IBM NS1 Connect is an excellent traffic management system. It helps us to route traffic based on location, latency, and many other factors. The ability to automate DNS management is a key feature that I love. The metrics and real-time monitoring are probably the most powerful features I have witnessed. My advice to others looking into using IBM NS1 Connect is that it offers great automation capabilities and flexibility. It provides much more control over how traffic is routed when compared with other tools. The operational efficiency is also great when compared to other alternatives, making it a very recommended tool. It is well-suited for applications where the availability of applications is totally crucial and downtime affects business significantly. It also helps when traffic needs to be routed across multiple regions. However, I would not fully recommend it for small-scale environments or teams that have very little network experience, as they might face complexity because of the vast number of features of IBM NS1 Connect. IBM NS1 Connect is very suitable especially for businesses requiring high application availability, needing to improve performance and advanced traffic steering capability, especially in complex multi-cloud environments, as it ensures maximum uptime. I would rate IBM NS1 Connect overall at eight out of ten.
Depending on where you came from, get ready for a much easier administrative life for yourself. In terms of maintaining uptime during a major DDoS attack, we haven't seen any attack, which can be read into one way or the other. It's part of our architecture to leverage two providers in case there is an issue with one, but as far as I've been able to tell, I haven't seen any outages physically. It provides integrations that enable full-stack observability with automatic, real-time adjustments, but it is just not how we're architected to leverage their service. I'd rate it a nine out of ten. I feel there's always room for growth, but from what they have right now, it's a very solid, very reliable, and very wonderful experience product.
The odds are that a free cloud provider is not going to be able to match the performance and the extensibility of a paid solution like NS1. Ultimately, that delayed response is going to affect your users and their impression of your site. I couldn't recommend a better product than NS1 for managed DNS and CDN load balancing right now. They provide a great solution for managed CDN balancing.
Head of Reliability Engineering at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Real User
Feb 16, 2022
Look carefully at DNS security. In the last few years, there have been several DNS attacks that leveraged DNS protocols. Therefore, it is important that companies actually know what they are doing with DNS. I would rate NS1 Managed DNS as nine out of 10. There is room for improvement.
I rate NS1 Managed DNS 10 out of 10. If you're thinking about implementing the solution, my advice is to test this stuff and work actively with the NS1 team on the migration. My advice would be to talk to NS1, keep them in the loop, and plan it together. Don't try to do it all yourself.
Director of Site Reliability Engineering at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Oct 7, 2021
If someone says they don't need to spend money on a solution like this because they have a free cloud provider or basic DNS, I would say you get what you pay for and that you're also paying for the time and energy you have to put in, yourself, to do the work. Perhaps one of the biggest wins for NS1 is that people don't readily know their name at times. That means they're doing a good job and people don't even think about who our DNS provider is because it just works. I would say use NS1, without hesitation.
Engineering Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Sep 2, 2021
To someone who says that they don't spend money on a solution like this because they have a free cloud provider or a basic DNS, I would say that they need to think about reliability and, of course, performance. Those are two main things on the users' side. On the company side or the engineering side, with NS1, it is really easy to have automation in place for management and monitoring. My only advice is to keep it automated. It is easy to do. NS1 provides the whole platform to run their solution from your infrastructure as a code by using API. You can also use tools like Terraform or any other automated management system. I would rate Managed DNS a 10 out of 10. We don't have a lot of issues. Of course, it is a growing product, and there are some areas of improvement for NS1, but just based on our interactions with them and how this product works for our infrastructure, we are completely satisfied.
VP Information Technology & Cyber at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Aug 30, 2021
For those who have a free cloud provider or basic DNS, I would say that the road into the application and the road into your infrastructure is part of the actual solution that you provide. DNS is part of that pavement. That is the road that end-users reach your application. The higher quality you can have there, especially if it's at a reasonable price means that you will be able to better serve your customers. And that is an important part of IT. Eventually, we are here to serve the business and if we can serve them better then it has an impact. Once you have it side-by-side to your existing solution and the stability, speed, reduced error level, the easy connectivity into other platforms, observability, and automation are all worth the investment in engineering time and cost. I would rate NS1 Managed DNS a ten out of ten.
Technical Lead - Production Engineer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Jun 24, 2021
Engage as much as you can with their customer success team. Explain your use cases very well and they will suggest good solutions that are the perfect fit. Keep in touch with their team. NS1 is an evolving product. The more you stay in touch with the customer success and technical support teams, the more likely it is you will be successful. Also, focus on automation. NS1 is API-driven. The fact that we are really focused on and invested in automation tools has really helped us.
