blocklisting. It's good at what I like to describe as the "silly side cases." We have this annoying security architecture that says we must do this, that, and the other, so we try to make it easier on ourselves.""The dossier feature is perfect for starting an investigation.""The most important features for us are preventing DDOS DNS attacks.""BloxOne provides automatic sharing of network context data, which affects our speed of threat response and provide real-time threat intelligence. Our security operations needs this to do their work. It makes us feel safer.""The product is stable."

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Cons
"Akamai SPS Threat Avert's pricing could be improved because it's a very expensive enterprise solution."

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"The product could be cheaper.""The setup was horrible. About a year ago, Infoblox made us re-enroll all our on-prem DNS servers by a set date to a specific version, or it would stop working. I told my colleague, "Oh, here, we have to upgrade the servers and reconnect them to the CSP." That did not go well at all.""A lot of their documentation needs improvement.""The initial setup is not a simple "click-click-next" installation. It requires some level of experience .""The product is slightly more expensive compared to other DNS solutions.""Within the past two years, we discovered certain bugs in their products. The resolution of these bugs took a little too much time, especially if our production environment is down for a certain amount of time, then we are losing money. That is hard to convey to Infoblox support, e.g., we actually need the system up and running again within two or three hours. The awareness of these so-called production down incidents is not really easy to convey.""The documentation needs to be improved because there are a lot of different models that it can be deployed in, and it's somewhat confusing determining what you need and how to set it up to best cover your use cases.""The onboarding is a little rough at times, and you need to have some information at hand. It is pretty good, but it would be useful to have a few good examples to set up things like data exfiltration."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Provided the features Akamai SPS Threat Avert provides, it is bound to be expensive."
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  • "The licensing is set up such that you pay for the number of active users that you're defending at the moment."
  • "When you buy the subscription, there are no additional costs to add any additional buttons."
  • "Infoblox BloxOne offers pretty good documentation. Check its documentation, then do a PoC. Infoblox is very good at providing PoCs."
  • "There is a significant charge for this product but I think that it's worth it when we look at what it's able to prevent."
  • "It is a very expensive system. You need to go over the licensing before purchase to make sure you're getting what is needed, not anything extra."
  • "If you only wanted the DNS filtering and none of the other products built into Threat Defense, it would be nicer if they could do that a la carte since we are not really using a lot of the solution."
  • "It's a pricey solution because it's for the advanced kind of customer."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The best feature of Akamai SPS Threat Avert is that it's very user-friendly compared to other technologies.
    Top Answer:Provided the features Akamai SPS Threat Avert provides, it is bound to be expensive.
    Top Answer:Akamai SPS Threat Avert's pricing could be improved because it's a very expensive enterprise solution. AWS and a lot of other vendors are usually not that much expensive.
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is policy redirecting and security reports.
    Top Answer:The product is expensive depending on all features. I rate the product’s pricing an eight out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.
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    Also Known As
    Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector, Akamai ETP, Akamai SPS Threat Avert
    BloxOne Threat Defense, Infoblox ActiveTrust, Infoblox ActiveTrust Cloud
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    Overview

    Safely connect users & devices to the internet with a secure web gateway.

    Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise (SIAE) enables security teams to proactively identify, block, and mitigate targeted threats such as malware, ransomware, phishing, and data exfiltration that exploit the Domain Name System (DNS). Powered by real-time intelligence from Akamai Cloud Security Intelligence and Akamai’s proven, globally distributed recursive DNS platform, Enterprise Threat Protector efficiently delivers security, control, and visibility to the enterprise while easily integrating with your existing network defenses.

    Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense strengthens and optimizes your security posture from the foundation up, giving you the visibility, control and automation to secure the hybrid workplace. Operating at the DNS level, BloxOne Threat Defense uncovers threats that other solutions do not and stops attacks earlier in the threat lifecycle. Through pervasive automation and ecosystem integration, it drives efficiencies in SecOps, increases the effectiveness of the existing security stack, secures digital and work-from-anywhere efforts and lowers the total cost for cybersecurity.

    Sample Customers
    MCNC, Educational Testing Service
    Council Rock School District, EagleView, Schneider Electric, Baptist Memorial Health Care, American University
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    University7%
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    Comms Service Provider27%
    Healthcare Company18%
    Retailer9%
    Transportation Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Government6%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise68%
    Buyer's Guide
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    Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is ranked 9th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 1 review while Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is ranked 6th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 15 reviews. Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is rated 9.0, while Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise writes "A user-friendly security SaaS provider with an easy setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense writes "Improved the way that we look at data as it comes in and out". Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Zscaler Internet Access, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, whereas Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, Zscaler Internet Access and Fortinet FortiGate SWG.

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