F5 BIG-IP DNS vs Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense comparison

F5 and Infoblox are both solutions in the Domain Name System (DNS) Security category. F5 is ranked #6 with an average rating of 9.0, while Infoblox is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.3. F5 holds a 4.4% mindshare in DS, compared to Infoblox’s 4.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of F5 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Infoblox users who would recommend it.

F5 BIG-IP DNS

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 12, 2024

Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense and F5 BIG-IP DNS are two prominent network security solutions competing in the cybersecurity and DNS management categories. Users report higher satisfaction with the performance and security features of Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense, while F5 BIG-IP DNS is often favored for its robust scalability.

What features are offered by Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense in comparison to F5 BIG-IP DNS?

Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense offers advanced threat intelligence and automated responses, malware detection, and network traffic analysis. F5 BIG-IP DNS provides extensive DDoS protection, traffic management features, and comprehensive DNS services.

What areas of improvement can be found in Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense in comparison to F5 BIG-IP DNS?

Users of Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense suggest enhancements in integration capabilities, reporting tools, and additional customization options. For F5 BIG-IP DNS, feedback points towards the need for a simplified configuration process, better documentation, and improved user interface.

How is the ease of deployment and customer service of Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense in comparison to F5 BIG-IP DNS?

Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is appreciated for its relatively quick deployment process and responsive customer service. F5 BIG-IP DNS deployment is noted as more complex, but the support provided is efficient and thorough.

What setup costs and ROI can be seen with Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense in comparison to F5 BIG-IP DNS?

Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is considered cost-effective with a strong ROI due to its extensive feature set and operational efficiency. F5 BIG-IP DNS has a higher initial setup cost but is viewed as delivering long-term value.

To learn more, read our detailed F5 BIG-IP DNS vs. Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense Report (Updated: December 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

F5 BIG-IP DNS

Ranking in Domain Name System (DNS) Security

6th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Infoblox BloxOne Threat Def...

Ranking in Domain Name System (DNS) Security

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Domain Name System (DNS) Security category, the mindshare of F5 BIG-IP DNS is 4.4%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is 4.6%, up from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Domain Name System (DNS) Security Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
F5 BIG-IP DNS	4.4%
Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense	4.6%
Other	91.0%

Domain Name System (DNS) Security

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reviewer2733993

Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Ensures reliable web application security and offers comprehensive load balancing solutions

When it comes to denial of service or DNS security, F5 is not the best vendor as dedicated vendors such as Arbor for denial of service and Infoblox for DNS security offer more comprehensive solutions. The main features such as WAF and load balancing do not generate complaints. F5 BIG-IP DNS is not the best for DNS denial of service because they handle it as part of BIG-IP features, mainly used for GSLB, while other vendors provide complete DDI solutions, including DHCP, DNS, and IP address management, along with specialized DNS security, offering much more than just GSLB and basic recursive DNS security. The two main concerns are DNS related and denial of service, areas where F5 BIG-IP DNS could improve, and they could do better as they are not the best vendor, indicating ample room for improvement especially since those are not their main specialties.

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reviewer2703357

Analyst at a educational organization with 10,001+ employees

Valuable analytics integration improves data insights but needs fewer restrictions

What is valuable about the Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is especially the monitoring and reporting, which provides valuable information. The integration with any SIEM is very valuable for getting DNS query analytics, and this is very important. The threat analytics tools in the Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense improve security response through integration with another platform, allowing you to gain insights on your own data happening within your own Infoblox BloxOne.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"F5 provides us with a mechanism to accomplish complex product balancing."

"F5 BIG-IP DNS stands out as they are number one when it comes to WAF and load balancing technologies, and they have plenty of add-on features such as APM and AFM to handle DDoS attacks, DNS security, and GSLB."

"It's very stable."

"The management is very easy."

"One of the most effective feature of F5 BIG-IP DNS is its robustness and integration with our existing F5 infrastructure. It helps us to geographically connect and form an internal topology network with our clients."

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

"F5 technical support is quite good and they follow up if there are any issues."

"The solution is easy to configure and deploy. It is scalable and works without any downtime. F5 BIG-IP DNS is a flexible solution."

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"The dossier feature is perfect for starting an investigation."

"Our ability to detect data exfiltration was minimal before Infoblox and the cloud portal was instituted for us. In terms of DNS security as a whole, we had some capability with our firewalls, but this is a lot more specialized because we're sending all of our DNS requests to Infoblox. I'd say we improved 100%."

"When it comes to helping to detect DNS threats, BloxOne is good on all fronts. The number of false positives is very low, close to none. More than once it has detected new names or lookalike names and protected us and saved us from bad characters."

"The reporting ability is helpful. It allows us to control what our users are able to resolve, and then be able to see reports on that."

"BloxOne provides automatic sharing of network context data, which affects our speed of threat response and provide real-time threat intelligence. Our security operations needs this to do their work. It makes us feel safer."

"The automatic blocklists are most valuable. A box can maintain several lists from which we can choose if we need to block more or less. We don't have to manually manage the lists ourselves. They're automatically updated."

"The most valuable feature is policy redirecting and security reports."

"The most valuable feature is blocklisting. It's good at what I like to describe as the "silly side cases." We have this annoying security architecture that says we must do this, that, and the other, so we try to make it easier on ourselves."

