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."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."
"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."
"We can specify the availability of subnets when we create them."
"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."
"This is a DDI solution and having one management control has been most useful."
"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."
"It provides us with flexibility."
"The graphical user interface is very user-friendly and simple to use. It is very simple to use if you have never used it before."
"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."
"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."
"I would recommend this solution for all companies that have to deal with a lot of networks."
"SolarWinds IPAM is a simple and user-friendly tool."
"I like the option to keep all of the available and used IPAM addresses in the central organization."
"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."
"Infoblox IPAM could improve some of the features. The market is demanding for some features that are not there, but there is always a reason why it's not there. At the moment, the solution is rather complete for what it's used for. It can always extend to solve some other issues that are linked to it, but the solution itself is complete."
"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."
"The marketing of the solution could improve to give customers the awareness of the benefits."
"The scope of our use of this solution is limited to the DDI IPAM solution for Infoblox. This solution could be improved by offering multiple integrations with IPAM which could already exist but we aren't aware of them."
"The solution is not easy to use; the GUI and CLI are challenging to use, limiting end-user capability. We can't use Linux terminal features with Infoblox, as it struggles to detect and troubleshoot problems. We generally use troubleshooting tools like tcpdump in our network security area and we can use that in Infoblox with limited features."
"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."
"The installation and storage could be improved."
"I would like more updates."
"They should provide more details on the full stack feature. It needs to be integrated with the hypervisor."
"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."
"Some processes are a little bit bumpy. The solution needs a design refresh."
"The product needs to improve its support. The response time is long and not very helpful."
"From any improvement perspective, SolarWinds IPAM should consider working on the area where the tool lacks, which is its network management capabilities."
"Sometimes we have to wait for screens to load, so faster operations would be better."
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, Micetro, NetBox.dev 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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