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F5 BIG-IP DNS vs. F5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
F5 BIG-IP DNS
Score 9.2 out of 10
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F5 BIG-IP DNS (formerly BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager) secures DNS infrastructure.N/A
F5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
F5’s cloud-based, intelligent DNS with global server load balancing (GSLB) directs application traffic across environments globally, performs health checks, and automates responses to activities and events to maintain high performance among apps.N/A
Pricing
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
F5 BIG-IP DNSF5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer
Considered Both Products
F5 BIG-IP DNS
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose F5 BIG-IP DNS
We have been big ip, big IP waf, advanced WAF and a PM. The A SM is part of it. We've been using many of those modules. So big IP is well integrated with other modules, right? So every individuals works for the specific required with specific aspects. So I would say they all …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose F5 BIG-IP DNS
IBM Security QRadar SIEM, Barracuda Email Protection, Barracuda Load Balancer ADC, Barracuda Web Security Gateway, Barracuda Application Protection, F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF, F5 Distributed Cloud WAF …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose F5 BIG-IP DNS
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose F5 BIG-IP DNS
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Acknowledge Proactive Monitoring (APM)
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose F5 BIG-IP DNS
It integrates well with our existing knowledge base.
AU
Amber Usry
IT Systems Engineer Sr.
Chose F5 BIG-IP DNS
It was my first exposure to F5 products and allows for a variety of environments, from complex to very simple infrastructure.
Ray Burch | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ray Burch
Sr. Security Engineer
Chose F5 BIG-IP DNS
F5 DNS is like DNS with out training wheels and data that can help you make real changes and improvements.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose F5 BIG-IP DNS
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose F5 BIG-IP DNS
DNS defines IP, LTM received and handles the Traffic, all encrypted
MF
mark favis
Network Engineer
Chose F5 BIG-IP DNS
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and F5 Big-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose F5 BIG-IP DNS
As I mentioned, the GSLB capability, being able to do intelligent DNS by having access to monitor specific endpoints associated to my current BIG-IP infrastructure, I believe that brings a huge value, then combine fast responses and security.
F5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
F5 BIG-IP DNSF5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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8.2
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Likelihood to Renew
9.1
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Usability
8.5
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User Testimonials
F5 BIG-IP DNSF5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer
Likelihood to Recommend
It's well suited. Like I said, it provides us, it provides the clients and the business environments throughout an Internal Revenue Service. The network visibility needed for them to provide their application and the use of their applications throughout the Internal Revenue Service and the enterprise, as far as IRS.
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Anthony Bowie
Information Technology Specialist
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For small scall env and lower bandwidth apps. Require more on high workloads and additional bandwidth of sustainability. Virtual appliance are most flexible for environment who requires on-prem solutions. Look for flexible subscription and continuous support on various enhancements
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Senthil nathan R
Operations Manager
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Pros
  • Routing the traffic to multiple data centers deployed in different locations
  • Examines the servers health, performance metrics and do evaluation on the basis of geography as well to redirect queries to optimal destination
  • Provides rate limiting feature to mitigate DDos and DNS flood attacks
  • Best in routing the traffic to multiple clouds including on prem resources
  • Faster results of the queries and reduced latency is one of the biggest advantages of F5 BIG-IP DNS
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • Routing
  • Availability
  • Robust
SR
Senthil nathan R
Operations Manager
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Cons
  • I'd like to see better reporting capabilities on the decision-making process for DNS resolutions. Currently there are plenty of log messages for that, but I'd like to see tighter integration into the GUI.
  • It could be an improvement to better discriminate features intended for AA vs LDNS functionality within the GUI.
Rodolfo Nützmann | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rodolfo Nützmann
Technical Instructor and Consultant
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  • Virtualization
  • Flexible subscriptions
SR
Senthil nathan R
Operations Manager
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Likelihood to Renew
We use this heavily and it is one of the best products out there for this type of use case. We already have LTMs and to leverage GTM on top of that is just a piece of cake. Everything is so well integrated its amazing
Verified User
Anonymous
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Usability
Most important usability of F5 BIG-IP DNS is it’s stability which other vendors lack -As mentioned earlier as well, it’s scalability is humongous as it can honour millions of request per second without latency - irules feature makes it top and worthy to fight with top contenders like cloudflare and Cisco - Moreover it’s stable even when the Rate Per second is high and at the same time, DDos occurs - Interface is user friendly for simple tasks but requires more manual work - TAC should provide more assistance when it comes to normal support as well but they do offer professional support license for tasks which other vendor assist on normal license as well
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Anonymous
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I gave F5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer this usability rating because I think F5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer Review is intuitively designed.
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Alternatives Considered
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Return on Investment
  • Well, yes, I would say a big impact for ours. We were able to have more visibilities and trying to allow those traffic that we weren't able to see what is behind the scene and then reduce a lot of attackers. And then it led us to actually allow our clients freely using the DOT or DOH.
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Anonymous
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  • The impact F5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer has on our organization's overall business objectives is that F5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer is an Instrumental part of our cloud architecture
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