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Cons

"It would be great to see a F5 BIG-IP DNS cloud version. What we within the Australian government are looking at doing is utilizing a secured DNS service much the same as the English GCHQ version of their protected DNS service."

"When it comes to denial of service or DNS security, F5 is not the best vendor as dedicated vendors such as Arbor for denial of service and Infoblox for DNS security offer more comprehensive solutions."

"I would like to see the login facilities improved, as well as more troubleshooting."

"The monitoring capabilities of F5 BIG-IP DNS could be improved."

"I would like to see deeper integration with VMware in the sense that F5 compliments VMware, in the context of application availability."

"I sometimes encounter issues with the porting of F5 BIG-IP DNS."

"The initial setup could be easier."

"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."

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"Within the past two years, we discovered certain bugs in their products. The resolution of these bugs took a little too much time, especially if our production environment is down for a certain amount of time, then we are losing money. That is hard to convey to Infoblox support, e.g., we actually need the system up and running again within two or three hours. The awareness of these so-called production down incidents is not really easy to convey."

"The integration of threat intelligence with other solutions is challenging. If I want to expose threat intelligence, I cannot do it via taxi services. I have to call the API, but the customers are not into creating the APIs. The integration of embedded threat intelligence with other platforms should be better. Infoblox should work on this, and it should be easier for the end user to integrate it. It is very easy to deploy this solution. We should be able to integrate it with other platforms, such as the Next-Generation Firewall, with the same ease."

"The dashboard and reporting features need improvement. The user needs more informative dashboards so they can get to the results directly without getting deep in the report to get to the information."

"Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is quite expensive, especially due to the significant increase in the subscription fee after the first year. This unexpected increase was a problem for us."

"The product is slightly more expensive compared to other DNS solutions."

"This is not just Infoblox, this could be any portal provider, cloud provider, sometimes they change the look of the customer-facing options and it's not completely clear why they make the change."

"A lot of their documentation needs improvement."

"The onboarding is a little rough at times, and you need to have some information at hand. It is pretty good, but it would be useful to have a few good examples to set up things like data exfiltration."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cost is a factor. It is really costly."

"You cannot do much around DDoS protection without an additional license from F5."

"This product is quite pricey but if you compare the feature set and its compatibility with similar products on the market, you would understand why it's that price."

"In some cases, it is expensive."

"BIG-IP DNS is more expensive than its competitors like Citrix, but it gives good value for money."

"They are competitively priced."

"The on-prem version is only available on a yearly license, but the cloud version can be paid for on a day-by-day basis."

"I would rate the pricing a three out of ten, with ten being a low price."

"The licensing is set up such that you pay for the number of active users that you're defending at the moment."

"It is a very expensive system. You need to go over the licensing before purchase to make sure you're getting what is needed, not anything extra."

"There is a significant charge for this product but I think that it's worth it when we look at what it's able to prevent."

"It's a pricey solution because it's for the advanced kind of customer."

"If you only wanted the DNS filtering and none of the other products built into Threat Defense, it would be nicer if they could do that a la carte since we are not really using a lot of the solution."

"Infoblox BloxOne offers pretty good documentation. Check its documentation, then do a PoC. Infoblox is very good at providing PoCs."

"When you buy the subscription, there are no additional costs to add any additional buttons."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	12

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about F5 BIG-IP DNS?

For one of our clients, F5 improved global server load balancing with an active-active site configuration for Disaster Recovery.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F5 BIG-IP DNS?

In terms of pricing, F5 BIG-IP is not cheaper compared to other solutions like Fortinet or Citrix. The cost can be high due to its comprehensive modules.

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What needs improvement with F5 BIG-IP DNS?

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What do you like most about Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense?

The most valuable feature is policy redirecting and security reports.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense?

Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense can be expensive for the commercial sector, particularly in Egypt, as this sector does not have a huge budget compared to banking or oil and gas, as the regulations ...

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What needs improvement with Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense?

If Infoblox invests in network observability, especially from the perspective of DNS and IP address observability, it could be a significant improvement.

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Also Known As

F5 BIG-IP DNS, F5 DNS Delivery

BloxOne Threat Defense, Infoblox ActiveTrust, Infoblox ActiveTrust Cloud

Overview

F5® BIG-IP® DNS distributes DNS and user application requests based on business policies, data center and cloud service conditions, user location, and application performance. BIG-IP DNS is commonly configured as a full proxy to provide global server load balancing (GSLB) for applications and DNS across architectures, and across the globe.

The BIG-IP platform delivers DNS services with visibility, reporting, and analysis; scales and secures DNS responses geographically to survive increased traffic or threats; delivers a real-time DNSSEC solution; designed to provide availability of global applications in all cloud environments.

Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense strengthens and optimizes your security posture from the foundation up, giving you the visibility, control and automation to secure the hybrid workplace. Operating at the DNS level, BloxOne Threat Defense uncovers threats that other solutions do not and stops attacks earlier in the threat lifecycle. Through pervasive automation and ecosystem integration, it drives efficiencies in SecOps, increases the effectiveness of the existing security stack, secures digital and work-from-anywhere efforts and lowers the total cost for cybersecurity.

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Sample Customers

Ricacorp Properties, Bangladesh Post Office, Shawbrook Bank, Shinsegae Internet Duty Free

Council Rock School District, EagleView, Schneider Electric, Baptist Memorial Health Care, American University

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