Enterprise Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
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2024-02-02T18:42:00Z
Feb 2, 2024
We find the current pricing model more reasonable compared to the previous per-IP pricing. BlueCat was competitively priced against Infoblox during our evaluation. While currently using their maintenance support only, BlueCat is certainly an expensive product. However, considering our company's growth and performance, we believe it's a necessary investment. While free solutions like AD DNS exist, BlueCat offers significant added value, justifying its cost. Our senior leadership shares this view and is pleased with the results.
One of the nice benefits of getting DNS Edge is that you buy the subscription, and you are allowed to deploy as many Edge endpoints as you need. You do not need a separate license for each one. If you deploy 20 of them, you will not be billed for that many. It is one subscription. You can deploy as many as you need and consume as much as you need. The cost comes in based on the number of IPs that you are consuming and running through DNS Edge. We have that pretty much locked in for what we need for internal purposes. Being able to save money on deploying Edge endpoints has saved us drastically from deploying other BlueCat products in lieu of that.
Eservices Administrator at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
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2023-05-09T20:24:00Z
May 9, 2023
I'm doing a costing and licensing comparison between the BlueCat DNS Integrity and Micetro by Men&Mice. BlueCat has given me a range instead of a specific price. They gave me a range of ten thousand to two hundred thousand USD. That was a bit too wide for the cost comparison. Based on what I'm seeing, they are definitely on the higher side and very expensive.
DNS security is crucial for protecting the internet's DNS infrastructure from cyberattacks. Since attackers frequently target DNS, DNS security tools play a vital role in safeguarding against threats such as malware, phishing, and denial-of-service attacks.
We find the current pricing model more reasonable compared to the previous per-IP pricing. BlueCat was competitively priced against Infoblox during our evaluation. While currently using their maintenance support only, BlueCat is certainly an expensive product. However, considering our company's growth and performance, we believe it's a necessary investment. While free solutions like AD DNS exist, BlueCat offers significant added value, justifying its cost. Our senior leadership shares this view and is pleased with the results.
One of the nice benefits of getting DNS Edge is that you buy the subscription, and you are allowed to deploy as many Edge endpoints as you need. You do not need a separate license for each one. If you deploy 20 of them, you will not be billed for that many. It is one subscription. You can deploy as many as you need and consume as much as you need. The cost comes in based on the number of IPs that you are consuming and running through DNS Edge. We have that pretty much locked in for what we need for internal purposes. Being able to save money on deploying Edge endpoints has saved us drastically from deploying other BlueCat products in lieu of that.
I'm doing a costing and licensing comparison between the BlueCat DNS Integrity and Micetro by Men&Mice. BlueCat has given me a range instead of a specific price. They gave me a range of ten thousand to two hundred thousand USD. That was a bit too wide for the cost comparison. Based on what I'm seeing, they are definitely on the higher side and very expensive.
I was not involved with the pricing of this solution.