We performed a comparison between Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise and F5 BIG-IP DNS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Infoblox, TitanHQ and others in Domain Name System (DNS) Security."The best feature of Akamai SPS Threat Avert is that it's very user-friendly compared to other technologies."
"F5 BIG-IP DNS is useful, depending on how you use it."
"The GTM feature is very good, It's very useful, especially if we have multiple data centers. If we want to load balance traffic from multiple data centers, the GTM feature is very useful."
"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."
"The security features, DDoS mitigation facilities, and SQL configuration are the most valuable aspects of this solution."
"F5 technical support is quite good and they follow up if there are any issues."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is security."
"BIG-IP DNS effectively handled a traffic surge. For example, we have application forms replicated across our DCs. If our primary application becomes unavailable, BIG-IP automatically fails over to a client-unaware secondary application."
"The solution is easy to configure and deploy. It is scalable and works without any downtime. F5 BIG-IP DNS is a flexible solution."
"Akamai SPS Threat Avert's pricing could be improved because it's a very expensive enterprise solution."
"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."
"I sometimes encounter issues with the porting of F5 BIG-IP DNS."
"The costs could always be a bit lower."
"The solution can improve by adding cloud integration through plugins or additional configurations so we can use F5 BIG-IP DNS to communicate with the cloud."
"F5's technical support responds a little slowly."
"I would like to see the login facilities improved, as well as more troubleshooting."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. It is very pricey."
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Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is ranked 8th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 1 review while F5 BIG-IP DNS is ranked 4th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 18 reviews. Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is rated 9.0, while F5 BIG-IP DNS is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise writes "A user-friendly security SaaS provider with an easy setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP DNS writes "Reliable with good security and management". Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, Zscaler Internet Access and Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, whereas F5 BIG-IP DNS is most compared with Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, EfficientIP DNS Guardian, Cisco Umbrella and BlueCat Edge.
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