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Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection vs Skyhigh Security comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Infoblox Advanced DNS Prote...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Domain Name System (DNS) Security (2nd)
Skyhigh Security
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (16th), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (9th), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (13th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (19th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection is designed for Domain Name System (DNS) Security and holds a mindshare of 23.0%, up 19.9% compared to last year.
Skyhigh Security, on the other hand, focuses on Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), holds 2.2% mindshare, down 3.7% since last year.
Domain Name System (DNS) Security
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
 

Featured Reviews

Wojciech Wrzesień - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 9, 2024
Complements AR, NDR, and vulnerability scanners to ensure compliance
It plays a crucial role in clients' cybersecurity strategy. It complements other systems such as AR, NDR, and vulnerability scanners. DNS security is essential in IT because it helps ensure compliance with best practices and standards like ISO 27001. For clients considering cybersecurity beyond…
Chinthu James - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 24, 2023
Good scalability, but the technical support service needs improvement
We use the solution to monitor and secure our customers' internet access The solution's best feature is the flexibility of use. The stability of the solution's cloud portal needs improvement. Sometimes, it gets timed out.   We have been using the solution since 2017. We need help accessing a…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It enhances DNS security and integrates with the IPAM system. It provides robust IP management and DNS security. One of its key features is the automatic response to malicious or incorrect domains."
"The solution's user interface is very smooth compared to other products."
"Grid high availability technology ensured network reliability, resilient network services, failover, recovery, and seamless maintenance."
"Infoblox offers granularity and advanced DNS protection to mitigate DNS attacks. It's a very secure solution."
"Infoblox is a DDI solution that offers more than just DNS security, providing unique protection for IT management and DSCP."
"Infoblox Secure DNS helped us protect our internal environment by mitigating and stopping attacks through the Internet using DNS protocols and queries."
"Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection allows us to manage our overall addresses and IT in one location. Many companies are using this solution, it is very popular."
"The solution helps to identify and mitigate DNS attacks."
"Skyhigh performs well, and we can choose from virtual and hardware plans. We can deploy the ISO on as many virtual machines as possible and easily set up high availability on the web proxy. The location doesn't matter. The user at a site will always access the web proxy for that location. It's suitable for an organization distributed across multiple regions."
"Good anti-virus filtering, URL categorization, and reporting capabilities."
"Skyhigh offers solutions like WLP and CASB. These tools provide instructions and guidelines for enhancing data security. Additionally, they offer additional software solutions for further protection."
"The product has a very high rating from reviewers. It's a well-respected product."
"It gives us visibility into how the data is being used within our cloud environment."
"DLP policies and anomalies."
"Data loss prevention and user behavior analysis are two valuable features."
"The feature I found most valuable is the API."
 

Cons

"The overall pricing of Infoblox is high, particularly for the Bangladesh market, and the licensing model is challenging."
"One challenging aspect of Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection pricing for the integrator is the difficulty of estimating the cost after the initial presentation, particularly in relation to the company's size."
"The solution is expensive."
"Infoblox lacks an extensive product portfolio."
"They are not supporting high query logging. They have a very limited size for the syslog, so they are usually asking for external storage, external network, and integration in order to keep the syslog. If you are considering the high volume traffic of the carrier-grade, then the syslog will hold for around five to 10 minutes. This is not enough time and it is being rotated. This is the main issue and the main limitation that we face with them that they need to work on."
"Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection could be more user-friendly because you need knowledge if you want to use it. To handle the solution, you need to be a subject matter expert, so this is one area for improvement."
"The overall pricing of Infoblox is high, particularly for the Bangladesh market, and the licensing model is challenging."
"They should release frequent updates for its on-premises version."
"You have to have some kind of background with cloud-based security, like working with different providers and how to make instances in the clouds and that kind of stuff - including cloud, networking cloud, cloud application development, anything like that is a requirement to be in the CASB space."
"One area for improvement I've seen in Skyhigh Security is that it lacks support for unsanctioned applications, where customers have their applications. Those applications do not come from Microsoft or other popular vendors. For example, Microsoft has support for Teams and it has support for OneDrive, but it doesn't have support for custom applications built by customers. Customers have internal teams building and publishing applications to the external world, but Skyhigh Security doesn't have support for those applications, and this is the main problem I've seen. The solution only supports a pool of applications that are from Microsoft and other major SaaS vendors. McAfee doesn't provide support for custom applications, compared to other vendors who provide it. For example, Bitglass and Netskope both have support for custom applications. Another area for improvement in Skyhigh Security is that its API support is a little weak. I also have not seen a strong integration between the solution and other McAfee products."
"McAfee needs to add more products that could be managed from the cloud."
"The tool could improve flexibility with the creation of reports/querying data."
"There isn't really any aspect that is lacking."
"Its initial setup could be more straightforward."
"Though the Skyhigh Dashboard is processing large amounts of data, the speed of the Dashboard could be improved."
"The secure gateway could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection is a little more expensive than other vendors."
"There are no additional costs to the standard licensing price of the solution."
"I am not sure about the price of the solution, but I heard it is expensive."
"The solution is expensive."
"The price of Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection could be reduced, it is expensive."
"The solution's hardware is expensive."
"Commercially, I find Skyhigh Security a little costlier, compared to other products such as SentinelOne or Cybereason which are really novelty products. I'm not comparing Skyhigh Security with Trend Micro, but with other products, in particular the new, next-generation products. The price for Skyhigh Security is high in terms of value and ROI. I would rate the product price combined with product efficacy a six out of ten."
"Have a risk-based approach towards pricing."
"They definitely charge a huge amount. All the security service providers charge a huge amount."
"Pricing is not out of reach."
"Skyhigh provided a FedRAMP solution, tokenization, a better shadow IT capability, and lower cost."
"Some of our clients have a perpetual license and pay additional support yearly."
"The price of the solution is good and we pay an annual license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
49%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection?
The solution's user interface is very smooth compared to other products.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection?
The pricing for Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection is on the higher side. We rated it as a seven out of ten on the pricing scale where ten is the most expensive
What needs improvement with Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection?
There is room for improvement in some parts since it could be better in enhancing DNS Security. The solution could use some enhancements to save time for DNS security processes.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee MVISION Cloud?
The pricing is good and the licensing is straightforward. I'd rate the affordability nine out of ten.
What needs improvement with McAfee MVISION Cloud?
The secure gateway could be improved. If they worked on that they would be more competitive. They should offer more learning opportunities. If they could provide tools to help users interested in l...
 

Also Known As

Infoblox Secure DNS
McAfee MVISION Cloud, McAfee MVISION Unified Cloud Edge, McAfee Web Gateway, McAfee MVISION CNAPP, and Skyhigh Networks, McAfee Web Gateway
 

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Sample Customers

Colruyt Group, Council Rock School District, Danone, GlaxoSmithKline, The Hershey Company 
Western Union.Aetna.DirecTV.Adventist.Equinix.Perrigo.Goodyear.HP.Cargill.Sony.Bank of the West.Prudential.
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