We performed a comparison between BlueCat Edge and Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense 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."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."
"IP Address Management (IPAM) is the most valuable."
"We implemented BlueCat Edge to solve the visibility and security issues we were having."
"It allows us to easily monitor our subnets and routers."
"With the model we have, we are able to scale very easily if we need to."
"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."
"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%."
"Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense furthers the existing security posture rather than replacing or trying to replace any existing products."
"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 product is stable."
"The most valuable feature is policy redirecting and security reports."
"The reporting ability is helpful. It allows us to control what our users are able to resolve, and then be able to see reports on that."
"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."
"A more graphical user interface would be a benefit."
"Its price is on the higher side."
"I have concerns about several aspects of BlueCat's site management."
"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."
"This is not just Infoblox, this could be any portal provider, cloud provider, sometimes they change the look of the customer-facing options and it's not completely clear why they make the change."
"The integration of threat intelligence with other solutions is challenging. If I want to expose threat intelligence, I cannot do it via taxi services. I have to call the API, but the customers are not into creating the APIs. The integration of embedded threat intelligence with other platforms should be better. Infoblox should work on this, and it should be easier for the end user to integrate it. It is very easy to deploy this solution. We should be able to integrate it with other platforms, such as the Next-Generation Firewall, with the same ease."
"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 product could be cheaper."
"They could work on the UI of their website and make their website more user-friendly."
"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."
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BlueCat Edge is ranked 7th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 4 reviews while Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is ranked 6th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 15 reviews. BlueCat Edge is rated 8.0, while Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is rated 8.0. 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 Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense writes "Improved the way that we look at data as it comes in and out". BlueCat Edge is most compared with EfficientIP DNS Blast, Cisco Umbrella, F5 BIG-IP DNS, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and EfficientIP DNS Firewall, 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. See our BlueCat Edge vs. Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense report.
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