Akamai Edge DNS vs BlueCat Integrity comparison

Akamai and BlueCat are both solutions in the Managed DNS category. Akamai is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.7, while BlueCat is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.6. Akamai holds a 1.3% mindshare in MDP, compared to BlueCat’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Akamai users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of BlueCat users who would recommend it.

Akamai Edge DNS

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96% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

BlueCat Integrity and Akamai Edge DNS compete in DNS management, offering unique benefits. While BlueCat Integrity provides better management capabilities, Akamai Edge DNS is known for its scalability and performance, making it preferable for enterprises needing high reliability.

Features: BlueCat Integrity delivers comprehensive DNS security, exceptional IP address management, and advanced data analytics, forming a solid base for complex networks. Akamai Edge DNS offers global DNS performance, security features for large-scale businesses, and smooth integration with other Akamai offerings.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BlueCat Integrity is straightforward to deploy, providing extensive support suitable for IT-resource-rich enterprises. Akamai Edge DNS uses cloud-based deployment, easing integration with existing systems and is supported by strong customer service for efficiently addressing enterprise issues.

Pricing and ROI: BlueCat Integrity has a lower initial setup cost and offers strong ROI via integrated management functions, advantageous for organizations focused on DNS management. Akamai Edge DNS, though requiring more initial investment, provides excellent ROI through scalable performance and high-end enterprise capabilities, making it valuable for businesses needing extensive DNS operations.

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Akamai Edge DNS vs. BlueCat Integrity

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Akamai Edge DNS

Ranking in Managed DNS

9th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Domain Name System (DNS) Security (8th)

BlueCat Integrity

Ranking in Managed DNS

3rd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools (1st), DDI (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Managed DNS category, the mindshare of Akamai Edge DNS is 1.3%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BlueCat Integrity is 1.9%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Managed DNS Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
BlueCat Integrity	1.9%
Akamai Edge DNS	1.3%
Other	96.8%

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Yaser Alakeel

Head of Service Delivery at onme

Ensures global distribution and DDoS protection while offering seamless integration and low latency DNS responses

For user experience, Akamai Edge DNS should allow notes to be added for each record, as this is something Infoblox supports. Without notes, managing changes in DNS records can be difficult, especially for large companies with over 1,000 records, as they may not know who requested changes without proper documentation. I requested this feature two years ago, but it has not been added yet. Akamai Edge DNS could also improve its AI capabilities.

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Sham Prabhakaran

Senior Network Engineer, DDI at a wireless company with 10,001+ employees

User-friendly interface, exceptional support, and enables a lot of time savings

The overall benefit of using BlueCat Integrity is that it allows access to servers and troubleshooting of servers, which is not offered by some of the other market products. When you use BlueCat Integrity, you learn more than VDI. You get hands-on experience with Linux. You get to learn more things when you are using BlueCat Integrity. They also offer exceptional customer service. BlueCat Integrity provides a single-pane-of-glass view of our IP address space. Within this single pane of glass, we can also have multiple views. I can create multiple subblocks and configure them, for example, country-wise. It drastically reduces human error, reducing it by 80% to 85%. BlueCat has helped our organization reduce downtime. We can monitor the online status of services with the help of SNMP. We can use all three SNMP variables, such as SNMPv1, SNMPv2, and SNMPv3. With the help of that, we can monitor server health. It has helped save a huge amount of time in the domain and record creation process. It saves about 90% of our time. BlueCat Integrity has relieved engineers from manual tasks, freeing up time for other projects. It relieves engineers in a huge way. It relieves the DDI engineers from touching the Linux bind servers or DB servers. Using BlueCat Integrity saves a huge amount of time. With that time, we can handle other projects. I use REST APIs. I create scripts, and we have our gateway, so we create our own gateway workflows. We use BlueCat automation to create around four to five thousand objects. It saves about two minutes per object.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It is a very stable solution since it has a security feature that allows you to recover zone files if you accidentally delete them."

"I haven't had any problems with the stability of Akamai Edge DNS in the past five years."

"I recommend Akamai Edge DNS because it is distributed globally and prevents DDoS attacks."

"The high availability of Akamai Edge DNS is impressive due to their numerous POPs, which help in supporting all attacks, including DDoS counterattacks."

"We can maintain control of the configuration, and it seems to be covering the use case that we need."

"Since implementing BlueCat, we have experienced fewer problems, anomalies, and strange issues."

"The most valuable features of BlueCat Integrity are the user-friendly UI and the permission management."

"I've been impressed by BlueCat's performance and user-friendly GUI."

"BlueCat saved us money in terms of a life-and-death scenario and the stress factors that surround that in a healthcare environment. We generally don't have downtime in our DATP environments anymore. The clinics and the hospitals can continue to operate and not be in that position to be down."

"As a defense contractor, we must meet many compliance standards regarding logging, configuration, and administrative access. BlueCat is one of the few products that combines all the compliance components in a secure, reliable solution."

