I'm not aware of the exact pricing and licensing as I was not part of the procurement process. However, there was a significant cost reduction thanks to BlueCat Cloud DNS managing external solutions.
IT Engineer at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
Oct 31, 2024
The pricing for BlueCat Edge is not horrific. While it's not as inexpensive as I would like, we are subscription-based and have unlimited implementation.
The licensing model for BlueCat Edge seems very good, although I can't confirm if it's specific to our contract. There are no restrictions on the number of Edge devices we can deploy. The pricing is bundled with other BlueCat products we use through our BlueCat Shop. Since we purchase a variety of BlueCat products, I'm unsure of the individual cost of Edge or if it's even factored into the overall bundle pricing.
Enterprise Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
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.
Principal Architect, System Design /Enterprise-Hybrid Cloud DNS Lead at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
Aug 24, 2023
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
Real User
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.
BlueCat Edge is an intelligent DNS resolver and caching layer that leverages existing DNS infrastructure to provide unprecedented visibility and control over DNS traffic. As a first hop DNS resolver, BlueCat Edge intelligently manages DNS forwarding rules and logs all queries to offer intuitive analytics and data governance. By monitoring all queries and IP addresses with BlueCat Edge, enterprises can also leverage BlueCat’s advanced Threat Protection and policy-based network/security...
I'm not aware of the exact pricing and licensing as I was not part of the procurement process. However, there was a significant cost reduction thanks to BlueCat Cloud DNS managing external solutions.
The pricing for BlueCat Edge is not horrific. While it's not as inexpensive as I would like, we are subscription-based and have unlimited implementation.
The licensing model for BlueCat Edge seems very good, although I can't confirm if it's specific to our contract. There are no restrictions on the number of Edge devices we can deploy. The pricing is bundled with other BlueCat products we use through our BlueCat Shop. Since we purchase a variety of BlueCat products, I'm unsure of the individual cost of Edge or if it's even factored into the overall bundle pricing.
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.