We performed a comparison between BlueCat Edge and F5 BIG-IP DNS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Domain Name System (DNS) Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We implemented BlueCat Edge to solve the visibility and security issues we were having."
"It allows us to easily monitor our subnets and routers."
"IP Address Management (IPAM) is the most valuable."
"What I found most valuable is the ability to put it in place and integrate it very quickly. It allows us to create routing rule sets to route DNS traffic where it needs to go most efficiently in our environment."
"It is easy to administer."
"F5 provides us with a mechanism to accomplish complex product balancing."
"The management is very easy."
"BIG-IP DNS's best feature is the Global Traffic Manager (GTM)."
"The configuration process is straightforward, making it easy to set up wide IPs and distribute traffic across local US sites and data centers via VPN."
"For one of our clients, F5 improved global server load balancing with an active-active site configuration for Disaster Recovery."
"F5 technical support is quite good and they follow up if there are any issues."
"F5 BIG-IP DNS is useful, depending on how you use it."
"A more graphical user interface would be a benefit."
"One pain point concerning DNS Edge is the inability to see per Edge endpoint, what devices are querying against it. They do have the capability for you to look at that data, but the data is roughly 24 to 48 hours old. I am looking for real-time data, and I cannot get that per Edge endpoint."
"Its price is on the higher side."
"I have concerns about several aspects of BlueCat's site management."
"Scalability is a concern, it could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. It is very pricey."
"The initial setup is a step-by-step process, so it can be a bit complicated for someone who's using it for the first time."
"It would be great to see a F5 BIG-IP DNS cloud version. What we within the Australian government are looking at doing is utilizing a secured DNS service much the same as the English GCHQ version of their protected DNS service."
"The IP intelligent services are good for mitigating threats, but there are also false positives. So, it's not a standalone solution that can cover everything."
"The tool needs to improve its UI."
"In the product, one of the shortcomings is related to its configuration part...Though you can find some manuals or F5 documents, in real life, it's very hard to understand this product."
"CNC (control and command) communication would be beneficial. We would like to have control and command blocking to prevent visiting malicious websites."
BlueCat Edge is ranked 7th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 4 reviews while F5 BIG-IP DNS is ranked 3rd in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 18 reviews. BlueCat Edge is rated 8.0, while F5 BIG-IP DNS is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of BlueCat Edge writes "Invaluable at detecting DNS threats, improving performance, and reducing operational expenses". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP DNS writes "Reliable with good security and management". BlueCat Edge is most compared with EfficientIP DNS Blast, Cisco Umbrella, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and EfficientIP DNS Firewall, whereas F5 BIG-IP DNS is most compared with Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, EfficientIP DNS Guardian and Cisco Umbrella. See our BlueCat Edge vs. F5 BIG-IP DNS report.
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