BlueCat Integrity vs. phpIPAM

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

Incentivized

phpIPAM is great for a team environment and complex network environments so all members are informed. It's not very user-friendly for administrators to maintain; a IT individual with Linux OS experience is needed in my opinion.

Incentivized

• IP management
• DNS server
• TFTP

Incentivized

• Static IP tracking
• DHCP Pool leases
• Break down networks in different subnets and VLANs
• Device documentation

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

• Visual aid is limited
• Interface is old and could use a refresh
• Updating the software is difficult

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

• 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

• Software is free so ROI is immediate
• phpIPAM is easy to use and enter information
• Installing phpIPAM is pretty difficult and requires Linux OS knowledge.
• There are minimal requirements to access phpIPAM interface.
• Takes a while to get phpIPAM setup and populated with detailed information.

Incentivized