BlueCat Integrity vs Infoblox IPAM vs SolarWinds IPAM comparison

BlueCat and Infoblox are both solutions in the IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools category. BlueCat is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.6, while Infoblox is ranked #2 with an average rating of 9.0. BlueCat holds a 15.4% mindshare in IT, compared to Infoblox’s 31.5% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of BlueCat users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Infoblox users who would recommend it.

BlueCat Integrity

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94% willing to recommend

SolarWinds IPAM

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91% willing to recommend

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Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools category, the mindshare of BlueCat Integrity is 15.4%, up from 13.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infoblox IPAM is 31.5%, down from 34.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds IPAM is 15.3%, down from 18.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
BlueCat Integrity	15.4%
Infoblox IPAM	31.5%
SolarWinds IPAM	15.3%
Other	37.8%

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Featured Reviews

Sham Prabhakaran

Senior Network Engineer, DDI at a wireless company with 10,001+ employees

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.

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Saurabh Manik Salunke

Senior Consultant at Capgemini

Works well, helps to avoid mistakes, and supports bulk entries

It is pretty scalable. On Infoblox IPAM, we have a total of five segments of slash 16. It is a vast network. Apart from that, there are multiple domains. I support French companies, and they have multiple domains. That DNS is also a part of Infoblox for which we need to do the entries. It is used on a daily basis in operations. If we face any issues, such as the IP is not reachable, the first thing we'll check is whether it is resolving or not. If we consider nslookup, it will also go to DNS. So, it is used daily.

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Hisham Sahid

Network IT Team Leader at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

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.

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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

"DNS aliases, which we use extensively in our applications are a valuable feature."

"Adaptive DNS's best feature is DDoS protection, which stops malware and network security attacks."

"BlueCat Integrity's scalability and user-friendliness are the most valuable features."

"Since implementing BlueCat, we have experienced fewer problems, anomalies, and strange issues."

"The solution includes automatic management of segments."

"The most valuable aspect is its user-friendly interface. It is straightforward to use."

"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."

"It is easy to use. It has an understandable GUI interface. Its deployment is relatively easy."

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"It helps to avoid manual mistakes and we can add the proper DNS if we add an Alias name to that. We are aware of the CNAME we need to use. By using Infoblox as a DNS, we can add the A and PTR records, which is helpful for the lookup as well as the reverse lookup."

"The features we found the most valuable were being able to handle DHCP scopes and handing out DHCP leases. We weren't doing some of the things that we can do, such as DNS query rate limiting. Our usage was pretty standard. We wanted to be able to track our IP addresses to create DNS entries and then create DHCP and manage DHCP scopes. We used the standard features the most."

"IPAM's best features include the view of how many soft nets are filled from your container and the grid master."

"It provides us with flexibility."

"Before IPAM (IP Address Management) came into the picture, every user had to depend on an Active Directory engineer to get an IP assigned. With Infoblox IPAM, there's automation or auto assignment of IP addresses which is a valuable feature. There's also the capability of storing many networks in one place through the solution. Infoblox IPAM solved the major issue of needing an Active Directory engineer to assign an IP."

"Infoblox gives us the flexibility to manage our internal networks and publish the data outside of the network on the internet. It's quite fluid to do it."

"Regarding DDI, I would say the best feature of Infoblox is the DNS security. DNS tunneling is a significant security issue and is very difficult to protect against based on our tests with other types of security devices. However, Infoblox eliminates this issue and provides excellent security against a difficult threat."

"This is a DDI solution and having one management control has been most useful."

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"I would recommend this solution for all companies that have to deal with a lot of networks."

"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."

"The product is user-friendly and valuable."

"The initial setup is straightforward. It takes about half a day, and it can be done by one engineer."

"I am impressed with the product's reports."

"SolarWinds IPAM is a simple and user-friendly tool."

"Its setup is simple. Its interface is simple. It's very easy to manage."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

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Cons

"Unfortunately, BlueCat Integrity doesn't support bulk Content Security Policy configuration."

"One crucial area for development is IPv6 support."

"During our testing phase, we encountered some issues with Active Directory and DNS reverse lookups."

"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."

"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."

"BlueCat Integrity can improve by increasing the amount of updates it releases."

"Usability needs to be better."

"The integration has room for improvement."

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"How you track IPs within a subnet and how all of that works was not intuitive to me. If I compare it to VitalQIP, I create a subnet, and it's a slash 24 size. It's very easy. I look, and here are my 254 IPs. I can then see if I have assigned a static, do I have a DHCP scope, and what's the name of the device. That's all there in front of me. The thing that I found frustrating with Infoblox was that it was not very intuitive."

"Infoblox IPAM has improved and is better, but it needs to have an external GSLB functionality. Currently, the solution has a GLSB functionality for internal appliances, but for an external user, that functionality doesn't exist. Infoblox IPAM also needs some improvement on its threat engine and RPZ policies, or DNS firewall or DNS policies. An additional feature I'd like to see in Infoblox IPAM is zero-touch provisioning in terms of the appliances. Currently, there's zero-touch provisioning for cloud-based devices, but for physical appliances in branches, there's none, so you still have to do some configurations. For example, if you have existing DNS infrastructure and you need to set up Infoblox IPAM in new branches, and you need more appliances, you should be able to just plug the solution into the network, and there shouldn't be any manual interference required."

