We performed a comparison between BlueCat Edge and EfficientIP DNS Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Infoblox, Palo Alto Networks and others in Domain Name System (DNS) Security."We implemented BlueCat Edge to solve the visibility and security issues we were having."
"It allows us to easily monitor our subnets and routers."
"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."
"The unparalleled visibility offered by BlueCat Edge is arguably the most critical benefit we receive."
"This product has an inventory function to help maintain a list of the equipment, which is quite good."
"A more graphical user interface would be a benefit."
"Its price is on the higher side."
"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."
"I have concerns about several aspects of BlueCat's site management."
"The main improvement for BlueCat Edge's security configuration would be more granular control."
"The vendor needs to do more to promote this product in certain regions, helping it to gain market share in territories where it is not widely adopted."
BlueCat Edge is ranked 7th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 5 reviews while EfficientIP DNS Firewall is ranked 15th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security. BlueCat Edge is rated 8.4, while EfficientIP DNS Firewall 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 EfficientIP DNS Firewall writes "Easy to set up and use, and has a helpful network device inventory function". BlueCat Edge is most compared with EfficientIP DNS Blast, Cisco Umbrella, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and F5 BIG-IP DNS, whereas EfficientIP DNS Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, Cisco Umbrella and Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense.
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