We performed a comparison between Cisco Umbrella and EfficientIP DNS Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Infoblox, TitanHQ and others in Domain Name System (DNS) Security."It has improved our organization from a security posture perspective. We feel more confident now knowing that we can block phishing attempts or any type of malware that is DNS-related. This is a very nice feature that provides peace of mind."
"By using Cisco Umbrella, you are sure of inspecting all the traffic. Whenever the user machine is connected to your network, it is inspected. That's the best thing. It means you are sure that nothing is being exported or imported without your choice. That is the best feature."
"You can manage and create policies based on a group of users. It can permit some URLs and block others."
"The initial setup is very easy and takes only a few minutes."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to filter malware sites that could infect clients or allow them to download infected files."
"It provides centralized, device-agnostic management of the Internet experience."
"Meraki features and cloud-based functionality are advanced and easy to manage centrally."
"Cisco Umbrella is absolutely stable."
"This product has an inventory function to help maintain a list of the equipment, which is quite good."
"There are cheaper solutions in the market"
"There is room for improvement in the dashboard. It could stand to be a bit more detailed. I would also like to be able to customize the dashboard to focus more on what is important for my company."
"The pricing could be improved."
"Some countries don't have a DNS server leading to a domain resolution IP, not at a local level."
"In the future, they should combine some of the Cisco AMP features that they already have, for anti-malware purposes."
"I would like for their support to be faster."
"Looking at the full umbrella suite in the light of SASE, Secure Access Service Edge, they are clearly lacking in the inline CASB."
"It could be more secure. It would be better if they provided a transferring proxy as an add-on and more integration."
"The vendor needs to do more to promote this product in certain regions, helping it to gain market share in territories where it is not widely adopted."
Cisco Umbrella is ranked 1st in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 108 reviews while EfficientIP DNS Firewall is ranked 15th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security. Cisco Umbrella is rated 8.8, while EfficientIP DNS Firewall is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Umbrella writes "Protects endpoints wherever they are, always pushing people to the right locations to avoid malicious intent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of EfficientIP DNS Firewall writes "Easy to set up and use, and has a helpful network device inventory function". Cisco Umbrella is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks DNS Security and Fortinet FortiGate SWG, whereas EfficientIP DNS Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense and BlueCat Edge.
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