IBM NS1 Connect delivers comprehensive DNS management with features like DNSSEC, low latency, and intelligent traffic routing. It integrates seamlessly with automation tools, making it ideal for improving infrastructure management.IBM NS1 Connect offers a robust DNS management platform combining security, speed, and reliability. Its API-driven functionality allows for seamless integration with Terraform and other tools, enhancing geolocation-aware capabilities and real-time performance...
IBM NS1 Connect is an excellent traffic management system. It helps us to route traffic based on location, latency, and many other factors. The ability to automate DNS management is a key feature that I love. The metrics and real-time monitoring are probably the most powerful features I have witnessed. My advice to others looking into using IBM NS1 Connect is that it offers great automation capabilities and flexibility. It provides much more control over how traffic is routed when compared with other tools. The operational efficiency is also great when compared to other alternatives, making it a very recommended tool. It is well-suited for applications where the availability of applications is totally crucial and downtime affects business significantly. It also helps when traffic needs to be routed across multiple regions. However, I would not fully recommend it for small-scale environments or teams that have very little network experience, as they might face complexity because of the vast number of features of IBM NS1 Connect. IBM NS1 Connect is very suitable especially for businesses requiring high application availability, needing to improve performance and advanced traffic steering capability, especially in complex multi-cloud environments, as it ensures maximum uptime. I would rate IBM NS1 Connect overall at eight out of ten.
Depending on where you came from, get ready for a much easier administrative life for yourself. In terms of maintaining uptime during a major DDoS attack, we haven't seen any attack, which can be read into one way or the other. It's part of our architecture to leverage two providers in case there is an issue with one, but as far as I've been able to tell, I haven't seen any outages physically. It provides integrations that enable full-stack observability with automatic, real-time adjustments, but it is just not how we're architected to leverage their service. I'd rate it a nine out of ten. I feel there's always room for growth, but from what they have right now, it's a very solid, very reliable, and very wonderful experience product.
The odds are that a free cloud provider is not going to be able to match the performance and the extensibility of a paid solution like NS1. Ultimately, that delayed response is going to affect your users and their impression of your site. I couldn't recommend a better product than NS1 for managed DNS and CDN load balancing right now. They provide a great solution for managed CDN balancing.
Look carefully at DNS security. In the last few years, there have been several DNS attacks that leveraged DNS protocols. Therefore, it is important that companies actually know what they are doing with DNS. I would rate NS1 Managed DNS as nine out of 10. There is room for improvement.
I rate NS1 Managed DNS 10 out of 10. If you're thinking about implementing the solution, my advice is to test this stuff and work actively with the NS1 team on the migration. My advice would be to talk to NS1, keep them in the loop, and plan it together. Don't try to do it all yourself.
If someone says they don't need to spend money on a solution like this because they have a free cloud provider or basic DNS, I would say you get what you pay for and that you're also paying for the time and energy you have to put in, yourself, to do the work. Perhaps one of the biggest wins for NS1 is that people don't readily know their name at times. That means they're doing a good job and people don't even think about who our DNS provider is because it just works. I would say use NS1, without hesitation.
To someone who says that they don't spend money on a solution like this because they have a free cloud provider or a basic DNS, I would say that they need to think about reliability and, of course, performance. Those are two main things on the users' side. On the company side or the engineering side, with NS1, it is really easy to have automation in place for management and monitoring. My only advice is to keep it automated. It is easy to do. NS1 provides the whole platform to run their solution from your infrastructure as a code by using API. You can also use tools like Terraform or any other automated management system. I would rate Managed DNS a 10 out of 10. We don't have a lot of issues. Of course, it is a growing product, and there are some areas of improvement for NS1, but just based on our interactions with them and how this product works for our infrastructure, we are completely satisfied.
For those who have a free cloud provider or basic DNS, I would say that the road into the application and the road into your infrastructure is part of the actual solution that you provide. DNS is part of that pavement. That is the road that end-users reach your application. The higher quality you can have there, especially if it's at a reasonable price means that you will be able to better serve your customers. And that is an important part of IT. Eventually, we are here to serve the business and if we can serve them better then it has an impact. Once you have it side-by-side to your existing solution and the stability, speed, reduced error level, the easy connectivity into other platforms, observability, and automation are all worth the investment in engineering time and cost. I would rate NS1 Managed DNS a ten out of ten.
Engage as much as you can with their customer success team. Explain your use cases very well and they will suggest good solutions that are the perfect fit. Keep in touch with their team. NS1 is an evolving product. The more you stay in touch with the customer success and technical support teams, the more likely it is you will be successful. Also, focus on automation. NS1 is API-driven. The fact that we are really focused on and invested in automation tools has really helped us.