We performed a comparison between Amazon Route 53 and BlueCat Integrity 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."
"We haven't faced any outages or issues directly related to Route 53. It has been 100% stable for me."
"The most valuable feature is that it works very well."
"The main DNS resolution is really, really fast."
"The solution has a user-friendly dashboard."
"You can host your zone and name servers here, and keeping track of records is easy."
"The product's initial setup phase was very easy."
"The feature for health check efficiently impacts the uptime and reliability of AWS servers including EC2 and EKS."
"The most valuable piece, which has been a lifesaver, would be the BlueCat DNS resolver. BlueCat Cloud DNS resolver is a tool that takes a look into your cloud's DNS and then reports back everything it finds into BlueCat's DNS Edge solution. The Edge solution has a bunch of nice rules that you can configure to route the DNS traffic. That automation alone is a lifesaver for me for the day-to-day churn of the DNS components that change on an hourly, daily basis."
"Managing our BDI infrastructure globally is simple, and BlueCat's personalized relationship with us is valuable to our organization."
"As a defense contractor, we must meet many compliance standards regarding logging, configuration, and administrative access. BlueCat is one of the few products that combines all the compliance components in a secure, reliable solution."
"The most significant advantage of BlueCat is its foundation on open-source software, specifically BIND and ISC DHCP."
"One of the key features enabling us to operate at our current scale is robust automation."
"DNS aliases, which we use extensively in our applications are a valuable feature."
"One of the better things about Integrity is that the underlying code it uses is an ISC DNS and DHCP. It's not like some of the other vendors that have created their own version of DNS."
"The solution includes automatic management of segments."
"Streamlining and optimizing processes related to Procter, VPN workflows, and other subjects based on specific needs would allow for continual improvement and adaptation to the evolving requirements of the system."
"The cost calculator for determining the cost of Route 53 is a little bit obscure."
"The solution should include more robust and secure services for hardening sites."
"The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface."
"The multiple routing policies present in the product have certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The solution’s pricing and technical support could be improved."
"The product should improve its automation."
"When you add a new DNS record instructing the solution to map one thing to another, it has to propagate to all the networks, which takes some time."
"The IPAM dashboard could be enhanced to display more information and provide data analysis features."
"The solution does not export reports in a comprehensive format."
"Usability needs to be better."
"BlueCat Integrity can improve by increasing the amount of updates it releases."
"I would like the GUI to be similar to AWS and Azure, where we can simply click on an item to expand it and see all the information on one page, without having to click to the next page."
"During our testing phase, we encountered some issues with Active Directory and DNS reverse lookups."
"One complaint about the interface is BlueCat's handling of subzones."
"When you replace an appliance, there are many configuration steps, so adding zero-touch provisioning would be helpful. It can be quite tedious and time-consuming to replace a device if it fails or deploy a new one."
Amazon Route 53 is ranked 3rd in Managed DNS with 19 reviews while BlueCat Integrity is ranked 5th in Managed DNS with 18 reviews. Amazon Route 53 is rated 8.6, while BlueCat Integrity 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 BlueCat Integrity writes "It improves our security by providing a single source of IP address usage and contact information". Amazon Route 53 is most compared with Azure DNS, Cloudflare DNS, Google Cloud DNS, Cisco Umbrella and Quad9, whereas BlueCat Integrity is most compared with Infoblox DDI, Infoblox IPAM, SolarWinds IPAM, Cloudflare DNS and Micetro. See our Amazon Route 53 vs. BlueCat Integrity report.
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