"CLI needs to be user-friendly. There should be an option to commit changes."

"An area for improvement is IPAM's smart folders, which can be slow to access and would benefit from a search feature."

"The solution is not easy to use; the GUI and CLI are challenging to use, limiting end-user capability. We can't use Linux terminal features with Infoblox, as it struggles to detect and troubleshoot problems. We generally use troubleshooting tools like tcpdump in our network security area and we can use that in Infoblox with limited features."

"Infoblox IPAM could improve some of the features. The market is demanding for some features that are not there, but there is always a reason why it's not there. At the moment, the solution is rather complete for what it's used for. It can always extend to solve some other issues that are linked to it, but the solution itself is complete."

"The marketing of the solution could improve to give customers the awareness of the benefits."

"The only room for improvement in Infoblox IPAM is its compatibility and flexibility with IPv6. There's been an issue transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6, and though Infoblox is in the process of resolving the issue, it would be better if the team could come up with a solution in a quicker timeframe. Better transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 is what I'd like to see in the next release of the solution."

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"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."

"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."

"The product needs to improve its support. The response time is long and not very helpful."

"I would like more updates."

"Sometimes we have to wait for screens to load, so faster operations would be better."

"Some processes are a little bit bumpy. The solution needs a design refresh."

"SolarWinds IPAM offers premium support, but the customer has to pay more money, and then they will have minimal response times."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"While BlueCat falls on the expensive side, its exceptional customer service and consistent quality justify the cost."

"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."

"Compared to other solutions, BlueCat Integrity offers a competitive price."

"BlueCat Integrity meets our expectations and aligns with our budget forecast."

"BlueCat Integrity is more cost-effective than Infoblox."

"Overall, I would say that it is priced fairly, though perhaps a bit on the high side."

"They're competitive. The way they run their model is good. Could it stand some tweaking? Sure. There are some items there. One of the things I looked at in the recent past was their container solutions. You have to pay for licensing to use their containerized platform, but the licensing doesn't include the container licensing itself. I'd love to be able to have one big package per se."

"Our licensing model with BlueCat Integrity is cheaper than Infoblox."

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"They were expensive. They were known to be expensive. In general, they used to at least try to encourage you to upgrade to hardware every three years. Infoblox had a reputation as being one of the better solutions but also one of the more expensive solutions, whereas VitalQ was definitely a much more affordable solution. With Infoblox, anytime you replace hardware, there would also be the cost of the hardware upgrade. So, besides the software licensing fee, there were also hardware maintenance and hardware upgrade fees. I would rate it a 3 out of 10 in terms of pricing."

"The price of the solution is reasonable compared to competitors, such as Akamai."

"I rate Infoblox IPAM’s pricing a seven out of ten, since their price is up there."

"We purchase yearly licenses, and I don't know the exact price as I'm not involved in the finance or sales departments. Infoblox is one of the more expensive products in the DDI environment, so I would say that for organizations looking to combine DNS, DSTP, and IP management with security features, the solution is worth it. However, for organizations only looking for an IP management tool, for example, many more affordable options are available."

"Infoblox IPAM is a very expensive solution and it should improve. The solution is subscription-based, and the payments can be monthly or yearly. There are additional costs for more features, and the exact cost depends on the features you're using."

"The licensing cost for Infoblox IPAM depends on your usage and also depends on your term plans, for example, you may want it for three months, six months, or only for seven days. I don't remember the exact licensing cost, but it depends on your organization's structure and how many networks you are going to need."

"The cost depends on the scale at which we're deploying it. It's an annual subscription that ranges between $1,000 and $2,000."

"Infoblox IPAM is a licensed product, and my company pays for it yearly. It depends on the licensing model you choose because right now, the solution can also be subscription-based, specifically the cloud version, but the traditional licensing model for it is one that's paid yearly. The cost would depend on the organization. I know how much my company pays for Infoblox IPAM, but I won't disclose that information. If your company has $10,000,000 or $20,000,000, for example, and you need stability, then I'd say the solution is worth it. If your company is a startup, then the solution may not be worth it, but it would still depend on the ability of your company because Infoblox IPAM is one of the costlier solutions in the market."

"The product is costly."

"I would rate the product's pricing a six out of ten."

"It's on the costlier side. It's expensive."

"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."

"On a scale of one to five, where one is high and five is good, I would rate this solution as a four."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

13%

Government

10%

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	19

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Small Business	4
Large Enterprise	14

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Small Business	6
Large Enterprise	6

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.

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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...

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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 Infoblox IPAM?

We can specify the availability of subnets when we create them.

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What needs improvement with Infoblox IPAM?

CLI needs to be user-friendly. There should be an option to commit changes.

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What is your primary use case for Infoblox IPAM?

We use the product to reserve subnets.

