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Cloudflare vs Infoblox DDI comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.1
Cloudflare improves performance, security, and financial outcomes with affordable plans, enhancing user satisfaction and operational efficiency significantly.
Sentiment score
6.0
Infoblox DDI provides high ROI by improving efficiency and is ideal for large environments despite its high cost.
For the small project I was working on, using the basic tier provided a huge improvement at zero cost.
Security Specialist at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
In terms of return on investment with Cloudflare, it costs my time to set them up, but basically once they're set up, it's done.
Owner at Hga consulting
Infoblox offers an ROI that saves time and money.
Systems security engineer at Secure Networks Ltd
Integrating DDI offers more efficient return on investment compared to implementing DHCP, DNS security, and IP address management separately.
Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Cloudflare's customer service is praised for promptness, but technical support feedback varies, especially favoring Enterprise tier users.
Sentiment score
7.9
Infoblox DDI support is seen as professional and effective, despite mixed feedback on response times and costs.
Cloudflare does not offer hands-on technical support to fix customer problems but rather a self-service model.
Senior Consultant CDN at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
I would rate the technical support with Cloudflare as excellent every time I've had to call them.
Owner at Hga consulting
We use other solutions where support is available through Slack channels and is more interactive, with someone responding within a couple of minutes or seconds.
General Manager at bKash Limited
Whenever we have an issue, they are very helpful.
Network engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
The customer service and support are fantastic.
Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Users praise Cloudflare's scalability, flexibility, and seamless tier transitions for maintaining high performance under increasing traffic and demands.
Sentiment score
7.1
Infoblox DDI is scalable and flexible, ideal for multinational corporations, but its cost may deter smaller enterprises.
It is a SaaS tool, but the fact that they have workloads deployed across the world proves that it is a highly scalable tool.
Principal Cyber Prevent and Defense Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The tool offers very good performance, even during high-traffic periods.
Engineer at SITMEXICO
I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.
Independent Consultant at Unaikui
InfoBlox DDI is very scalable, offering both physical and virtual box solutions.
Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd
I rate the scalability of Infoblox as eight out of ten.
Systems security engineer at Secure Networks Ltd
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Cloudflare is generally stable and reliable, with some initial setup challenges but excellent performance and positive user feedback.
Sentiment score
8.2
Infoblox DDI is stable, integrates well with virtualization, has improved hardware, easy deployment, and responsive support.
I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.
Independent Consultant at Unaikui
The service is very stable with no impacts during high-traffic periods.
Engineer at SITMEXICO
I am not seeing any issues while deploying because the deployment process is very easy and simple with straightforward steps.
Senior Associate at ProTechmanize Solutions (P) Ltd.
Infoblox encounters some glitches, making it not entirely super stable.
Systems security engineer at Secure Networks Ltd
 

Room For Improvement

Cloudflare needs enhancements in speed, support, reliability, pricing, and documentation, while expanding integration, security, and analytics capabilities.
Infoblox DDI needs better integrations, faster GUI, scalability enhancements, and pricing adjustments to broaden its SMB appeal.
Despite these challenges, overall, Cloudflare remains the preferred solution compared to Azure, AWS CloudFront, and Google Cloud Armor.
Managed Services Manager at Adapture Technology Group
Customers do not have options to modify any configuration parameters in Cloudflare, whereas other competitor solutions, such as F5 Distributed Cloud, allow customers to tune configurations according to their requirements.
General Manager at bKash Limited
Areas like how assessment, discovery, and payload are dealt with and how it all comes into your organization can be considered when trying to make suggestions to Cloudflare for improvements.
Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Integrated Technology Solution Group (ITSG)
It would be helpful if we can log in and click on the server, and have the CLI pop up directly instead of using third-party software, like PuTTY.
DDI Engineer at a non-profit with 1-10 employees
The commercial pricing could be reduced to attract more small customers.
Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd
I have experienced instances where a URL was triggered by Infoblox even though it was not accessed.
Systems security engineer at Secure Networks Ltd
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find Cloudflare cost-effective, with valuable upgrades and competitive pricing, despite unclear enterprise price lists.
Infoblox DDI is a premium solution for medium to large enterprises, offering advanced features and simplified subscription licensing.
I find it to be cheap.
Engineer at SITMEXICO
I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.
Senior Solutions Architect at Think Power Solutions
The tool is a premium product, so it is very expensive.
Principal Cyber Prevent and Defense Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The pricing is quite expensive, which is why I recommend it for medium and large enterprises and not for small businesses.
DDI Engineer at a non-profit with 1-10 employees
InfoBlox DDI is a premium product and is relatively expensive compared to other solutions in the market.
Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd
Infoblox DDI's pricing is quite high compared to others.
Network engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
 

