We performed a comparison between Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise and F5 BIG-IP DNS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Infoblox, TitanHQ and others in Domain Name System (DNS) Security."The best feature of Akamai SPS Threat Avert is that it's very user-friendly compared to other technologies."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is security."
"F5 BIG-IP DNS is a stable solution."
"The solution is easy to configure and deploy. It is scalable and works without any downtime. F5 BIG-IP DNS is a flexible solution."
"BIG-IP DNS effectively handled a traffic surge. For example, we have application forms replicated across our DCs. If our primary application becomes unavailable, BIG-IP automatically fails over to a client-unaware secondary application."
"For one of our clients, F5 improved global server load balancing with an active-active site configuration for Disaster Recovery."
"The security features, DDoS mitigation facilities, and SQL configuration are the most valuable aspects of this solution."
"BIG-IP DNS's best features are DNS monitoring and global service load balancing."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Akamai SPS Threat Avert's pricing could be improved because it's a very expensive enterprise solution."
"I would like to see the login facilities improved, as well as more troubleshooting."
"The tool needs to improve its UI."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. It is very pricey."
"The initial setup is a step-by-step process, so it can be a bit complicated for someone who's using it for the first time."
"Scalability is a concern, it could be improved."
"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 monitoring capabilities of F5 BIG-IP DNS could be improved."
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Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is ranked 8th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 1 review while F5 BIG-IP DNS is ranked 4th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 18 reviews. Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is rated 9.0, while F5 BIG-IP DNS is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise writes "A user-friendly security SaaS provider with an easy setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP DNS writes "Reliable with good security and management". Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Zscaler Internet Access, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, whereas F5 BIG-IP DNS is most compared with Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, EfficientIP DNS Guardian, Cisco Umbrella and BlueCat Edge.
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