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, Palo Alto Networks 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."
"We've found it to be stable and good for our customers."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to block users from reaching places that they should not even try to reach has been a boon."
"It has helped reduce my unit's security events."
"We like Cisco Umbrella because of DNS security. It's one step ahead of whatever we are using for regular web filtering. In that way, it's more secure than other web filtering products."
"The most valuable feature is that it secures our network against blacklisted or malicious websites."
"Application performance has greatly improved and there are less operational issues. Productivity has been going up because we have less operational issues. Also, we have happy customers."
"One of the great advantages of Umbrella DNS is that it's really simple to deploy. It's easy to install, the users do not notice that it's there, and it doesn't interfere with your work. The simplicity and transparency are great advantages of Cisco Umbrella."
"The most valuable features are the protection against ransomware and phishing."
"CNAME flattening is a feature that Akamai does not support."
"We would like to see the enhancements made to the EDR, as we see features that are running endpoint management."
"Its reliability and the response time of the support team can be better."
"Cisco Umbrella should introduce an on-premises device."
"I would like to see more integrability with other products."
"It would be good to have more extensions to third-party products and a client for other device types."
"We faced an issue regarding virtual appliances (VAs) during deployment. They could improve the quality and management of the virtual appliances offered right now. You can't see much because it is a Linux machine, and they have customized it. You don't have any route access to the machine, only seeing limited things in it. When we opened a ticket, they didn't know much about VAs themselves. So, that is where it is lacking right now. I know this will improve in the long run."
"iOS devices and mobiles are huge in my environment right now, and I cannot run them on Cisco Umbrella 24/7."
"I would like to have more applications being recorded."
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 Azure DNS, 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 Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection.
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