We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP DNS and Webroot DNS Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Domain Name System (DNS) Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."F5 provides us with a mechanism to accomplish complex product balancing."
"It is easy to administer."
"BIG-IP DNS effectively handled a traffic surge. For example, we have application forms replicated across our DCs. If our primary application becomes unavailable, BIG-IP automatically fails over to a client-unaware secondary application."
"BIG-IP DNS's best features are DNS monitoring and global service load balancing."
"The configuration process is straightforward, making it easy to set up wide IPs and distribute traffic across local US sites and data centers via VPN."
"The GTM feature is very good, It's very useful, especially if we have multiple data centers. If we want to load balance traffic from multiple data centers, the GTM feature is very useful."
"BIG-IP DNS's best feature is the Global Traffic Manager (GTM)."
"For one of our clients, F5 improved global server load balancing with an active-active site configuration for Disaster Recovery."
"Almost everyone who uses it is happy about the product. I don't get any types of complaints from my clients."
"When compared with other products, Webroot DNS Protection is the best to secure the end users."
"The dashboard of the solution is a valuable feature."
"The installation is easy and doesn't take long. The program speedy and doesn't crash. It doesn't consume computer hardware or software."
"DNS protection is valuable."
"Webroot excels in DNS protection, particularly in blocking malicious sites and phishing."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. It is very pricey."
"The IP intelligent services are good for mitigating threats, but there are also false positives. So, it's not a standalone solution that can cover everything."
"Scalability is a concern, it could be improved."
"I would like to see more marketing documentation, rather than technical documentation."
"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 could be easier."
"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."
"It needs to be more secure for production environments."
"Reporting is not done in real-time. Rather, it is done in 15-minute intervales. This is something that should be configurable by the admin."
"The reporting system needs improvement. They should make is that we can customize it so we can add, remove or change its interface but they use a template. The reports cannot be changed."
"If the solution could integrate with FortiGate where there would only be a need of one dashboard instead of having to set policies on our firewall and our DNS, this would be helpful."
"The price could be improved."
"It addresses a specific risk related to malicious sites but doesn't cover broader security aspects."
F5 BIG-IP DNS is ranked 4th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 18 reviews while Webroot DNS Protection is ranked 11th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 6 reviews. F5 BIG-IP DNS is rated 8.6, while Webroot DNS Protection is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP DNS writes "Reliable with good security and management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Webroot DNS Protection writes "Offers reasonable pricing and solid scalability in the enterprise context". F5 BIG-IP DNS is most compared with Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, EfficientIP DNS Guardian, Cisco Umbrella, BlueCat Edge and Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise, whereas Webroot DNS Protection is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway and Zscaler Internet Access. See our F5 BIG-IP DNS vs. Webroot DNS Protection report.
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