Cloudflare vs Infoblox DDI comparison

Cloudflare and Infoblox are both solutions in the Managed DNS category. Cloudflare is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.4, while Infoblox is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.8. Cloudflare holds a 32.5% mindshare in MDP, compared to Infoblox’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Cloudflare users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Infoblox users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 19, 2025

Cloudflare and Infoblox DDI are key players in the network services category, focusing on different aspects of network performance and management. Cloudflare stands out due to its broad accessibility features and cost-effective scalability, while Infoblox is preferred for high-end security and management in complex infrastructures.

Features: Cloudflare offers CDN caching, robust DDoS protection even on its free plan, and flexible SSL options, which improve page load times and server efficiency. In contrast, Infoblox DDI excels in DNS, DHCP, and IP address management, with strong security integration and high compatibility with existing infrastructure.

Room for Improvement: Cloudflare could enhance its analytics, reduce server errors, and speed up its CDN services. Users also desire more intuitive support options. Infoblox could offer more pricing flexibility, faster URL recategorization, and easier integration with third-party tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Cloudflare emphasizes ease of use and global reach with public cloud deployments and satisfactory customer service. Infoblox supports hybrid models for complex environments and generally receives positive feedback on customer service, though further investments in training and support responsiveness are suggested.

Pricing and ROI: Cloudflare provides a range of pricing from free to premium models, beneficial for small businesses with scalable options offering significant ROI through improved e-commerce performance. Infoblox's premium pricing aligns with its advanced features for enterprise users, though it focuses more on large enterprises than Cloudflare's broad market approach.

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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

6.5

Cloudflare users experienced increased performance, security, and cost-effectiveness, leading to improved loyalty and revenue despite difficult ROI calculations.

Sentiment score

8.5

Infoblox DDI offers high ROI in large environments, integrating DHCP, DNS security, and IP management, but may not suit smaller setups.

For the small project I was working on, using the basic tier provided a huge improvement at zero cost.

Wellington Malagutti

Security Specialist at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

In terms of return on investment with Cloudflare, it costs my time to set them up, but basically once they're set up, it's done.

Herb Angle

Owner at Hga consulting

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Infoblox offers an ROI that saves time and money.

Areeba Shujat

Systems security engineer at Secure Networks Ltd

Integrating DDI offers more efficient return on investment compared to implementing DHCP, DNS security, and IP address management separately.

Sabbir Ahmed

Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.0

Cloudflare's customer service is quick, but technical support feedback is mixed, with improvement needed in responsiveness and detailed assistance.

Sentiment score

9.3

Infoblox DDI customer service is praised for professionalism and responsiveness, though costs and occasional delays are noted.

Cloudflare does not offer hands-on technical support to fix customer problems but rather a self-service model.

reviewer1245303

Senior Consultant CDN at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I would rate the technical support with Cloudflare as excellent every time I've had to call them.

Herb Angle

Owner at Hga consulting

I have primarily worked not with the tool's customer support but with the product's sales engineers and technical sales engineers, who seem to know their stuff.

reviewer2541525

Principal Cyber Prevent and Defense Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Whenever we have an issue, they are very helpful.

Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Shahrul Munir

Network engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

The customer service and support are fantastic.

Sabbir Ahmed

Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

8.1

Users praise Cloudflare for seamless scalability, effective traffic management, easy upgrades, and robust global infrastructure without disruptions.

Sentiment score

8.0

Infoblox DDI offers highly scalable virtual and physical solutions, ideal for large enterprises but costly for smaller businesses.

It is a SaaS tool, but the fact that they have workloads deployed across the world proves that it is a highly scalable tool.

reviewer2541525

Principal Cyber Prevent and Defense Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

The tool offers very good performance, even during high-traffic periods.

Carlos Alam Hernandez Baruch

Engineer at SITMEXICO

I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.

Prajith Chowthee

Independent Consultant at Unaikui

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InfoBlox DDI is very scalable, offering both physical and virtual box solutions.

Sabbir Ahmed

Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd

I rate the scalability of Infoblox as eight out of ten.

Areeba Shujat

Systems security engineer at Secure Networks Ltd

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.6

Cloudflare is highly rated for stability and uptime, with few past issues, especially on higher-tier plans.

