We performed a comparison between BlueCat Edge and Palo Alto Networks DNS Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Domain Name System (DNS) Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"We implemented BlueCat Edge to solve the visibility and security issues we were having."
"DNS sinkhole is a valuable feature."
"The support team has good knowledge about the solution."
"DNS security is required to filter out the DNS traffic, any DNS-based attacks, DNS DDoS attacks, and DNS amplification attacks."
"The most valuable features of the solution are DNSSEC and the domain generation algorithm."
"So, in general, it's very stable because the process to deliver new features and new releases in not so long...I rate the scalability a nine out of ten."
"Palo Alto Networks DNS Security is a stable solution."
"The stability is excellent and the product is very mature."
"The product is easy to install."
"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."
"A more graphical user interface would be a benefit."
"I have concerns about several aspects of BlueCat's site management."
"Its price is on the higher side."
"Every vendor that sells DNS or firewalls needs to be able to protect against DNS look-up attacks and DNS naming hacks. This is true of Palo Alto as well as others."
"There should be an on-premise version of this solution."
"The product should provide email protection."
"The solution’s scalability could be improved."
"The installation is more complex because the solution has another approach to security."
"I'm not really sure what needs improvement. The only hiccup I've really seen is a couple of the DNS requests get flagged as the Sophos traffic instead of DNS traffic, but that's more of their app detection in the DNS Security. I haven't really seen any issues with the DNS security."
"The scalability can be improved."
"Pricing is one of the areas of concern in Palo Alto Networks DNS Security since it is an expensive product. I feel that the product's pricing is an area that could be improved."
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BlueCat Edge is ranked 7th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 4 reviews while Palo Alto Networks DNS Security is ranked 5th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 11 reviews. BlueCat Edge is rated 8.0, while Palo Alto Networks DNS Security is rated 8.6. 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 Palo Alto Networks DNS Security writes "The solution is affordable, easy to configure, and blocks malicious domains". BlueCat Edge is most compared with EfficientIP DNS Blast, Cisco Umbrella, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, F5 BIG-IP DNS and EfficientIP DNS Firewall, whereas Palo Alto Networks DNS Security is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense, EfficientIP DNS Firewall and DNSFilter. See our BlueCat Edge vs. Palo Alto Networks DNS Security report.
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