Akamai Edge DNS vs. Vercara UltraDNS

Akamai Edge DNS

Akamai Edge DNS

6 Reviews and Ratings

Vercara UltraDNS

Vercara UltraDNS

2 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Akamai Edge DNS	Score 9.3 out of 10	N/A	Akamai Edge DNS is a managed DNS touting high availability and strong DDoS protection, deployable as a primary or secondary DNS solution.	N/A
Vercara UltraDNS	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Vercara UltraDNS (formerly Neustar UltraDNS) is a managed DNS service used to ensure digital infrastructure and online presence are always reachable. UltraDNS and UltraDNS² provide enterprise-grade, cloud-based solutions that securely deliver fast and accurate query responses to websites and other vital online assets.	N/A

Pricing

Akamai Edge DNS

Vercara UltraDNS

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Akamai Edge DNS	Vercara UltraDNS
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Akamai Edge DNS	Vercara UltraDNS
Top Pros	Pro Ddos protection Pro Remote employees	No answers on this topic
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Drill down capability Minus Usage reports Minus Able to schedule

Best Alternatives
	Akamai Edge DNS	Vercara UltraDNS
Small Businesses	Cloudflare Score 8.8 out of 10	Cloudflare Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Cloudflare Score 8.8 out of 10	Cloudflare Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises	Google Cloud DNS Score 8.9 out of 10	Google Cloud DNS Score 8.9 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Akamai Edge DNS	Vercara UltraDNS
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.1 (2 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Akamai Edge DNS	Vercara UltraDNS
Likelihood to Recommend	Akamai Well suited when you have a high-turnover staffing model or can't get everyone trained on security best practices. Also well suited as a starting place for getting a zero-trust network up and running. A tool like Fast DNS gives you a web based portal to see traffic analysis, too, which for us was very important. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Vercara (formerly Neustar Security Services) I think it is best when you might need a lot of detail. I wouldn't suggest this for sharing with an end user. Incentivized John Dykstra Small Business Owner Read full review
Pros	Akamai DDoS protection Starting place for a zero-trust network Protection for dns spoofing Better protection for our remote employees Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Vercara (formerly Neustar Security Services) Speed Reliability Resilience Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Akamai Many features and knowing which ones suit our business case Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Vercara (formerly Neustar Security Services) I'm pretty happy with it as is. Incentivized John Dykstra Small Business Owner Read full review
Usability	Akamai No answers on this topic	Vercara (formerly Neustar Security Services) I haven't had any problems. Incentivized John Dykstra Small Business Owner Read full review
Support Rating	Akamai No answers on this topic	Vercara (formerly Neustar Security Services) On a rare occasion that we call for support, more like a HOW-TO type of thing, it is a live person, prompt, courteous and knowledgeable. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Akamai Akamai wins hands down because of their distributed model (their worldwide CDN which is top notch). We've trusted them for other hosting and media distribution and it was a natural to use them for DNS. Feature wise, they are better, for our use cases, then either Google Cloud or Azure Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Vercara (formerly Neustar Security Services) We read reviews and had a demo. That suited us well. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Akamai Fast DNS is core to our protection model, so while is an IT budget line item, is used to protect the entire org. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Vercara (formerly Neustar Security Services) I like their free offerings. Incentivized John Dykstra Small Business Owner Read full review
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