We performed a comparison between Amazon Route 53 and Infoblox DDI 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."Technical support from Amazon is very good...Overall, the product is stable."
"The feature for health check efficiently impacts the uptime and reliability of AWS servers including EC2 and EKS."
"The main DNS resolution is really, really fast."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the DNS, routing, and traffic features."
"It stands out for its user-friendly interface, seamless integration with other AWS services, and ability to efficiently manage DNS, making it a valuable tool for various deployment scenarios, including those involving Kubernetes on AWS."
"The product integrates with other services from AWS, like Amazon S3 bucket and load balancers. The product can also be used with AWS EC2 Instances, AWS Global Accelerator, Amazon SNS, and AWS Lambda."
"The solution is cost-effective."
"The solution offers you the flexibility to control configuration rules."
"The best feature is the user interface."
"The most valuable feature of Infoblox DDI is its IP Address Management (IPAM) tool. This tool allows for the effective management of IP addresses and provides the capability to detect duplicates, hence its moniker "discovery." Another feature that I find particularly useful is the integration of DNS, which can be seamlessly integrated with your existing primary DNS server, making the overall experience much more seamless and efficient."
"It offers an easy initial setup."
"Infoblox has more technology patents than any of its competitors."
"Infoblox DDI prioritizes DNS security, which is crucial for the security department."
"Infoblox DDI is a good tool if you want to centralize everything in your environment...It is a stable solution."
"The product’s security and disaster recovery features need enhancement."
"The solution should include more robust and secure services for hardening sites."
"The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface."
"It is difficult to manage the product if the person involved in the setup process doesn't know much about the solution."
"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."
"Route 53 would be better if it had the ability to handle multiple requests at the same time because we have a lot of users. I would like that to be optimized in the next version."
"Supporting DNS check is one feature missing in the solution."
"Regarding an upcoming release of Infoblox DDI, I would like to see an improvement in the existing integration with Ansible. Currently, the integration is not up to par and requires further enhancements, particularly in Ansible version 2.5. Additionally, the GUI is slow, it could be improved."
"The recategorization part takes longer with Infoblox DDI compared to other companies like Symantec, Zscaler, and Palo Alto."
"The solution is expensive."
"They need to reconsider their pricing for their SMB customers. It is a hurdle for them to manage the price."
"They need to provide more training and tutorials than what's provided on the website."
Amazon Route 53 is ranked 3rd in Managed DNS with 19 reviews while Infoblox DDI is ranked 8th in Managed DNS with 6 reviews. Amazon Route 53 is rated 8.6, while Infoblox DDI 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 Infoblox DDI writes "An excellent tool that provides an overall centralized view of everything in an environment, majorly the security part". Amazon Route 53 is most compared with Azure DNS, Cloudflare DNS, Google Cloud DNS, Cisco Umbrella and BlueCat Integrity, whereas Infoblox DDI is most compared with VitalQIP, BlueCat Integrity, Azure DNS, Cisco Network Registrar and Smart DDI . See our Amazon Route 53 vs. Infoblox DDI report.
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