BlueCat Integrity vs. IBM NS1 Connect

It can act as a reasonable DNS and DHCP solution if money allows you chose to have a dedicated (virtual) appliance.

Incentivized

It is a tool used for making and managing IP to DNS connections, it is well suited if you want a decent software to maintain DNS for your devops team. It is a bit expensive and UI could be a little tricky to understand, also third party software integrations could be a little tricky as well.

Incentivized

• IP management
• DNS server
• TFTP

Incentivized

• IBM NS1 Connect provides a comprehensive solution for managing and optimizing traffic steering.
• It provides solutions like Dedicated DNS, which offers a separate resolution network for authoritative DNS, ensuring maximum uptime even in the face of outages.
• It utilizes real-time metrics and automated DNS routing decisions to optimize traffic distribution and ensure resilience.

Incentivized

• GUI interface could use some touch-ups. For example, saving a configuration is not the easiest thing to do.
• Hypervisor compatibility (currently doesn't support Nutanix AHV).
• Not too many KBs publicly available.

Incentivized

• User Experience - Please make it more easy to use for Admins
• Also add some more details in the reference documents
• Try if they can offer a monitoring tool

Incentivized

The product is very easy to use even for a junior admin new to the job. It has an intuitive interface, logical layout and easy to generate reporting. We have been able to catch configuration errors, DDOS attacks and logging of unusual behavior. We also love how it can be used in a redundant fashion to eliminate downtime

Incentivized

The interface can be better. As of now, it is a bit difficult to manage multiple records at the same time or to test the rules effectively. The data reporting is also not as great as we expect with tools of today’s maturity.

Incentivized

For all it's worth, it's a Linux based appliance and does offer a high availability design. It does offer IP address management and can scan your network through ICMP and SNMP. It does support role-based access controls for admins.

Incentivized

It's definitely because of automation capabilities and flexibility that it offers. It also offers much more control over how traffic is routed when compared with Google Cloud DNS. The advance features are once again missing in Google Cloud DNS when compared with IBM NS1 Connect. The operational efficiency is also great when compared with its competitors.

Incentivized

• CONS: Not up to speed with market-leading virtualization technologies such as Nutanix.
• PROS: Reliable solution.
• PROS: The design can be confusing for the folks used to Infoblox as it utilized 1 controller called Bluecat Address Manager and the actual DNS/DHCP servers named BDDS.

Incentivized

• Enhanced end-user experience as a result of better performance & uptime
• Easy management - resulting in cutting down in operations cost