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BlueCat Integrity vs Device42 comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.8
BlueCat Integrity enhances ROI by reducing ownership costs, downtime, and labor, while increasing reliability and operational efficiency.
Sentiment score
6.8
Device42 enhances ROI by streamlining IT management, boosting efficiency, reducing costs, and optimizing infrastructure across teams.
As we are migrating other tools into this one, there can be 30% to 40% cost savings.
System Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 501-1,000 employees
The TCO calculations based on five years and three years have yielded a remarkable ROI compared to on-premise workload, validating the business case submission to the customer.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
I can confidently say at least 30% is the savings which we have seen.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.7
BlueCat Integrity offers expert technical support, appreciated for its rapid response and personalized service, but sometimes inconsistent.
Sentiment score
8.0
Device42 offers prompt, knowledgeable support with mostly high satisfaction, though some report delays, especially regarding reporting functionality.
Customer support for Device42 is fantastic.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Our internal teams have also leveraged the platform which is available for the customers and the partners to onboard them, have a bit of training on the tool and then ask any specific questions to either the TAM or the customer support team.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
When it comes to resolving technical issues, the support team is responsive and always available to help.
Cloud Presales Engineer at Activedge Technologies Ltd.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
BlueCat Integrity is scalable and adaptable for diverse environments with efficient expansion, though users note licensing costs and robustness improvements.
Sentiment score
6.9
Device42 offers robust scalability, efficiently managing large deployments with strong API integration and adaptable remote connectivity for growth.
I would rate the scalability of the solution a seven out of ten.
System Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 501-1,000 employees
It is very much scalable and allows you to design your discovery solution without facing any challenge.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The scalability is good and with the increase in the size of the environment, it has definitely grown and changed over the last couple of years.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
BlueCat Integrity is highly stable, resilient, and consistently achieves significant uptime, with issues mostly due to external factors.
Sentiment score
7.9
Device42 is reliable and stable, requiring occasional IT intervention for updates, with users rating its robustness highly.
Device42 is stable and has been reliable for my organization.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Device42 has been pretty stable.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

BlueCat Integrity needs enhancements in automation, UI, support, IPv6, and ease of use for better functionality.
Device42 users seek improved bulk actions, intuitive interface, better integration, mobile access, pricing, support, and setup guidance.
The API aspect could be improved with more use cases and better handling of object attributes.
System Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 501-1,000 employees
I foresee areas of improvement for the agent-less solution, which could be very useful for those organizations that might not allow configuring an agent in their source machines for workload discovery.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
From an ITSM and ticketing perspective, I would say if there were integrations available, that would have really been better because a lot of times what we end up seeing or leveraging is ServiceNow because they have that native or out of the box capability, and even Freshservice has that capability out of the box.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
If automatic updates were available for the solution instead of having customers go through the process of downloading and uploading update packages themselves, it would be beneficial.
Cloud Presales Engineer at Activedge Technologies Ltd.
 

Setup Cost

BlueCat Integrity's pricing is competitive, offering value and cost-effectiveness, with expenses averaging $20,000 annually for large networks.
Device42's pricing draws mixed reviews; it's seen as feature-rich yet becomes costly with additional features and licensing.
Our licensing model with BlueCat Integrity is cheaper than Infoblox.
System Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 501-1,000 employees
Compared to other competitors, it does not cost much, and I would recommend it from a cost perspective.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
For example, I felt the BMC Discovery pricing was quite high.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

BlueCat Integrity provides robust, scalable network management with automation, security features, and minimal maintenance for efficient IT infrastructure handling.
Device42 offers comprehensive IT management with auto-discovery, asset inventory, and integration, enhancing security and decision-making across multi-cloud environments.
It has an understandable GUI interface.
System Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 501-1,000 employees
Device42 has positively impacted my organization by providing granularity toward application discovery compared to other assessment tools, which is a differentiator since none of the other tools provide such granularity, leading to better decision-making for my migration to the public cloud.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
We have leveraged that to discover IT assets such as physical servers, VMs, network devices, containers, storage devices, the applications, cloud resources and their relationships or their dependencies with each other and to the outside.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Device42 has positively impacted our organization by helping us become one of the best companies for asset management and inventory for the enterprise businesses we work with.
Cloud Presales Engineer at Activedge Technologies Ltd.
 

Categories and Ranking

BlueCat Integrity
Ranking in IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Managed DNS (3rd), DDI (1st)
Device42
Ranking in IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
IT Asset Management (8th), Configuration Management Databases (4th), Data Center Infrastructure Management (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools category, the mindshare of BlueCat Integrity is 15.8%, up from 13.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Device42 is 7.8%, down from 8.4% 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 Integrity15.8%
Device427.8%
Other76.4%
IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2620476 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 501-1,000 employees
Easy to use, simple licensing, and has a single pane of glass view
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 API aspect could be improved with more use cases and better handling of object attributes. It is already better than in previous versions. Their product team is planning further improvements in the upcoming version 9.6. Last month, we had a roadmap meeting with the BlueCat product team. There will be a lot of improvements in version 9.6 coming in the second half of 2025. We will then upgrade our system to that one. It will have quite a lot of new features.
reviewer2783919 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Granular discovery has ensured confident workload migration and optimized cloud move group planning
Device42 offers the best features for workload assessment, particularly useful for cloud-to-cloud workload or on-premise data center workload, especially when planning for workload migration to the public cloud. For application and infrastructure discovery, Device42 has enabled me to know the number of machines running in the on-premise environment and has managed to capture complete utilization metrics or trends of their utilization. This has benefited me in right-sizing systems for my public cloud total cost of ownership (TCO) planning, providing me granularity to right-size these systems while planning a migration to the public cloud. Device42 has positively impacted my organization by providing granularity toward application discovery compared to other assessment tools, which is a differentiator since none of the other tools provide such granularity, leading to better decision-making for my migration to the public cloud. Device42 has improved my migration projects by providing granularity around system dependencies that gave me confidence knowing which systems communicate with each other parked in a particular move group. My move group planning became so robust that I am not leaving any system behind in the on-premise data center from my planning, which saves a lot of time and effort, leading to cost optimization—a value addition.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise17
 

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 BlueCat support a lot for this application, and the support was not good. The CDNV a...
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 our on-premise networks to manage the IP ranges. We have distributed all the IP...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Device42?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Device42 is that it is really reasonable. Compared to other competitors, it does not cost much, and I would recommend it from a cost perspe...
What needs improvement with Device42?
The features I appreciate most about Device42 are the agent-based service providing more granularity and metrics. However, I foresee areas of improvement for the agent-less solution, which could be...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

BlueCat Adaptive DNS, BlueCat Automation Manager, BlueCat DDI
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Computer Sciences Corporation
Computershare, Concur, Doosan, Fitch Ratings Inc., Fujitsu, HomeAway, Jasper Wireless, Mercedes-Benz, Square, Twitch, UCSB, Zayo Group Inc.
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