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Comparisons

Infoblox DDI vs BlueCat Integrity

Compared 39% of the time

Micetro vs BlueCat Integrity

Compared 10% of the time

NetBox.dev vs BlueCat Integrity

Compared 7% of the time

Cloudflare vs BlueCat Integrity

Compared 4% of the time

Infoblox BloxOne DDI vs BlueCat Integrity

Compared 2% of the time

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NetBox.dev vs Infoblox IPAM

Compared 25% of the time

Micetro vs Infoblox IPAM

Compared 11% of the time

Cygna Diamond IP Platform vs Infoblox IPAM

Compared 8% of the time

Device42 vs Infoblox IPAM

Compared 3% of the time

ManageEngine OpUtils vs Infoblox IPAM

Compared 2% of the time

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NetBox.dev vs SolarWinds IPAM

Compared 13% of the time

ManageEngine OpUtils vs SolarWinds IPAM

Compared 8% of the time

Micetro vs SolarWinds IPAM

Compared 6% of the time

Cygna Diamond IP Platform vs SolarWinds IPAM

Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

BlueCat Adaptive DNS, BlueCat Automation Manager, BlueCat DDI

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SolarWinds IP Address Manager

Overview

BlueCat Integrity is a comprehensive DNS security solution that provides visibility and control over all DNS traffic on your network. It offers real-time threat detection and response, as well as policy enforcement to ensure compliance with security standards. With its advanced analytics and reporting capabilities, Integrity enables you to identify and mitigate security risks before they can cause damage. It also integrates with other security tools to provide a complete security ecosystem. Whether you're a small business or a large enterprise, BlueCat Integrity can help you protect your network from DNS-based attacks and ensure the integrity of your DNS infrastructure.

BlueCat

With Infoblox IPAM (IP address management) and DHCP, you can automate and centralize all aspects of IP address provisioning and DHCP server management in conjunction with DNS. Infoblox’s integrated platform enables you to confidently handle your most challenging IPAM and DHCP requirements in every type of network environment, data center and hybrid cloud environment. Infoblox IPAM enables your teams to increase network agility and responsiveness, so you can boost the efficiency of core network operations. Thanks to clear visibility into network operations, you can automatically detect and quarantine rogue devices, lower security risks and prevent outages.

Infoblox

SolarWinds IPAM (IP Address Manager) is an IP management tool designed to work hand-in-hand with unified DHCP and DNS administration. The solution helps organizations prevent IP conflicts, using IPv4 and IPv6 address management. It also offers API support to provide two-way integration with third-party software, and enables automated provisioning.

SolarWinds IPAM Features

SolarWinds IPAM has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Integrated DHCP and DNS configuration management: SolarWinds IPAM works with multi-vendor DHCP and DNS services and does not require additional proprietary software or hardware for management. With the solution, users can easily unify and manage their Microsoft, Cisco, and ISC open-source DHCP servers as well as their BIND and Microsoft DNS servers.

Monitoring and alerting: The solution proactively and automatically detects IP address problems so that they don’t lead to network disruption. It enables organizations to continuously monitor and improve IP performance via notification of IP address changes in the network. SolarWinds IPAM also provides access to utilization data on essential metrics for planning.

Role-based administration: With SolarWinds IPAM, you can manage your DHCP, DNS, and IP subnets independently. Team members can manage their own subnets, address blocks, and DHCP and DNS services without affecting each other. In addition, role-based administration helps maintain security without limiting delegation of IP address management activities.

Subnet Allocation Wizard: SolarWinds IPAM allows users to specify supernet and subnet sizes, so it can automatically allocate the correct-sized subnet. The Subnet Allocation Wizard helps efficiently organize managed IP address spaces into subnets sized appropriately for the extent and traffic of networks. This feature also enables you to determine the most efficient way to subdivide a supernet.

Microsoft Active Directory: With the solution, you save time on configuring and creating separate logins by leveraging existing user accounts.

SolarWinds IPAM Benefits

There are many benefits to implementing SolarWinds IPAM. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Less downtime: Because the solution offers monitoring and alerting features, it can help eliminate network downtime that is due to IP conflicts and non-availability of IP addresses due to full subnets.

Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator: You can automate the process of provisioning IP addresses and updating DNS records with the solution’s plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator. The plug-in contains over a dozen workflows and actions that can be leveraged to script and seamlessly integrated.

Global IP address search: By performing a global search, the solution can help you track down a specific IP address on your network in a matter of seconds. You can quickly and easily access IP address data to both search for available IPs and meet IP requests as well.

Automated IP address scanning: The solution makes it easy for users to set up scheduled, automatic scanning for both IPv4 and IPv6 address spaces. In turn, this reduces manual errors and helps to ensure your network’s IP address information is up to date. Scheduled IP address scanning also helps you avoid IP address conflicts by recognizing transient IP status.

Customizable dashboards: By implementing SolarWinds IPAM solution, you can customize dashboards to deliver the essential information you need in a unified, at-a-glance view for streamlined management and quick troubleshooting.

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Sample Customers

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Geisinger Health System, Allied Irish Banks, Lewisville Independent School District, University of Liverpool, Newell Rubbermaid, AH Belo, Arizona State University, Baptist Healthcare System, Kronos

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