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Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools category, the mindshare of BlueCat Integrity is 15.6%, up from 12.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cygna Diamond IP Platform is 4.8%, down from 6.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds IPAM is 15.1%, down from 20.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
BlueCat Integrity15.6%
SolarWinds IPAM15.1%
Cygna Diamond IP Platform4.8%
Other64.5%
IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Sham Prabhakaran - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Ajmal Abbas - PeerSpot reviewer
Useful for DNS/DHCP management but needs a better GUI
The initial setup is a little difficult. I haven't ever built any good environment as-is. However, I have tried to develop some labs for my testing; and found that it was really difficult for me to spin up. Setting up everything correctly is the one thing. The deployment itself can be done in half an hour. That said, this is not going to be just one appliance, this is going to be a distributed environment, like hundreds of appliances all together work as a single unit, and that's how the solution is provided. I haven't done any cold deployments. That said, for my testing, I could do it by myself in my lab. Otherwise, to be frank, I don't know how many people would be needed to do a deployment in a well-deployed organization, a running organization. If you have to implement the solution, you're definitely going to be doing it as a shared effort with network security and everyone else.
Hisham Sahid - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable and scalable tool meant for IP address management
I am unsure if SolarWinds IPAM is good for network management. I know that the tool can manage IP addresses. From any improvement perspective, SolarWinds IPAM should consider working on the area where the tool lacks, which is its network management capabilities. SolarWinds IPAM offers the functionalities it has promised to my company. There is nothing much that one can expect from a tool meant to manage IP addresses.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features are scalability and cloud infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is the IPAMs, which provide visibility into all the IP addresses on the network."
"BlueCat Integrity provides us with flexibility and visibility that we did not have before."
"The most valuable feature of BlueCat Integrity is decentralized management, which enables real-time visibility and control over the entire IP address space, DNS, and DHCP from a single console."
"The most significant advantage of BlueCat is its foundation on open-source software, specifically BIND and ISC DHCP."
"Managing our BDI infrastructure globally is simple, and BlueCat's personalized relationship with us is valuable to our organization."
"The most valuable aspect is its user-friendly interface. It is straightforward to use."
"This inherent stability, derived from its Linux-based architecture, provides a well-established and reliable platform."
"The DNS/DHCP side of the product is quite useful."
"The product is user-friendly and valuable."
"I am impressed with the product's reports."
"The initial setup is straightforward. It takes about half a day, and it can be done by one engineer."
"I would recommend this solution for all companies that have to deal with a lot of networks."
"I like the option to keep all of the available and used IPAM addresses in the central organization."
"SolarWinds IPAM is a simple and user-friendly tool."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds IPAM is its automated IP address management. Instead of working with Excel sheets, it's automated and saves a lot of time and effort. Additionally, it is adaptable, IT managers enjoy it, and it is high quality."
 

Cons

"One complaint about the interface is BlueCat's handling of subzones."
"I would like the GUI to be similar to AWS and Azure, where we can simply click on an item to expand it and see all the information on one page, without having to click to the next page."
"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 technical support is slow and has room for improvement."
"The IPAM dashboard could be enhanced to display more information and provide data analysis features."
"When you replace an appliance, there are many configuration steps, so adding zero-touch provisioning would be helpful. It can be quite tedious and time-consuming to replace a device if it fails or deploy a new one."
"Unfortunately, BlueCat Integrity doesn't support bulk Content Security Policy configuration."
"The ease of use is where I got to give a little knock on them. Once you start using the tool, it becomes very easy. It's actually quite easy to use. The problem that I run into is documentation. The documentation could be a little bit richer. Documentation has always been a little pet peeve for me with them."
"It's an older product. The GUI and everything is a little outdated."
"My understanding is that IPAM cannot be used for the AWS environment. I might be wrong, but that's what I believe it cannot do. On AWS, SolarWinds IPAM cannot do what it does on the on-prem side. They should explore how to make IPAM capable and scalable on AWS and Azure environments."
"I would like more updates."
"Sometimes we have to wait for screens to load, so faster operations would be better."
"The product needs to improve its support. The response time is long and not very helpful."
"They should provide more details on the full stack feature. It needs to be integrated with the hypervisor."
"From any improvement perspective, SolarWinds IPAM should consider working on the area where the tool lacks, which is its network management capabilities."
"SolarWinds IPAM offers premium support, but the customer has to pay more money, and then they will have minimal response times."
"The installation and storage could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"BlueCat Integrity is affordable."
"Compared to other solutions, BlueCat Integrity offers a competitive price."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Our licensing model with BlueCat Integrity is cheaper than Infoblox."
"Overall, I would say that it is priced fairly, though perhaps a bit on the high side."
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"It's on the costlier side. It's expensive."
"The product is costly."
"On a scale of one to five, where one is high and five is good, I would rate this solution as a four."
"I would rate the product's pricing a six out of ten."
"The price of SolarWinds IPAM is good. After the second year, you have to pay additional for maintenance, because the first year is included with the license maintenance and support. It's from the second year on, you have to pay about 20% of the list price for maintenance and support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
22%
Government
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Retailer
7%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
10%
Healthcare Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise19
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

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.
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 Blue...
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...
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What do you like most about SolarWinds IPAM?
SolarWinds IPAM is a simple and user-friendly tool.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds IPAM?
The product is costly. It costs around $4000 to $5000 for 25000 IPs. It has options for purchasing either perpetual o...
 

Also Known As

BlueCat Adaptive DNS, BlueCat Automation Manager, BlueCat DDI
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SolarWinds IP Address Manager
 

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Sample Customers

Computer Sciences Corporation
Constant Contact Inc., Rogers Communications
Andr. L. Riis AS, Air Rarotonga, REA Group, Air Rarotonga, Open Line, Monroe City Schools, CTV Inc.
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