We performed a comparison between Akamai Edge DNS and Cisco Umbrella 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."It is a very stable solution since it has a security feature that allows you to recover zone files if you accidentally delete them."
"The single-pane-of-glass management is really important. In today's era, administration costs and operational expenses will cost you a lot, and it reduces that as well. You don't need extra resources to manage all your parameter firewalls, looking at every single device to allow resources internal access. By just introducing the single-pane-of-glass management, it has lifted the burden off of management, especially the network management."
"I also think that the dashboard view is really helpful. Whenever sites get blocked, we get the details and the users who are connecting to them."
"Umbrella has helped my IT staff in two ways. First, our security team was able to get more insights into the users, their devices, and the sites they browse. Second, our system administration team was able to manage DNS resolutions in a way that is more accessible and less intrusive to our domain system."
"It provides centralized, device-agnostic management of the Internet experience."
"Meraki features and cloud-based functionality are advanced and easy to manage centrally."
"Some clients only want DNS security, while others want more of the advanced features that it has available."
"Stability-wise, it's good. I have never encountered any bugs."
"The most valuable feature is that it secures our network against blacklisted or malicious websites."
"CNAME flattening is a feature that Akamai does not support."
"Its DNS service does not support IPv6 query."
"The pricing is a bit high. Being outside of the USA, we have issues with the exchange rate."
"iOS devices and mobiles are huge in my environment right now, and I cannot run them on Cisco Umbrella 24/7."
"Client delivery and client updates should be improved. Client delivery was not as easy as expected. Another area for improvement is the integration of escalation procedures for security issues."
"It's easier for us to have support features with companies who are Cisco representatives, but sometimes, it's hard for us to get the help we need without having to use our contacts within Cisco."
"I'm hoping for the conversion of Cisco ZTNA's features from Duo to Umbrella."
"For us, as an MSP, the initial licensing changes were a roadblock, and they still could be a lot clearer. Specifically, it's an honor-based licensing system. We'd like it to be more specific to our traffic or our users so that we can make sure that the customer is paying for all their licensing."
"I would like to see integration with SecurNX in the future."
Akamai Edge DNS is ranked 10th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 1 review while Cisco Umbrella is ranked 1st in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 108 reviews. Akamai Edge DNS is rated 9.0, while Cisco Umbrella is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Akamai Edge DNS writes "A very stable solution with strong security features and an easy initial setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Umbrella writes "Protects endpoints wherever they are, always pushing people to the right locations to avoid malicious intent". Akamai Edge DNS is most compared with IBM NS1 Connect, Cloudflare DNS, Amazon Route 53, Google Cloud DNS and Quad9, whereas Cisco Umbrella is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks DNS Security and Fortinet FortiGate SWG.
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