We performed a comparison between BlueCat Edge and F5 BIG-IP DNS 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."We implemented BlueCat Edge to solve the visibility and security issues we were having."
"It allows us to easily monitor our subnets and routers."
"What I found most valuable is the ability to put it in place and integrate it very quickly. It allows us to create routing rule sets to route DNS traffic where it needs to go most efficiently in our environment."
"IP Address Management (IPAM) is the most valuable."
"It's very stable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is security."
"BIG-IP DNS's best feature is the Global Traffic Manager (GTM)."
"The configuration process is straightforward, making it easy to set up wide IPs and distribute traffic across local US sites and data centers via VPN."
"F5 BIG-IP DNS is useful, depending on how you use it."
"The security features, DDoS mitigation facilities, and SQL configuration are the most valuable aspects of this solution."
"F5 provides us with a mechanism to accomplish complex product balancing."
"The GTM feature is very good, It's very useful, especially if we have multiple data centers. If we want to load balance traffic from multiple data centers, the GTM feature is very useful."
"I have concerns about several aspects of BlueCat's site management."
"Its price is on the higher side."
"One pain point concerning DNS Edge is the inability to see per Edge endpoint, what devices are querying against it. They do have the capability for you to look at that data, but the data is roughly 24 to 48 hours old. I am looking for real-time data, and I cannot get that per Edge endpoint."
"A more graphical user interface would be a benefit."
"The solution's initial setup is complex compared to Fortinet."
"I would like to see more marketing documentation, rather than technical documentation."
"The tool needs to improve its UI."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. It is very pricey."
"F5's technical support responds a little slowly."
"In the product, one of the shortcomings is related to its configuration part...Though you can find some manuals or F5 documents, in real life, it's very hard to understand this product."
"The costs could always be a bit lower."
"The monitoring capabilities of F5 BIG-IP DNS could be improved."
BlueCat Edge is ranked 7th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 4 reviews while F5 BIG-IP DNS is ranked 4th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 18 reviews. BlueCat Edge is rated 8.0, while F5 BIG-IP DNS is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of BlueCat Edge writes "Invaluable at detecting DNS threats, improving performance, and reducing operational expenses". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP DNS writes "Reliable with good security and management". BlueCat Edge is most compared with EfficientIP DNS Blast, Cisco Umbrella, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, EfficientIP DNS Firewall and Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense, whereas F5 BIG-IP DNS is most compared with Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, EfficientIP DNS Guardian, Cisco Umbrella and Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise. See our BlueCat Edge vs. F5 BIG-IP DNS report.
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