We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP DNS and Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense 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."For one of our clients, F5 improved global server load balancing with an active-active site configuration for Disaster Recovery."
"F5 BIG-IP DNS is useful, depending on how you use it."
"The solution is easy to configure and deploy. It is scalable and works without any downtime. F5 BIG-IP DNS is a flexible solution."
"The security features, DDoS mitigation facilities, and SQL configuration are the most valuable aspects of this solution."
"It's very stable."
"F5 BIG-IP DNS has been rock solid in terms of stability for years."
"It is easy to administer."
"The management is very easy."
"The most important features for us are preventing DDOS DNS attacks."
"Infoblox has helped us improve in the way that we look at data as it comes in and out. We monitor and manage queries from every device that sits inside our company, e.g., every user, every laptop, and every query. When you type something into the web, Infoblox will scan or manage that. If it is going somewhere bad, then it will block them. From a metrics perspective, it gives us data, letting us go back and find those impacted or infected clients to either clean their devices or remove them from the network."
"Our ability to detect data exfiltration was minimal before Infoblox and the cloud portal was instituted for us. In terms of DNS security as a whole, we had some capability with our firewalls, but this is a lot more specialized because we're sending all of our DNS requests to Infoblox. I'd say we improved 100%."
"The most valuable feature is policy redirecting and security reports."
"The dossier feature is perfect for starting an investigation."
"Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense furthers the existing security posture rather than replacing or trying to replace any existing products."
"The automatic blocklists are most valuable. A box can maintain several lists from which we can choose if we need to block more or less. We don't have to manually manage the lists ourselves. They're automatically updated."
"With the model we have, we are able to scale very easily if we need to."
"I would like to see more marketing documentation, rather than technical documentation."
"F5's technical support responds a little slowly."
"I would like to see deeper integration with VMware in the sense that F5 compliments VMware, in the context of application availability."
"The IP intelligent services are good for mitigating threats, but there are also false positives. So, it's not a standalone solution that can cover everything."
"It would be great to see a F5 BIG-IP DNS cloud version. What we within the Australian government are looking at doing is utilizing a secured DNS service much the same as the English GCHQ version of their protected DNS service."
"The tool needs to improve its UI."
"CNC (control and command) communication would be beneficial. We would like to have control and command blocking to prevent visiting malicious websites."
"I would like to see the login facilities improved, as well as more troubleshooting."
"A lot of their documentation needs improvement."
"The product is slightly more expensive compared to other DNS solutions."
"The integration of threat intelligence with other solutions is challenging. If I want to expose threat intelligence, I cannot do it via taxi services. I have to call the API, but the customers are not into creating the APIs. The integration of embedded threat intelligence with other platforms should be better. Infoblox should work on this, and it should be easier for the end user to integrate it. It is very easy to deploy this solution. We should be able to integrate it with other platforms, such as the Next-Generation Firewall, with the same ease."
"The documentation needs to be improved because there are a lot of different models that it can be deployed in, and it's somewhat confusing determining what you need and how to set it up to best cover your use cases."
"Endpoint solutions need to improved."
"The onboarding is a little rough at times, and you need to have some information at hand. It is pretty good, but it would be useful to have a few good examples to set up things like data exfiltration."
"The product could be cheaper."
"The setup was horrible. About a year ago, Infoblox made us re-enroll all our on-prem DNS servers by a set date to a specific version, or it would stop working. I told my colleague, "Oh, here, we have to upgrade the servers and reconnect them to the CSP." That did not go well at all."
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F5 BIG-IP DNS is ranked 4th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 18 reviews while Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is ranked 6th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 15 reviews. F5 BIG-IP DNS is rated 8.6, while Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP DNS writes "Reliable with good security and management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense writes "Improved the way that we look at data as it comes in and out". F5 BIG-IP DNS is most compared with Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, EfficientIP DNS Guardian, Cisco Umbrella, BlueCat Edge and Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise, whereas Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, Zscaler Internet Access and Fortinet FortiGate SWG. See our F5 BIG-IP DNS vs. Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense report.
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