Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise vs Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense comparison

Akamai and Infoblox are both solutions in the Domain Name System (DNS) Security category. Akamai is ranked #9 with an average rating of 9.0, while Infoblox is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.0. Akamai holds a 1.7% mindshare in DS, compared to Infoblox’s 6.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Akamai users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Infoblox users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise and Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Akamai Secure Internet Acc...

Ranking in Domain Name System (DNS) Security

9th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (26th)

Infoblox BloxOne Threat Def...

Ranking in Domain Name System (DNS) Security

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Domain Name System (DNS) Security category, the mindshare of Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise is 1.7%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense is 6.2%, up from 5.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Domain Name System (DNS) Security

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reviewer2159601

Manager- Secure Web Defense- Perimeter Security at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

A user-friendly security SaaS provider with an easy setup

Akamai SPS Threat Avert is deployed on-cloud in our organization. Users should choose Akamai SPS Threat Avert based on their needs and the organization's capability. If it's a small-scale business, I would recommend exploring other solutions that will be fairly cheaper than Akamai SPS Threat Avert. However, if it's an enterprise business with a lot of transactions, security concerns, and compliance issues, I would advise them to go ahead with Akamai SPS Threat Avert. Although it's a good solution, Akamai SPS Threat Avert is expensive and best suited for enterprise-level businesses, not mid-level or low-level organizations. Overall, I rate Akamai SPS Threat Avert a nine out of ten.

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Igor Van Den Ouden

Engineer at Routz

A hybrid solution for DNS security with insights and security reports

The most valuable feature is policy redirecting and security reports. It detects threats and blocks them. Also, it offers DNS handling and data extraction. It provides a centralized view of connected users and incoming data sources. It is integrated via the API to different monitoring systems that send out alerts. We haven't had any false positives due to this solution.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best feature of Akamai SPS Threat Avert is that it's very user-friendly compared to other technologies."

"The automatic blocklists are most valuable. A box can maintain several lists from which we can choose if we need to block more or less. We don't have to manually manage the lists ourselves. They're automatically updated."

"When it comes to helping to detect DNS threats, BloxOne is good on all fronts. The number of false positives is very low, close to none. More than once it has detected new names or lookalike names and protected us and saved us from bad characters."

"The dossier feature is perfect for starting an investigation."

"The reporting ability is helpful. It allows us to control what our users are able to resolve, and then be able to see reports on that."

"Using the reporting, we can tell that we have gained an extra layer of protection. Just by looking at it, we can see what is being blocked before it even makes it to the firewall. It is definitely working."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the granularity for which you can categorize what you want to block versus what you don't want to block."

"The product is stable."

"With the model we have, we are able to scale very easily if we need to."

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Cons

"Akamai SPS Threat Avert's pricing could be improved because it's a very expensive enterprise solution."

"The initial setup is not a simple "click-click-next" installation. It requires some level of experience ."

"They could work on the UI of their website and make their website more user-friendly."

"The setup was horrible. About a year ago, Infoblox made us re-enroll all our on-prem DNS servers by a set date to a specific version, or it would stop working. I told my colleague, "Oh, here, we have to upgrade the servers and reconnect them to the CSP." That did not go well at all."

"The integration of threat intelligence with other solutions is challenging. If I want to expose threat intelligence, I cannot do it via taxi services. I have to call the API, but the customers are not into creating the APIs. The integration of embedded threat intelligence with other platforms should be better. Infoblox should work on this, and it should be easier for the end user to integrate it. It is very easy to deploy this solution. We should be able to integrate it with other platforms, such as the Next-Generation Firewall, with the same ease."

"The onboarding is a little rough at times, and you need to have some information at hand. It is pretty good, but it would be useful to have a few good examples to set up things like data exfiltration."

"Endpoint solutions need to improved."

"A lot of their documentation needs improvement."

"The research side and the reporting side need improvement. Both of those are items on the menu. They could use a little bit of cleanup to make their respective information more easily understood."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Provided the features Akamai SPS Threat Avert provides, it is bound to be expensive."

"There is a significant charge for this product but I think that it's worth it when we look at what it's able to prevent."

"When you buy the subscription, there are no additional costs to add any additional buttons."

"It is a very expensive system. You need to go over the licensing before purchase to make sure you're getting what is needed, not anything extra."

"If you only wanted the DNS filtering and none of the other products built into Threat Defense, it would be nicer if they could do that a la carte since we are not really using a lot of the solution."

"It's a pricey solution because it's for the advanced kind of customer."

"Infoblox BloxOne offers pretty good documentation. Check its documentation, then do a PoC. Infoblox is very good at providing PoCs."

"The licensing is set up such that you pay for the number of active users that you're defending at the moment."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

24%

Financial Services Firm

20%

Manufacturing Company

University

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Akamai SPS Threat Avert?

The best feature of Akamai SPS Threat Avert is that it's very user-friendly compared to other technologies.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Akamai SPS Threat Avert?

Provided the features Akamai SPS Threat Avert provides, it is bound to be expensive.

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What needs improvement with Akamai SPS Threat Avert?

Akamai SPS Threat Avert's pricing could be improved because it's a very expensive enterprise solution. AWS and a lot of other vendors are usually not that much expensive.

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What do you like most about Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense?

The most valuable feature is policy redirecting and security reports.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense?

The product is expensive depending on all features. I rate the product’s pricing an eight out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.

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What needs improvement with Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense?

The product could be cheaper.

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Compared 10% of the time

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Also Known As

Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector, Akamai ETP, Akamai SPS Threat Avert

BloxOne Threat Defense, Infoblox ActiveTrust, Infoblox ActiveTrust Cloud

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Overview

Safely connect users & devices to the internet with a secure web gateway.

Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise (SIAE) enables security teams to proactively identify, block, and mitigate targeted threats such as malware, ransomware, phishing, and data exfiltration that exploit the Domain Name System (DNS). Powered by real-time intelligence from Akamai Cloud Security Intelligence and Akamai’s proven, globally distributed recursive DNS platform, Enterprise Threat Protector efficiently delivers security, control, and visibility to the enterprise while easily integrating with your existing network defenses.

Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense strengthens and optimizes your security posture from the foundation up, giving you the visibility, control and automation to secure the hybrid workplace. Operating at the DNS level, BloxOne Threat Defense uncovers threats that other solutions do not and stops attacks earlier in the threat lifecycle. Through pervasive automation and ecosystem integration, it drives efficiencies in SecOps, increases the effectiveness of the existing security stack, secures digital and work-from-anywhere efforts and lowers the total cost for cybersecurity.

Sample Customers

MCNC, Educational Testing Service

Council Rock School District, EagleView, Schneider Electric, Baptist Memorial Health Care, American University

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