BlueCat Integrity vs Infoblox IPAM comparison

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BlueCat and Infoblox are both solutions in the IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools category. BlueCat is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.9, while Infoblox is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.0. BlueCat holds a 19.5% mindshare in IT, compared to Infoblox’s 21.8% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of BlueCat users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Infoblox users who would recommend it.

BlueCat Integrity

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98% willing to recommend

Infoblox IPAM

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between BlueCat Integrity and Infoblox 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.

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BlueCat Integrity vs. Infoblox IPAM

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

Categories and Ranking

BlueCat Integrity

Ranking in IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools

1st

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Managed DNS (3rd), DDI (1st)

Infoblox IPAM

Ranking in IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools category, the mindshare of BlueCat Integrity is 19.5%, up from 15.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infoblox IPAM is 21.8%, down from 31.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
BlueCat Integrity	19.5%
Infoblox IPAM	21.8%
Other	58.7%

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Bob Fuller

Engineering Specialist at Community Health Systems

Centralized DDI management has transformed our hospitals and now cuts manual effort to a minimum

There is not much to dislike about it. It is not a Microsoft product. It is based on Linux. I am a Microsoft guy learning to run these Linux environments. So there is a little bit of a learning curve there if you are not already a native or natural Linux user. We do have to patch our environments, probably quarterly, with hot fixes or updates that we have to apply. Updates and maintenance and applying them could be improved. Unfortunately, we can only do them one at a time. We have to follow them sequentially. We cannot do them all in mass. That does become a problem for us, especially if we have a zero-day threat that is sitting out there that is live. If I cannot update my environment within moments, then I am challenged. In order to update this environment with 150 plus devices, I have to go through one at a time. That can take us several days to be able to patch. Our API is the only automation capability. Our networking team who provisions our new networks as we build a new environment or a new site or we acquire a new organization handles a lot of that through automation via API. They provision and build up the permissions and rights and access model for each new network and sub-network. We are considering and trying to determine if we need to get even more automated and whether or not we need to leverage more API capability. We are building a team of automation engineers, and they are looking around and digging to find something to work on. We could do some more automation, but what would we do? We still have not figured out what else we would do. For my team that runs the actual BlueCat Integrity environment, we do not use API automation. Our networking team who provisions and builds the new networks handles that via API. We have thought about going through more in-depth automation, but we cannot find a good use case for it in terms of what level of engagement we want to take with it and how dedicated we want to be to become a development shop. That is still on the wings and we are trying to figure out if this is something that we can handle, or do we continually have to rely upon an external developer. BlueCat Integrity does not develop for us. They have a certain level of liability that they will not accept when it comes to automation and scripting through their API. They say they will guide us, but they will not do it for us.

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Stefan Feher

Nsi L1 Operations Analyst at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Centralized DNS tracking has improved incident response and simplifies security investigations

The best feature Infoblox IPAM offers is the ease of having everything in one place. Having everything in one place with Infoblox IPAM, such as networks, records, CNAMEs, DNS, and other elements, is easy to manage from a single platform instead of having to log into different vendors. The DHCP monitoring feature stands out as well.

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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

"BlueCat Integrity has helped our organization reduce downtime, as if we had gone for the manual or older Microsoft services, we would have definitely faced a lot of downtime; now it's almost zero downtime."

"Because BlueCat Integrity is so easy to use, even the newest people to it, the tier twos in tech support, are able to pick it up very quickly."

"The support from BlueCat was exceptional, as all issues were addressed without any major impacts, with support being very quick and faster compared to the previous vendor we had."

"Managing our BDI infrastructure globally is simple, and BlueCat's personalized relationship with us is valuable to our organization."

"The most valuable features are scalability and cloud infrastructure."

"The most valuable feature of BlueCat Integrity is decentralized management, which enables real-time visibility and control over the entire IP address space, DNS, and DHCP from a single console."

"One of the key features enabling us to operate at our current scale is robust automation."

"BlueCat Integrity has helped reduce human error in my processes by almost 60 percent because the automation is very strong."

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"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."

"This is a DDI solution and having one management control has been most useful."

"We are happy with the product, and it provides us with flexibility."

"Regarding DDI, I would say the best feature of Infoblox is the DNS security. DNS tunneling is a significant security issue and is very difficult to protect against based on our tests with other types of security devices. However, Infoblox eliminates this issue and provides excellent security against a difficult threat."

"For me, the best feature of Infoblox IPAM is that you can use BloxOne DDI which means you can manage everything from the cloud and have security policies as well. I also like that Infoblox IPAM is plug-and-play."

"Infoblox IPAM provides visibility into what's on your network and helps fingerprint devices based on the OS, manufacturer, and other things along those lines."

"It helps to avoid manual mistakes and we can add the proper DNS if we add an Alias name to that. We are aware of the CNAME we need to use. By using Infoblox as a DNS, we can add the A and PTR records, which is helpful for the lookup as well as the reverse lookup."

"I am overall satisfied with Infoblox support."

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Cons

"When you replace an appliance, there are many configuration steps, so adding zero-touch provisioning would be helpful. It can be quite tedious and time-consuming to replace a device if it fails or deploy a new one."