Valuable Features

Cloudflare provides caching, DDoS protection, and CDN services with enhanced security features, making it vital for optimized web performance.
Infoblox DDI efficiently manages network services with a user-friendly interface, robust security, and scalable deployment options.
The most valuable features of the solution are performance and security.
Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Integrated Technology Solution Group (ITSG)
Techniques like minification and image compression reduce the size of assets, leading to better performance and faster user load times.
Senior Solutions Architect at Think Power Solutions
The solution has been able to compare it to the market, and I think the product has taken great strides in automating quite a bit of things, and they use a lot of AI.
Principal Cyber Prevent and Defense Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
These features make Infoblox DDI preferable because users can get any kind of support, and the UI is easily trainable.
DDI Engineer at a non-profit with 1-10 employees
The DDI solution is valuable for its ability to integrate DHCP, DNS security, and IP address management, along with threat intelligence into one platform.
Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd
The DNS component of Infoblox DDI is the most valuable feature for us because it includes DNSSEC for DNS security.
Network engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Cloudflare
Ranking in Managed DNS
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
CDN (1st), WAN Optimization (4th), Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (1st), Domain Name System (DNS) Security (5th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (12th)
Infoblox DDI
Ranking in Managed DNS
6th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
DDI (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Managed DNS category, the mindshare of Cloudflare is 31.5%, down from 35.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infoblox DDI is 2.5%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed DNS Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Cloudflare31.5%
Infoblox DDI2.5%
Other66.0%
Managed DNS
 

Featured Reviews

M.A. Faisal - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at bKash Limited
Advanced protection has secured critical web workloads and provides clear traffic visibility
From a security perspective, there remains a security loophole, as some browsers in the market can bypass the Turnstile solution, which requires approximately 40 seconds to do so. From a performance perspective, this is acceptable. We also tried Google reCAPTCHA, and that can also be bypassed. From a security perspective, I would say neither solution is completely secured. Regarding uptime, we have faced a couple of incidents due to Cloudflare in recent years, so I cannot say we receive 100% uptime for our region. We sometimes face challenges, including downtime and other issues. As a result, we are not receiving 100% uptime from Cloudflare's solution. Since most of our customers are in this region, we need alternatives. We need something more competitive than Cloudflare. Unfortunately, in Bangladesh, Cloudflare has three points of presence already, and we cannot find any other solution provider in Bangladesh as an alternative, which presents another challenge. Competitor solutions have more attack signatures, which ensure better security compared to Cloudflare's predefined configurations. Customers do not have options to modify any configuration parameters in Cloudflare, whereas other competitor solutions, such as F5 Distributed Cloud, allow customers to tune configurations according to their requirements. Cloudflare could improve in this area. Additionally, regarding visibility, Cloudflare has static visibility, but they could adopt dynamic graph features for their customers.
Areeba Shujat - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems security engineer at Secure Networks Ltd
Proactively secures DNS by blocking malicious URLs and triggers necessary alerts
I work with Infoblox DDI for DNS management, which involves blocking malicious and suspicious URLs. This helps in protecting my organization's domain name system and involves deep investigation and policy enforcement to understand why certain URLs are being used Infoblox is a proactive DNS system…
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Comparison Review

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Security Expert with 51-200 employees
Nov 6, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business46
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise26
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
Cloudflare. We are moving from Akamai prolexic to Cloudflare. Cloudflare anycast network outperforms Akamai static GRE tunnels. We have decreased site load times on Mobile 3G from 8 to 1,6 seconds ...
Which would you choose - Cloudflare DNS or Quad9?
Cloudflare DNS is a very fast, very reliable public DNS resolver. It is an enterprise-grade authoritative DNS service that offers great redundancy and advanced security with built-in unmetered and ...
What do you like most about Cloudflare?
Cloudflare offers CDN and DDoS protection. We have the front end, API, and database in how you structure applications.
What needs improvement with Infoblox DDI?
There isn't much that needs improvement, but I would say the pricing model could be more flexible.
What is your primary use case for Infoblox DDI?
We are using all of the DDI components within Infoblox DDI ( /products/infoblox-ddi-reviews ), including DNS, DHCP, and IPAM. We are running it for operations within the government sector.
What advice do you have for others considering Infoblox DDI?
Overall, I would rate Infoblox DDI a nine out of ten. I would recommend this product to other users.
 

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