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Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection pros and cons

Vendor: Infoblox
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection effectively mitigates and stops DNS-based attacks, protecting internal environments.
Its centralized management of DNS, DHCP, and IPAM simplifies and automates network and service management.
Grid high availability technology ensures network reliability, offering resilient services, failover, recovery, and maintenance.
Advanced features include APIs, ansible scripts, and robust IP management with integration for DNS security.
Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection's performance, logging capability, and scalability are highly valued.

CONS

Pricing of Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection is high, especially for certain markets like Bangladesh, and the licensing model poses challenges.
Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection's technical documentation and administration require improvement.
There is a steep learning curve, necessitating a high level of expertise to use Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection effectively.
Syslog capabilities are limited, leading to challenges in handling high-volume traffic without external storage solutions.
The pricing strategy of Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection is difficult to estimate after initial presentations, especially concerning enterprise needs compared to competitors like Cloudflare.
 

Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection Pros review quotes

it_user595260 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Consultant at a non-profit
Jan 11, 2018
Infoblox Secure DNS helped us protect our internal environment by mitigating and stopping attacks through the Internet using DNS protocols and queries.
LB
Network Security Regional Domain Lead at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Dec 9, 2019
DHCP is a basic service, and they've been doing it for years, so it's mature and stable.
it_user1298478 - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 5, 2020
Infoblox offers granularity and advanced DNS protection to mitigate DNS attacks. It's a very secure solution.
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it_user1292451 - PeerSpot reviewer
Telecommunication Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Mar 9, 2020
The security of the solution is perfect. It's very good at protecting us from attacks.
David Ferreira - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Jan 17, 2022
The most valuable features of Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection are the services, DHCP, and debugging. Additionally, we can use APIs and ansible scripts.
reviewer1368447 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Consultant (Professional Services) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Jan 20, 2022
The main advantages with Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection are the dashboards, the reporting system, and they have the GUI interface.
Bob Bagheri - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Feb 2, 2022
Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection allows us to manage our overall addresses and IT in one location. Many companies are using this solution, it is very popular.
JS
Consultant at Private
Dec 2, 2022
I like that Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection is one hundred percent good, performance-wise.
SL
Director with 11-50 employees
Mar 29, 2023
It is a stable solution.
Zakaria Fawzy - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Specialist at MCS
May 15, 2023
The most valuable feature of Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection is its performance and visibility.
 

Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection Cons review quotes

it_user595260 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Consultant at a non-profit
Jan 11, 2018
I think only the technical documentation and administration of box could be a little bit improved.
LB
Network Security Regional Domain Lead at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Dec 9, 2019
The solution is expensive.
it_user1298478 - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 5, 2020
There needs to be more capabilities in order to configure the console itself instead of the user interface dashboard. Configuring the DNS or DHCP through the console instead of the GUI dashboard would be better.
Learn what your peers think about Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: January 2026.
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it_user1292451 - PeerSpot reviewer
Telecommunication Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Mar 9, 2020
There should be better alerts for when attacks are happening.
David Ferreira - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Jan 17, 2022
The service monitoring information could be simplified of this appliance and the information displayed on the dashboards could be improved. I have not found one dashboard to be perfect. For example, in Splunk, I can create a dashboard in Grafana. However, in Grafana, it takes a very long time to create them. There should be another API to do it better.
reviewer1368447 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Consultant (Professional Services) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Jan 20, 2022
They are not supporting high query logging. They have a very limited size for the syslog, so they are usually asking for external storage, external network, and integration in order to keep the syslog. If you are considering the high volume traffic of the carrier-grade, then the syslog will hold for around five to 10 minutes. This is not enough time and it is being rotated. This is the main issue and the main limitation that we face with them that they need to work on.
Bob Bagheri - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Feb 2, 2022
There is a steep learning curve to be able to use Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection well.
JS
Consultant at Private
Dec 2, 2022
Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection could be more user-friendly because you need knowledge if you want to use it. To handle the solution, you need to be a subject matter expert, so this is one area for improvement.
SL
Director with 11-50 employees
Mar 29, 2023
They should release frequent updates for its on-premises version.
Zakaria Fawzy - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Specialist at MCS
May 15, 2023
The price could be reduced to improve the solution.