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Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense vs Sucuri comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 12, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Infoblox BloxOne Threat Def...
Ranking in Domain Name System (DNS) Security
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Sucuri
Ranking in Domain Name System (DNS) Security
25th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (36th), Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (25th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Domain Name System (DNS) Security category, the mindshare of Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is 4.2%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sucuri is 1.7%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Domain Name System (DNS) Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense4.2%
Sucuri1.7%
Other94.1%
Domain Name System (DNS) Security
 

Featured Reviews

GANESAN K - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Engineer at Safezone Secure Solutions Private Limited
Centralized DNS security has simplified subnet policies and now protects users across networks
The scheduled report feature for Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense needs improvement. The scheduled reports are sent with a standardized template from Infoblox. It would be highly beneficial if we had customization options for the scheduled reports. This is a key feature that many enterprise customers would be seeking, especially when they need to present reports to management. The reports should include pie charts or bar graphs indicating what traffic is coming and going through the system. Those chart types and drill-down details are also essential for the IT team. We need more customized reports that can provide different reports for the management team and for the IT team. The current reports are available but are not as helpful as customers need. We are currently dedicating logs manually and doing this as a service for our customers, but this should be handled by Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense. Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is a bit expensive.
JS
Hardware Engineer at Ministry of Defense
A cost-effective choice for website security and informative support with issues related to CDN quality
One area where they could improve is in providing real-time support options because now you need to open a support ticket and wait for their response. It would greatly benefit customers if they implemented an online chat or messaging system for quicker assistance. I have found their Content Delivery Network service to be lacking in quality, and it could certainly be enhanced to provide better performance. I would also like to see improvements in the deployment process, as it currently takes more time than desirable. Another significant concern is that their service when your website is down, turns it into a static site. This means that if customers try to visit your site during downtime, they will see old content from the static site, which is not ideal. The CDN and tracking services are areas that need improvement, as well as addressing their bandwidth limitations.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Infoblox DNS Firewall improved our organization by checking that all traffic came from a proper IP address."
"Threat Defense has helped protect data from being stolen or lost."
"Overall, Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is a wonderful tool—one of the best we have used for DNS security, and if any enterprise needs such a solution, they should definitely consider this product to find value in the platform."
"Once it is set up, it pretty much runs on its own."
"The product is stable."
"The most valuable feature is policy redirecting and security reports."
"Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense provides the best dashboard review, where analysts can see everything visualized in an effective way, such as blocked DNS requests, the most targeted users, suspicious domains list, and threat categories, and the executive report summary is also fantastic."
"Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense saves time and reduces workforce dependencies, and instead of having separate DHCP and DNS servers, separate Windows OS, and separate infrastructure with ongoing maintenance costs, those costs are covered within this solution itself."
"Rather than locate some things manually, the Sucuri plugin scans and allows us to pinpoint whether there is malware or some problem in the site."
"For people who own a personal website, this solution is worth trying out since their security solution is somewhat full-fledged."
"I use it as a WAF, which is basically a web firewall to monitor and block traffic to our web server."
"The most valuable part is the analytics and visualization."
"Domain name scanning since it allows us to scan all our domain names and determine whether it has malware or if is reported as phishing."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"It significantly eases the workload and streamlines the initial setup required to protect a website."
"The initial setup was straightforward. Straight forward because the plugin can simply be installed and then it does its job. It's not complex, there is no learning curve. The online scan is simple, you put in the website address and the scan gives us a report on the browser itself. It's simple to use."
 

Cons

"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."
"We would like to see more reporting capabilities that are now offered only with the on-premises reporting appliance."
"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 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."
"I have faced quite a few problems in my eight months of experience with the product in GTS, despite it being a relatively short period."
"A lot of their documentation needs improvement."
"The setup was horrible. About a year ago, Infoblox made us re-enroll all our on-prem DNS servers by a set date to a specific version, or it would stop working. I told my colleague, "Oh, here, we have to upgrade the servers and reconnect them to the CSP." That did not go well at all."
"Customer support is good, but sometimes there is a lack of clarity that the technical assistant team struggles to deliver, leading us to escalate cases for a more in-depth understanding of the tool."
"I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. The reason is that we have found sometimes customers or Google saying that there is something wrong with the website but Sucuri says that the site is clean so we do have to look at the site manually which means that the Sucuri scan does not pick up anything and everything."
"The main improvement I would like to see is support for .NET applications. If they could include this feature, I would include more sites in the protection."
"It would greatly benefit customers if they implemented an online chat or messaging system for quicker assistance."
"In terms of improvement, the cost factor is always there."
"Sucuri could provide help for specific security alerts in-line instead of requiring users to search for it in the help section."
"Confident score: Currently it does not have one and there are cases that most websites flagged are false-positives."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"The licensing is set up such that you pay for the number of active users that you're defending at the moment."
"When you buy the subscription, there are no additional costs to add any additional buttons."
"Infoblox BloxOne offers pretty good documentation. Check its documentation, then do a PoC. Infoblox is very good at providing PoCs."
"It's a pricey solution because it's for the advanced kind of customer."
"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."
"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."
"It stands out as a more cost-effective option compared to other cloud-based security services like Cloudflare or JetPass."
"The ROI has been very good. Because of the solution, I have a tax break. The site developers were not always experienced people. We used to pay more for cleaning up the site when it was infected. Now, we have peace of mind knowing that the solution will clean up the site and that we won't have to go through the unnecessary process of restoring it from a backup. The protection on the WAF and the measures for backups have also prevented our site from going down."
"I’d simply say it’s really worth it."
"Sucuri offers different plans, both the standard plan and an advanced plan. So there are different plans to choose from."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Healthcare Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise15
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense?
Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing, Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is costly compared to other tools such as Cisco Umbrella and Palo Alto DNS security and DNS filter.
What needs improvement with Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense?
The policy in Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is something complex. That needs to be simpler because it's difficult for someone without a high skill level to understand. The interface is fine, but ...
What is your primary use case for Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense?
My main use case for Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is for DNS security. I generally use this for threat defense, which mostly comes under DNS itself. So, it's DNS security and protective DNS plat...
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Also Known As

BloxOne Threat Defense, Infoblox ActiveTrust, Infoblox ActiveTrust Cloud
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Sample Customers

Council Rock School District, EagleView, Schneider Electric, Baptist Memorial Health Care, American University
The Loft Salon, Tom McFarlin, WPBeginner, Taylor Town, Everything Everywhere, Financial Ducks in a Row, Chubstr, Real Advice Gal, Sujan Patel, Wallao, List25, School the World
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