Sentiment score

8.2

Infoblox DDI is stable, rated 8-9/10 by users, with improvements minimizing hardware issues and enhancing overall reliability.

I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.

Prajith Chowthee

Independent Consultant at Unaikui

The service is very stable with no impacts during high-traffic periods.

Carlos Alam Hernandez Baruch

Engineer at SITMEXICO

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Infoblox encounters some glitches, making it not entirely super stable.

Areeba Shujat

Systems security engineer at Secure Networks Ltd

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Room For Improvement

Enhancements needed in Cloudflare: analytics, CDN latency, API integration, user support, DNS, pricing, documentation, server coverage, WAF, and cache.

Infoblox DDI users seek advanced training, faster GUI, better Ansible integration, bug fixes, flexible pricing, and improved URL recategorization.

Despite these challenges, overall, Cloudflare remains the preferred solution compared to Azure, AWS CloudFront, and Google Cloud Armor.

Bilal Mujahid

Managed Services Manager at Adapture Technology Group

Areas like how assessment, discovery, and payload are dealt with and how it all comes into your organization can be considered when trying to make suggestions to Cloudflare for improvements.

Darryl Wethington

Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Integrated Technology Solution Group (ITSG)

There are some performance considerations when it comes to dynamic content that involves fetching data from databases or using APIs.

Animesh.Kumar

Senior Solutions Architect at Think Power Solutions

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It would be helpful if we can log in and click on the server, and have the CLI pop up directly instead of using third-party software, like PuTTY.

Kirti Gaurav

DDI Engineer at a non-profit with 1-10 employees

The commercial pricing could be reduced to attract more small customers.

Sabbir Ahmed

Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd

I have experienced instances where a URL was triggered by Infoblox even though it was not accessed.

Areeba Shujat

Systems security engineer at Secure Networks Ltd

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Setup Cost

Cloudflare offers scalable pricing, from free to enterprise plans, providing significant value especially for mid-sized companies.

Infoblox DDI's premium pricing is justified by comprehensive features, though extra licenses may be needed for specific functions.

I find it to be cheap.

Carlos Alam Hernandez Baruch

Engineer at SITMEXICO

I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.

Animesh.Kumar

Senior Solutions Architect at Think Power Solutions

The tool is a premium product, so it is very expensive.

reviewer2541525

Principal Cyber Prevent and Defense Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

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The pricing is quite expensive, which is why I recommend it for medium and large enterprises and not for small businesses.

Kirti Gaurav

DDI Engineer at a non-profit with 1-10 employees

InfoBlox DDI is a premium product and is relatively expensive compared to other solutions in the market.

Sabbir Ahmed

Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd

Infoblox DDI's pricing is quite high compared to others.

Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Shahrul Munir

Network engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

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Valuable Features

Cloudflare enhances performance and security with CDN caching, DDoS protection, and an easy-to-use dashboard, benefiting many users.

Infoblox DDI offers scalable, secure IP address management with DNS and DHCP integration, supporting cloud/on-premises and 24/7 support.

The most valuable features of the solution are performance and security.

Darryl Wethington

Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Integrated Technology Solution Group (ITSG)

Techniques like minification and image compression reduce the size of assets, leading to better performance and faster user load times.

Animesh.Kumar

Senior Solutions Architect at Think Power Solutions

The solution has been able to compare it to the market, and I think the product has taken great strides in automating quite a bit of things, and they use a lot of AI.

reviewer2541525

Principal Cyber Prevent and Defense Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

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These features make Infoblox DDI preferable because users can get any kind of support, and the UI is easily trainable.

Kirti Gaurav

DDI Engineer at a non-profit with 1-10 employees

The DDI solution is valuable for its ability to integrate DHCP, DNS security, and IP address management, along with threat intelligence into one platform.

Sabbir Ahmed

Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd

The DNS component of Infoblox DDI is the most valuable feature for us because it includes DNSSEC for DNS security.

Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Shahrul Munir

Network engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

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Categories and Ranking

Cloudflare

Ranking in Managed DNS

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

CDN (1st), WAN Optimization (4th), Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (1st), Domain Name System (DNS) Security (5th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (13th)

Infoblox DDI

Ranking in Managed DNS

6th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

DDI (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Managed DNS category, the mindshare of Cloudflare is 32.5%, down from 35.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infoblox DDI is 2.6%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Managed DNS Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cloudflare	32.5%
Infoblox DDI	2.6%
Other	64.9%

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Herb Angle

Owner at Hga consulting

Has helped manage client domains with streamlined access control and threat visibility

I don't know what areas could be improved with Cloudflare WAF; Cloudflare is constantly improving and adding features to their feature set. They're doing a good job, and as far as DNS and support for any domains that I create or my clients create, it's mandatory for me to make sure that they have Cloudflare as their DNS provider. The Cloudflare load balancing capability hasn't really helped in enhancing my website's uptime and resiliency because we don't really get that much traffic; it's mostly remote users, and web hosting is done by a web hosting service. It doesn't pay to try to host your own website.

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Areeba Shujat

Systems security engineer at Secure Networks Ltd

Proactively secures DNS by blocking malicious URLs and triggers necessary alerts

I work with Infoblox DDI for DNS management, which involves blocking malicious and suspicious URLs. This helps in protecting my organization's domain name system and involves deep investigation and policy enforcement to understand why certain URLs are being used Infoblox is a proactive DNS system…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	46
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	25

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?

Cloudflare. We are moving from Akamai prolexic to Cloudflare. Cloudflare anycast network outperforms Akamai static GRE tunnels. We have decreased site load times on Mobile 3G from 8 to 1,6 seconds ...

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Which would you choose - Cloudflare DNS or Quad9?

Cloudflare DNS is a very fast, very reliable public DNS resolver. It is an enterprise-grade authoritative DNS service that offers great redundancy and advanced security with built-in unmetered and ...

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What do you like most about Cloudflare?

Cloudflare offers CDN and DDoS protection. We have the front end, API, and database in how you structure applications.

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What needs improvement with Infoblox DDI?

There isn't much that needs improvement, but I would say the pricing model could be more flexible.

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What is your primary use case for Infoblox DDI?

We are using all of the DDI components within Infoblox DDI ( /products/infoblox-ddi-reviews ), including DNS, DHCP, and IPAM. We are running it for operations within the government sector.

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What advice do you have for others considering Infoblox DDI?

Overall, I would rate Infoblox DDI a nine out of ten. I would recommend this product to other users.

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Overview

Cloudflare enhances web performance and security with features like CDN caching and DDoS mitigation while providing easy DNS management and intuitive setup through its user-friendly dashboard.

Cloudflare is recognized for its comprehensive web security and performance solutions. Speed improvements are achieved through caching mechanisms and DDoS protection, combining ease of DNS management with flexible page rules. The robust analytics and threat insight tools provide valuable data, assisted by a user-friendly dashboard allowing quick setup and configuration. An API offers dynamic DNS settings ensuring low latency and high performance across the globe.

What are Cloudflare's key features?

CDN Caching: Enhances website speed through content delivery network caching.
Web Application Firewall: Protects websites from online threats.
DDoS Mitigation: Shields against distributed denial-of-service attacks.
DNS Management: Offers easy-to-use and flexible domain management.
SSL Certificates: Ensures secure connections between users and servers.
Analytics: Provides insights with robust analytics tools.

What benefits and ROI should users evaluate?

Enhanced Security: Strengthening web security with DDoS and firewall protection.
Speed Improvement: Faster content delivery with CDN caching.
Operational Simplicity: Simplifies website optimization through a user-friendly interface.
Scalable Solutions: Scales with global reach, lowering latency for improved performance.
Cost Efficiency: Offers layers of valuable functionality with pricing options.

Cloudflare finds utility across industries for DNS management and defense mechanisms. Its content delivery network assures fast content distribution and fortified security. Businesses integrate features like web application firewalls, load balancing, end-to-end SSL, and zero trust to protect websites from cyber threats while ensuring resilience and reliable performance.

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Network landscapes are rapidly evolving, driven by trends in hybrid and multi-cloud transformation, the IoT and distributed workforces. Infoblox is uniquely able to support organizations in this challenging environment because our solutions support DNS, DHCP and IP address management. These are the critical network services collectively known as DDI that make all network interactions possible.

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