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."
"IP Address Management (IPAM) is the most valuable."
"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."
"It allows us to easily monitor our subnets and routers."
"F5 provides us with a mechanism to accomplish complex product balancing."
"F5 BIG-IP DNS is useful, depending on how you use it."
"It's very stable."
"F5 technical support is quite good and they follow up if there are any issues."
"For one of our clients, F5 improved global server load balancing with an active-active site configuration for Disaster Recovery."
"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."
"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."
"A more graphical user interface would be a benefit."
"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."
"The costs could always be a bit lower."
"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."
"The monitoring capabilities of F5 BIG-IP DNS could be improved."
"I would like to see deeper integration with VMware in the sense that F5 compliments VMware, in the context of application availability."
"The tool needs to improve its UI."
"CNC (control and command) communication would be beneficial. We would like to have control and command blocking to prevent visiting malicious websites."
"I would like to see more marketing documentation, rather than technical documentation."
"The initial setup could be easier."
BlueCat Edge is ranked 7th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 4 reviews while F5 BIG-IP DNS is ranked 5th 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, Palo Alto Networks DNS Security and EfficientIP DNS Firewall, whereas F5 BIG-IP DNS is most compared with Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, EfficientIP DNS Guardian, Cisco Umbrella, Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise and Palo Alto Networks DNS Security. See our BlueCat Edge vs. F5 BIG-IP DNS report.
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