"The IPAM dashboard could be enhanced to display more information and provide data analysis features."

"When evaluating BlueCat Integrity, challenges with dynamic DNS updates were encountered, but configuration issues can be fixed to mitigate those."

"BlueCat Integrity can improve by increasing the amount of updates it releases."

"I would add that documentation is the first improvement needed, and also, when we call for support, there are often delays, as even when we raise a severity one or priority one, we often do not get instant responses from the TAC or support teams."

"When I started using BlueCat Integrity, I found it somewhat challenging to navigate to add DNS entries, but over time I learned how to use it better, and it became very easy to scroll and manage as I became more familiar with the environment."

"The technical support is slow and has room for improvement."

"Every time I do configuration in BAM, I need to deploy in BDDS, which wastes time."

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"An area for improvement is IPAM's smart folders, which can be slow to access and would benefit from a search feature."

"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."

"Infoblox IPAM has improved and is better, but it needs to have an external GSLB functionality. Currently, the solution has a GLSB functionality for internal appliances, but for an external user, that functionality doesn't exist. Infoblox IPAM also needs some improvement on its threat engine and RPZ policies, or DNS firewall or DNS policies. An additional feature I'd like to see in Infoblox IPAM is zero-touch provisioning in terms of the appliances. Currently, there's zero-touch provisioning for cloud-based devices, but for physical appliances in branches, there's none, so you still have to do some configurations. For example, if you have existing DNS infrastructure and you need to set up Infoblox IPAM in new branches, and you need more appliances, you should be able to just plug the solution into the network, and there shouldn't be any manual interference required."

"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."

"The marketing of the solution could improve to give customers the awareness of the benefits."

"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."

"Infoblox IPAM also needs some improvement on its threat engine and RPZ policies, or DNS firewall or DNS policies."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"BlueCat Integrity is a little expensive, but it's worth the price because it offers the flexibility and features we need in our space. We have more than 25,000 employees, and it makes sense for a network of our size. It's required for us to be compliant in the defense industry. Given the restrictions we face, we must be able to easily show that we've complied with all the regulations."

"We paid around $5,000 per year for SolarWinds, and now we pay around $20,000 per year for BlueCat, but we have less downtime and fewer issues with DNS and DHCP."

"Overall, I would say that it is priced fairly, though perhaps a bit on the high side."

"While BlueCat falls on the expensive side, its exceptional customer service and consistent quality justify the cost."

"BlueCat Integrity is more cost-effective than Infoblox."

"Adaptive DNS's price depends on your network ranges, the services you want, and the level of support you require."

"Our licensing model with BlueCat Integrity is cheaper than Infoblox."

"They're competitive. The way they run their model is good. Could it stand some tweaking? Sure. There are some items there. One of the things I looked at in the recent past was their container solutions. You have to pay for licensing to use their containerized platform, but the licensing doesn't include the container licensing itself. I'd love to be able to have one big package per se."

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"I rate Infoblox IPAM’s pricing a seven out of ten, since their price is up there."

"The licensing cost for Infoblox IPAM depends on your usage and also depends on your term plans, for example, you may want it for three months, six months, or only for seven days. I don't remember the exact licensing cost, but it depends on your organization's structure and how many networks you are going to need."

"The price of the solution is reasonable compared to competitors, such as Akamai."

"They were expensive. They were known to be expensive. In general, they used to at least try to encourage you to upgrade to hardware every three years. Infoblox had a reputation as being one of the better solutions but also one of the more expensive solutions, whereas VitalQ was definitely a much more affordable solution. With Infoblox, anytime you replace hardware, there would also be the cost of the hardware upgrade. So, besides the software licensing fee, there were also hardware maintenance and hardware upgrade fees. I would rate it a 3 out of 10 in terms of pricing."

"Infoblox IPAM is a very expensive solution and it should improve. The solution is subscription-based, and the payments can be monthly or yearly. There are additional costs for more features, and the exact cost depends on the features you're using."

"We purchase yearly licenses, and I don't know the exact price as I'm not involved in the finance or sales departments. Infoblox is one of the more expensive products in the DDI environment, so I would say that for organizations looking to combine DNS, DSTP, and IP management with security features, the solution is worth it. However, for organizations only looking for an IP management tool, for example, many more affordable options are available."

"The cost depends on the scale at which we're deploying it. It's an annual subscription that ranges between $1,000 and $2,000."

"Infoblox IPAM is a licensed product, and my company pays for it yearly. It depends on the licensing model you choose because right now, the solution can also be subscription-based, specifically the cloud version, but the traditional licensing model for it is one that's paid yearly. The cost would depend on the organization. I know how much my company pays for Infoblox IPAM, but I won't disclose that information. If your company has $10,000,000 or $20,000,000, for example, and you need stability, then I'd say the solution is worth it. If your company is a startup, then the solution may not be worth it, but it would still depend on the ability of your company because Infoblox IPAM is one of the costlier solutions in the market."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	48

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Large Enterprise	15

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with BlueCat Adaptive DNS?

BlueCat Integrity can be improved by ensuring that it provides more detailed information for IP address lookups, as sometimes it fails to give essential host or server details, which can hinder acc...

