Equinix Fabric vs Infoblox Cloud Network Automation

Equinix Fabric is a software-defined interconnection service for linking distributed infrastructure with cloud and network providers, Equinix customers and partners, and a customer’s own deployments. Connections are managed through the Equinix Customer Portal, REST APIs, or Terraform. Local connection speeds range from 10 Mbps to 50 Gbps, while regional and global connections reach 25 Gbps. Physical ports come in 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 100 Gbps configurations, subject to data-center availability. Monthly charges can include ports, virtual connections, Fabric Cloud Routers, and IP blocks; a private network can be created without charge before connections are added. Cloud examples include Azure ExpressRoute, Google Cloud Router, and Oracle FastConnect. Java, Go, and Python SDKs, Terraform tools, and a Pulumi provider support development. Equinix states 99.9% availability for a single point-to-point connection and 99.999% for redundant connections. Pricing is on request, with a 7-day trial listed.

Infoblox Cloud Network Automation automates DDI, DNS, and IPAM provisioning across cloud and virtualized environments. It gives teams a shared control plane for discovering and viewing virtual machines and network assets, with cross-cloud auditing and reporting for DNS records, DHCP leases, and IP addresses. Tenant-based management and a centralized interface cover cloud and virtualization platforms. Listed integrations include VMware, OpenStack, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker. Its APIs manage NIOS objects with role-based access control. Deployment options include virtual appliances for cloud and data-center installations intended to increase scale and reliability; Infoblox also describes local redundant DDI services for each cloud instance and location. Cloud coverage includes AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud. Infoblox names NetOps and DevOps among the roles managing cloud network services. Licensing uses token packs purchased for an agreement term and usable across multiple services or capabilities. Pricing is on request, with no public product price listed. Infoblox’s Trust Center lists compliance documentation for ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, and SOC 3.