F5 BIG-IP DNS vs. Prolexic

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
Prolexic
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Akamai offers distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack protection via Prolexic, including protection for web and IP based applications with DDoS mitigation and optional preemptive DDoS monitoring services.N/A
Pricing
F5 BIG-IP DNSProlexic
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
F5 BIG-IP DNSProlexic
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
F5 BIG-IP DNSProlexic
Top Cons

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F5 BIG-IP DNSProlexic
Small Businesses
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
F5 BIG-IP DNSProlexic
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(10 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
F5 BIG-IP DNSProlexic
Likelihood to Recommend
F5
F5 BIG-IP DNS is well-suited for any organization looking to improve their Authoritative and Local DNS security and performance capabilities.
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Akamai
It is highly recommended to organisations with global presence. It is highly recommended to organisation focuses more on security and bandwidth. Super secured network. Best customer support you could get. The UI design seems to be something which is lacking better user experience, but this can be developed going further. Cost is also one thing to keep a check on.
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Pros
F5
  • The easy of importing DNS records into the BIG-IP
  • The ease of searching and locating records
  • The speed of creating multiple records when you need to duplicate effort.
  • The DNS dashboards to see requests and data points.
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Akamai
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Cons
F5
  • More support documentation will be a nice to have.
  • I have not automated DNS deployments yet, but it would be nice to have ansible libraries for this module. (I have used ansible for many others).
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Akamai
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Alternatives Considered
F5
F5 DNS is like DNS with out training wheels and data that can help you make real changes and improvements
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Akamai
As I mentioned earlier, the kind of security providing is to the best in market you could get. It is one of the major factor to select it. Along with that they are providing global presence and dedicated network with larger capacity. That pretty much sums up why we went for this product.
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Return on Investment
F5
  • Protection against security threats using DNS as a vector.
  • Protection against security threats targeting DNS itself.
  • Provide top user experience to application clients, by directing their requests to where they will be treated with the best performance.
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Akamai
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