We performed a comparison between Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise and F5 BIG-IP DNS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Infoblox, Palo Alto Networks and others in Domain Name System (DNS) Security."The best feature of Akamai SPS Threat Avert is that it's very user-friendly compared to other technologies."
"It is easy to administer."
"For one of our clients, F5 improved global server load balancing with an active-active site configuration for Disaster Recovery."
"BIG-IP DNS's best features are DNS monitoring and global service load balancing."
"It's very stable."
"The security features, DDoS mitigation facilities, and SQL configuration are the most valuable aspects of this solution."
"F5 BIG-IP DNS is a stable solution."
"BIG-IP DNS effectively handled a traffic surge. For example, we have application forms replicated across our DCs. If our primary application becomes unavailable, BIG-IP automatically fails over to a client-unaware secondary application."
"BIG-IP DNS's best feature is the Global Traffic Manager (GTM)."
"Akamai SPS Threat Avert's pricing could be improved because it's a very expensive enterprise solution."
"The solution can improve by adding cloud integration through plugins or additional configurations so we can use F5 BIG-IP DNS to communicate with the cloud."
"Scalability is a concern, it could be improved."
"The solution's initial setup is complex compared to Fortinet."
"The initial setup is a step-by-step process, so it can be a bit complicated for someone who's using it for the first time."
"I would like to see more marketing documentation, rather than technical documentation."
"The tool needs to improve its UI."
"The initial setup could be easier."
"The costs could always be a bit lower."
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Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is ranked 9th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 1 review while F5 BIG-IP DNS is ranked 4th in Domain Name System (DNS) Security with 18 reviews. Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is rated 9.0, while F5 BIG-IP DNS is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise writes "A user-friendly security SaaS provider with an easy setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP DNS writes "Reliable with good security and management". Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Zscaler Internet Access, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, whereas F5 BIG-IP DNS is most compared with Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, EfficientIP DNS Guardian, Cisco Umbrella and BlueCat Edge.
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