"The solution includes automatic management of segments."

"It's a critical infrastructure piece. This is where all the IPs are named for the whole organization. It's a big deal. It has all the features related to DNS and DHCP. It's pretty amazing."

"The most valuable feature is the IPAMs, which provide visibility into all the IP addresses on the network."

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Cons

"The only area that needs improvement is the pricing for DNS zones."

"CNAME flattening is a feature that Akamai does not support."

"The only area that needs improvement is the pricing for DNS zones. The price is higher than competitors, and Akamai should offer a better pricing model."

"The solution has a fairly complex setup with our cloud vendors, including Microsoft, Salesforce, and Oracle."

"Akamai Edge DNS is expensive, and the pricing is higher compared to Infoblox."

"The user interface could be improved, as the implementation of BlueCat can be complicated and requires personnel with expertise in DNS, DHCP, and IP management."

"One crucial area for development is IPv6 support."

"While the product is IPAM, DNS, and DHCP, it does provide NTP functionality, but one of the things that they have yet to correct or catch up with is NTP authentication. There are new standards being pushed out and they are lagging a little bit in supporting them."

"Some areas need improvement, especially the issue with stale entries in the BlueCat tenancy. I have heard that it is already fixed in BlueCat Integrity 10. I have not used that yet."

"The DNS and DHCP servers for guests are separated from the main organization. A lot of times, it doesn't allow you to choose a default IP space. When I log in to the GUI, it doesn't default to where I want it to be. So far, I haven't been able to find out how to change or specify that so that it defaults to a particular space, such as the main org. If I'm looking for the IP space for guests, I need to toggle and go to the guest site. Most of the time, I want the IP space for the org to be my main space, but it doesn't give me the ability to do that, or I haven't been able to find that over the last two years."

"The solution is too granular and sometimes complex to configure. We do not always need so many details. Simpler configurations with fewer details would be beneficial."

"The solution does not export reports in a comprehensive format."

"The UI is outdated and needs a modern refresh."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Since Akamai is the industry leader, I imagine the solution would be a little more expensive than some other vendors."

"Compared to other solutions, BlueCat Integrity offers a competitive price."

"Overall, I would say that it is priced fairly, though perhaps a bit on the high side."

"While BlueCat falls on the expensive side, its exceptional customer service and consistent quality justify the cost."

"BlueCat Integrity meets our expectations and aligns with our budget forecast."

"We paid around $5,000 per year for SolarWinds, and now we pay around $20,000 per year for BlueCat, but we have less downtime and fewer issues with DNS and DHCP."

"BlueCat Integrity is a little expensive, but it's worth the price because it offers the flexibility and features we need in our space. We have more than 25,000 employees, and it makes sense for a network of our size. It's required for us to be compliant in the defense industry. Given the restrictions we face, we must be able to easily show that we've complied with all the regulations."

"They're competitive. The way they run their model is good. Could it stand some tweaking? Sure. There are some items there. One of the things I looked at in the recent past was their container solutions. You have to pay for licensing to use their containerized platform, but the licensing doesn't include the container licensing itself. I'd love to be able to have one big package per se."

"BlueCat Integrity is more cost-effective than Infoblox."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	19

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Akamai Edge DNS?

It is a very stable solution since it has a security feature that allows you to recover zone files if you accidentally delete them.

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What needs improvement with Akamai Edge DNS?

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What is your primary use case for Akamai Edge DNS?

As a reseller company for Akamai, my typical use case for Akamai Edge DNS is its distribution worldwide, providing DDoS attack prevention which is crucial in current times.

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What do you like most about BlueCat Adaptive DNS?

This inherent stability, derived from its Linux-based architecture, provides a well-established and reliable platform.

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What needs improvement with BlueCat Adaptive DNS?

They can improve their support for the CDNV application, which is Cloud Discovery and Visibility. I had to chase BlueCat support a lot for this application, and the support was not good. The CDNV a...

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What is your primary use case for BlueCat Adaptive DNS?

We use it for getting an IPAM solution in AWS, which is our first use case. The second use case is we also use it for our on-premise networks to manage the IP ranges. We have distributed all the IP...

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Also Known As

Akamai Fast DNS

BlueCat Adaptive DNS, BlueCat Automation Manager, BlueCat DDI

Overview

Discover Akamai DNS and its benefits of high availability and performance, and resilience against DDoS attacks backed by a fully guaranteed uptime SLA.

Akamai

BlueCat Integrity is a comprehensive DNS security solution that provides visibility and control over all DNS traffic on your network. It offers real-time threat detection and response, as well as policy enforcement to ensure compliance with security standards. With its advanced analytics and reporting capabilities, Integrity enables you to identify and mitigate security risks before they can cause damage. It also integrates with other security tools to provide a complete security ecosystem. Whether you're a small business or a large enterprise, BlueCat Integrity can help you protect your network from DNS-based attacks and ensure the integrity of your DNS infrastructure.

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Otto Group

Computer Sciences Corporation

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