We performed a comparison between Infoblox IPAM and SolarWinds IPAM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The features we found the most valuable were being able to handle DHCP scopes and handing out DHCP leases. We weren't doing some of the things that we can do, such as DNS query rate limiting. Our usage was pretty standard. We wanted to be able to track our IP addresses to create DNS entries and then create DHCP and manage DHCP scopes. We used the standard features the most."
"The most important feature of Infoblox IPAM for my clients is its reliability."
"The graphical user interface is very user-friendly and simple to use. It is very simple to use if you have never used it before."
"Infoblox gives us the flexibility to manage our internal networks and publish the data outside of the network on the internet. It's quite fluid to do it."
"We can specify the availability of subnets when we create them."
"Before IPAM (IP Address Management) came into the picture, every user had to depend on an Active Directory engineer to get an IP assigned. With Infoblox IPAM, there's automation or auto assignment of IP addresses which is a valuable feature. There's also the capability of storing many networks in one place through the solution. Infoblox IPAM solved the major issue of needing an Active Directory engineer to assign an IP."
"This is a DDI solution and having one management control has been most useful."
"It provides us with flexibility."
"Its setup is simple. Its interface is simple. It's very easy to manage."
"I am impressed with the product's reports."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"I would recommend this solution for all companies that have to deal with a lot of networks."
"The product is user-friendly and valuable."
"The initial setup is straightforward. It takes about half a day, and it can be done by one engineer."
"I like the option to keep all of the available and used IPAM addresses in the central organization."
"SolarWinds IPAM is a simple and user-friendly tool."
"How you track IPs within a subnet and how all of that works was not intuitive to me. If I compare it to VitalQIP, I create a subnet, and it's a slash 24 size. It's very easy. I look, and here are my 254 IPs. I can then see if I have assigned a static, do I have a DHCP scope, and what's the name of the device. That's all there in front of me. The thing that I found frustrating with Infoblox was that it was not very intuitive."
"From an IPAM standpoint, DHCP is an area that needs to be improved."
"The solution is not easy to use; the GUI and CLI are challenging to use, limiting end-user capability. We can't use Linux terminal features with Infoblox, as it struggles to detect and troubleshoot problems. We generally use troubleshooting tools like tcpdump in our network security area and we can use that in Infoblox with limited features."
"When we do a host entry, it also reflects in the lookup. We should be able to filter that part. If we do only the A and PTR records, we need to reflect only that part in the lookup."
"When we use the forwarders or when we're trying to connect with the internet, sometimes there are issues and the publishing time is longer."
"Infoblox IPAM could improve some of the features. The market is demanding for some features that are not there, but there is always a reason why it's not there. At the moment, the solution is rather complete for what it's used for. It can always extend to solve some other issues that are linked to it, but the solution itself is complete."
"It is challenging to find training tutorials online."
"An area for improvement is IPAM's smart folders, which can be slow to access and would benefit from a search feature."
"I would like more updates."
"They should provide more details on the full stack feature. It needs to be integrated with the hypervisor."
"SolarWinds IPAM offers premium support, but the customer has to pay more money, and then they will have minimal response times."
"Sometimes we have to wait for screens to load, so faster operations would be better."
"My understanding is that IPAM cannot be used for the AWS environment. I might be wrong, but that's what I believe it cannot do. On AWS, SolarWinds IPAM cannot do what it does on the on-prem side. They should explore how to make IPAM capable and scalable on AWS and Azure environments."
"From any improvement perspective, SolarWinds IPAM should consider working on the area where the tool lacks, which is its network management capabilities."
"The product needs to improve its support. The response time is long and not very helpful."
"The installation and storage could be improved."
Infoblox IPAM is ranked 1st in IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools with 15 reviews while SolarWinds IPAM is ranked 3rd in IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools with 10 reviews. Infoblox IPAM is rated 9.0, while SolarWinds IPAM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Infoblox IPAM writes "Plug-and-play, stable, scalable, and lets you manage everything from the cloud; has professional technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds IPAM writes "A stable and scalable tool meant for IP address management". Infoblox IPAM is most compared with BlueCat Integrity, BT Diamond IP, NetBox.dev, Micetro and Device42, whereas SolarWinds IPAM is most compared with ManageEngine OpUtils, BlueCat Integrity, NetBox.dev and Micetro. See our Infoblox IPAM vs. SolarWinds IPAM report.
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