We performed a comparison between EfficientIP DNS Guardian and F5 BIG-IP DNS 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."You can run a DNS server directly from EfficientIP to help mitigate all DNS attacks from various sources. This is a very good feature."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is DNS security."
"It is easy to administer."
"F5 provides us with a mechanism to accomplish complex product balancing."
"F5 BIG-IP DNS has been rock solid in terms of stability for years."
"F5 technical support is quite good and they follow up if there are any issues."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is security."
"The management is very easy."
"F5 BIG-IP DNS is a stable solution."
"F5 BIG-IP DNS is useful, depending on how you use it."
"EfficientIP DNS Guardian's deployment documentation is very hard to find. The tech support's response is slow."
"The solution can improve by adding cloud integration through plugins or additional configurations so we can use F5 BIG-IP DNS to communicate with the cloud."
"The initial setup could be easier."
"F5's technical support responds a little slowly."
"In the product, one of the shortcomings is related to its configuration part...Though you can find some manuals or F5 documents, in real life, it's very hard to understand this product."
"CNC (control and command) communication would be beneficial. We would like to have control and command blocking to prevent visiting malicious websites."
"The initial setup is a step-by-step process, so it can be a bit complicated for someone who's using it for the first time."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. It is very pricey."
"Scalability is a concern, it could be improved."
EfficientIP DNS Guardian is ranked 9th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 2 reviews while F5 BIG-IP DNS is ranked 5th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 17 reviews. EfficientIP DNS Guardian is rated 7.6, while F5 BIG-IP DNS is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of EfficientIP DNS Guardian writes "A DNS security product that helps to detect malicious and DDoS attacks ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP DNS writes "Reliable with good security and management". EfficientIP DNS Guardian is most compared with Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense and BlueCat Edge, whereas F5 BIG-IP DNS is most compared with Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, Cisco Umbrella, BlueCat Edge, Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise and Palo Alto Networks DNS Security.
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