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What is your primary use case for BlueCat Adaptive DNS?

My main use case for BlueCat Integrity is checking IP addresses to determine where they belong, particularly in a US-based manufacturing company for internal IP addresses. I use it to identify whic...

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What advice do you have for others considering BlueCat Adaptive DNS?

I would rate BlueCat Integrity an 8.5 out of 10. I chose an 8.5 rating because it simplifies my tasks and delivers precise results, while I deducted 1.5 points due to the need for additional featur...

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What needs improvement with Infoblox IPAM?

Since Infoblox IPAM fulfills the requirement of the customer currently, in my perspective, there is no additional information that could be improved about Infoblox IPAM. However, in future updates ...

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What is your primary use case for Infoblox IPAM?

Infoblox IPAM is used primarily in the banking sector, where policies and requirements take time to implement. The deployment timeline also depends on how many services have been adopted, whether o...

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What advice do you have for others considering Infoblox IPAM?

I am not using Infoblox IPAM directly. I am currently working for a partner and have implemented Infoblox in various different customers. As an implementer, I can tell you that deployment of Infobl...

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Comparisons

Infoblox DDI vs BlueCat Integrity

Compared 17% of the time

Infoblox BloxOne DDI vs BlueCat Integrity

Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

Micetro vs BlueCat Integrity

Compared 7% of the time

Infoblox NIOS vs BlueCat Integrity

Compared 6% of the time

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SolarWinds IPAM vs Infoblox IPAM

Compared 19% of the time

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Compared 19% of the time

Cygna Diamond IP Platform vs Infoblox IPAM

Compared 18% of the time

Micetro vs Infoblox IPAM

Compared 5% of the time

ManageEngine OpUtils vs Infoblox IPAM

Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

BlueCat Adaptive DNS, BlueCat Automation Manager, BlueCat DDI

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Overview

BlueCat Integrity simplifies IP address management by offering a centralized and scalable platform suitable for DNS and DHCP oversight. It reduces downtime and human error through robust automation and comprehensive transparency.

BlueCat Integrity is a powerful platform for centralized management of DNS and DHCP, providing single-pane transparency across IP space management. Its Linux-based architecture ensures system reliability and integration flexibility, crucial for effective cloud infrastructure management. Its automation capabilities help minimize human error while enhancing operational efficiency and maintaining compliance.

What are the key features of BlueCat Integrity?

Centralized Management: Streamlines IP administration through a unified interface.
User-Friendly Interface: Simplifies navigation for efficient DNS and DHCP processes.
Scalability: Supports growing network demands effectively.
Automation: Reduces downtime and human error in DNS management.
Robust Security: Protects cloud infrastructure, ensuring compliance.

What benefits or ROI should users look for when evaluating BlueCat Integrity?

Operational Efficiency: Improves process efficiency through automation.
Compliance: Ensures adherence to security and regulatory standards.
Reduced Downtime: Minimizes disruptions via proactive management features.
Enhanced Integration: Facilitates seamless connectivity with existing systems.

BlueCat Integrity has proven valuable in industries that demand reliable DNS and DHCP solutions. Organizations with complex DDI challenges, including public, internal DNS management, and cloud integration, find its features essential. This platform supports efficient and secure network operations across expansive infrastructures.

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Infoblox IPAM offers robust DNS security, reliability, and automation in IP address management, enhancing visibility and network management with integrated DNS, DHCP, and IPAM capabilities.

Infoblox IPAM enhances network operations with advanced DNS, IP assignment automation, and reporting features. BloxOne DDI enables cloud management, while integration with DNS and DHCP streamlines tasks. Comprehensive network discovery and flexibility in data management, server handling, and device fingerprinting support complex infrastructure needs. However, there are areas for improvement, including GUI and CLI interfaces, IPv6 compatibility, and integration with firewalls. Additionally, updates in security and intuitive IP tracking further enhance user experience.

What are the key features of Infoblox IPAM?

DNS Security: Protects against diverse threats with robust security architecture.
Automation: Efficient IP address assignment reduces manual errors.
Cloud Management: BloxOne DDI offers flexible and scalable cloud management solutions.
Network Discovery: Comprehensive network insight and streamlined workflow.
Data Management: Flexible management and publishing of internal data.

What benefits and ROI should users consider in reviews?

Enhanced Reliability: Delivers consistent and dependable network services.
Operational Efficiency: Automation reduces workload and increases efficiency.
Comprehensive Visibility: Improved network visibility aids in strategic planning.
Increased Security: Robust security measures protect organizational data.
Cost-effectiveness: Solutions provide value through reduced downtime and manual labor.

Infoblox IPAM serves consulting firms, multinational organizations, and government institutions for managing IP and DHCP tasks, securing DNS, and maintaining network databases. It supports on-premises and cloud environments with complex infrastructures by tracking subnets and IPs and reserving them for servers and machines.

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Sample Customers

Computer Sciences Corporation

Geisinger Health System, Allied Irish Banks, Lewisville Independent School District, University of Liverpool, Newell Rubbermaid, AH Belo, Arizona State University, Baptist Healthcare System, Kronos

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