Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise vs Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense comparison

Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise vs. Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense

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Categories and Ranking

Akamai Secure Internet Acc...

Ranking in Domain Name System (DNS) Security

15th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (30th)

Infoblox BloxOne Threat Def...

Ranking in Domain Name System (DNS) Security

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Domain Name System (DNS) Security category, the mindshare of Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is 2.1%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is 6.3%, up from 5.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Domain Name System (DNS) Security Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense	6.3%
Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise	2.1%
Other	91.6%

Domain Name System (DNS) Security

Featured Reviews

MeshwaShah

Senior Analyst at Deloitte

Have successfully routed high-volume application traffic through secure channels and maintain compliance across client environments

CDN capability is what I appreciate about Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise. It protects applications that are internet-facing or public-facing. Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is a product which has very good features and capabilities. I have worked on Radware also, but Radware has some limited capabilities. Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise has positively impacted my organization. We have around 62 applications within our firm which are now routing traffic through Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise. It has fewer false positives, which is something we haven't encountered yet. I assess the impact of Akamai's real-time threat filtering as 10 out of 10, and I am satisfied with this feature.

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Igor Van Den Ouden

Engineer at Routz

A hybrid solution for DNS security with insights and security reports

The most valuable feature is policy redirecting and security reports. It detects threats and blocks them. Also, it offers DNS handling and data extraction. It provides a centralized view of connected users and incoming data sources. It is integrated via the API to different monitoring systems that send out alerts. We haven't had any false positives due to this solution.

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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

"Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is a product which has very good features and capabilities."

"The best feature of Akamai SPS Threat Avert is that it's very user-friendly compared to other technologies."

"The most important features for us are preventing DDOS DNS attacks."

"BloxOne provides automatic sharing of network context data, which affects our speed of threat response and provide real-time threat intelligence. Our security operations needs this to do their work. It makes us feel safer."

"The most valuable feature is policy redirecting and security reports."

"With the model we have, we are able to scale very easily if we need to."

"When it comes to helping to detect DNS threats, BloxOne is good on all fronts. The number of false positives is very low, close to none. More than once it has detected new names or lookalike names and protected us and saved us from bad characters."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the granularity for which you can categorize what you want to block versus what you don't want to block."

"The dossier feature is perfect for starting an investigation."

"Overall, I would rate the Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense as 8.5 out of 10."

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Cons

"Akamai SPS Threat Avert's pricing could be improved because it's a very expensive enterprise solution."

"Their support response time needs improvement. They take on average one week to respond, which is not satisfactory given how critical applications are to the organization."

"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."

"Endpoint solutions need to improved."

"We would like to see more reporting capabilities that are now offered only with the on-premises reporting appliance."

"I would rate their customer service or technical support as not always good. You can be fortunate if you meet someone knowledgeable because most people try and get you to a certain point."

"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."

"The product could be cheaper."

"The initial setup is not a simple "click-click-next" installation. It requires some level of experience ."

"I have faced quite a few problems in my eight months of experience with the product in GTS, despite it being a relatively short period."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Provided the features Akamai SPS Threat Avert provides, it is bound to be expensive."

"If you only wanted the DNS filtering and none of the other products built into Threat Defense, it would be nicer if they could do that a la carte since we are not really using a lot of the solution."

"When you buy the subscription, there are no additional costs to add any additional buttons."

"It is a very expensive system. You need to go over the licensing before purchase to make sure you're getting what is needed, not anything extra."

"There is a significant charge for this product but I think that it's worth it when we look at what it's able to prevent."

"The licensing is set up such that you pay for the number of active users that you're defending at the moment."

"It's a pricey solution because it's for the advanced kind of customer."

"Infoblox BloxOne offers pretty good documentation. Check its documentation, then do a PoC. Infoblox is very good at providing PoCs."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Government

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	12

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Akamai SPS Threat Avert?

Pricing from Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is very expensive compared to other products in the market. If it could provide the same capabilities at a lower price, it would be a great sol...

What is your primary use case for Akamai SPS Threat Avert?

The typical use cases for Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise come up when the architecture is different; if the TLS configuration is present, it becomes a bit difficult.

What advice do you have for others considering Akamai SPS Threat Avert?

It is very important for my organization because customers want to understand the traffic report generated after putting the application into learning mode. We need to be transparent with customers...

What do you like most about Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense?

The most valuable feature is policy redirecting and security reports.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense?

Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense can be expensive for the commercial sector, particularly in Egypt, as this sector does not have a huge budget compared to banking or oil and gas, as the regulations ...

What needs improvement with Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense?

If Infoblox invests in network observability, especially from the perspective of DNS and IP address observability, it could be a significant improvement.

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Also Known As

Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector, Akamai ETP, Akamai SPS Threat Avert

BloxOne Threat Defense, Infoblox ActiveTrust, Infoblox ActiveTrust Cloud

Overview

Safely connect users & devices to the internet with a secure web gateway.

Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise (SIAE) enables security teams to proactively identify, block, and mitigate targeted threats such as malware, ransomware, phishing, and data exfiltration that exploit the Domain Name System (DNS). Powered by real-time intelligence from Akamai Cloud Security Intelligence and Akamai’s proven, globally distributed recursive DNS platform, Enterprise Threat Protector efficiently delivers security, control, and visibility to the enterprise while easily integrating with your existing network defenses.

Akamai

Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense strengthens and optimizes your security posture from the foundation up, giving you the visibility, control and automation to secure the hybrid workplace. Operating at the DNS level, BloxOne Threat Defense uncovers threats that other solutions do not and stops attacks earlier in the threat lifecycle. Through pervasive automation and ecosystem integration, it drives efficiencies in SecOps, increases the effectiveness of the existing security stack, secures digital and work-from-anywhere efforts and lowers the total cost for cybersecurity.

Infoblox

Sample Customers

MCNC, Educational Testing Service

Council Rock School District, EagleView, Schneider Electric, Baptist Memorial Health Care, American University

Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise vs. Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense