FusionLayer DDI vs ISC Stork
FusionLayer DDI
fusionlayer.com
ISC Stork
isc.orgSide by side
| Figure | FusionLayer DDI | ISC Stork |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Spec score · DHCP Management Software | 7.7 (#13) | 8.6 (#2) |
| Headquarters | FusionLayer’s DNS product page lists its headquarters at Annankatu 27 A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland. | ISC lists PO Box 360, Newmarket, New Hampshire 03857, USA as its address. |
| Integrations | The DDI page lists Microsoft DNS/DHCP, F5 BIG-IP DNS, AWS VPCs, Azure VNETs, VMware, OpenStack, Hyper-V, and Nutanix integrations. | Stork can export traffic activity data to Prometheus for display in Grafana charts. |
| Purpose | FusionLayer DDI centralizes IP address management, DNS, and DHCP across cloud, edge, and data center environments. | Stork provides a web-based graphical interface for monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintaining Kea DHCP server configuration. |
Plans
FusionLayer DDI
- FusionLayer DDI perpetual licensePriced on request
- FusionLayer DDI subscription licensePriced on request
ISC Stork
- Stork open-source softwareFree
- Stork open-source softwareFree
- Kea/Stork support subscriptionPrice not published
- Professional support for StorkPriced on request
In their own words
FusionLayer DDI
FusionLayer DDI centralizes IP address management, DNS, and DHCP across cloud, edge, and data-center environments. FusionLayer Infinity provides a shared source of network information and supports zero-touch provisioning. Listed integrations include Microsoft DNS/DHCP, F5 BIG-IP DNS, AWS VPCs, Azure VNETs, VMware, OpenStack, Hyper-V, and Nutanix. DHCP supports IPv4 and IPv6, validation, monitoring, change tracking, and active-active high-availability clustering. DNS includes intrusion prevention, DDoS firewall protection, TSIGs, DNSSEC, ACLs, and RPZ feeds. Security capabilities include audit trails, role-based access, and network-wide policy enforcement. Deployment is hybrid across API, Linux, self-hosted, and web platforms. Fully functional evaluations of DHCP and DNS run for 30 days at no cost. Pricing is on request. Subscription licenses include support; perpetual-license support is quoted separately.
ISC Stork
ISC Stork is a free, open-source web interface for monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintaining Kea DHCP server configuration. It reports host and daemon health, including memory, CPU utilization, software versions, and uptime, and monitors DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 pool use and high-availability status. With the required Kea hooks installed, administrators can manage reservations, subnets, and pools through its interface. Stork can display BIND configuration and DNS zone information, but DNS support is in early stages and it does not change BIND settings. Traffic activity can be exported to Prometheus for Grafana charts, and LDAP can be used for administrator authentication and authorization. A deployment uses a Stork server and agents installed on application servers; the server requires PostgreSQL. The server and agents communicate through TLS-encrypted gRPC channels. Stork expects the running Kea configuration to be authoritative, and the Kea Configuration Backend hook is incompatible with Stork management. It runs on most Linux and Unix platforms and macOS under the MPL 2.0 license. ISC offers free community help and paid professional support.