Infoblox alternative
Infoblox alternative for mid-market
Software-only DDI on Ubuntu you already know. Keep the DNS you already run.
If you want addresses, leases, and names without buying hardware, Lattice is a tarball — not an appliance SKU. IPAM and DHCP are one catalog. You keep AD, BIND, or Unbound. Support is tickets, business hours America/Chicago. No phone. No 24×7.
On-prem · Ubuntu tarball · Community: 1,000 managed IPs · No phone-home
Community is the install with no license file. A 30-day Starter trial is in the portal. List prices are on Pricing.
Today
The plan usually lives in a sheet (or phpIPAM). Offers still come from Windows, ISC, or Kea. You keep those stories aligned yourself.
Lattice
Prefixes, pools, reservations, and leases are one catalog. dhcpd serves those rows; the console writes them. There is no second copy to sync. A/PTR follow the grant into the DNS you already run — Ack does not wait on a nameserver.
Cutover
Lattice does not ingest Grid CSV or BAM XML. Dump networks, DHCP ranges, and fixed addresses. Map to prefix, subnet, pool, and reservation. POST /api/v1. Keep AD, BIND, or Unbound. Relays point at the Lattice VM or VIP. Grid HA does not come with you. Fleet is not a replica of leases. Playbook: Migrate · Fleet.
What Lattice is not (on purpose)
It is not a hardware SKU — Ubuntu tarball; same binaries for Community and paid; a signed file raises the cap without a reinstall.
It is not a replacement for your DNS — keep AD, BIND, or Unbound; A/PTR follow the grant; option 6 stays on the resolver laptops already ask; lattice-dns is optional for zones Lattice owns.
It is not Infoblox Grid — each Lattice cluster keeps its own database; Fleet is a manager of managers (paste a MAC, see every site that has a hold, open the live cluster). Nothing is copied. Do not read Lattice as a cheaper Grid.
It is not 24×7 support — same inbox, business hours America/Chicago; no phone; Community has no ticket SLA. Forums are operators helping operators, not tickets.
Windows DHCP, ISC, Lattice, Infoblox
Infoblox has Grid IPAM history. Lattice occupancy is every remaining lease row, as-of a day, CSV. Do not read that as “they cannot.” Many sites on Lattice is Fleet, not a shared lease database.
| Windows DHCP | ISC / Kea | Lattice | Infoblox | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan and leases | Scope + spreadsheet | conf + lease file | One catalog | Appliance database |
| Operate | MMC, per server | conf, or Stork extra | Browser console | Grid UI |
| Scale-out DHCP | Limited HA · hashed pair | Limited HA · hashed pair | Same pool on every node | Grid HA |
| DNS | Microsoft DNS | Scripts / BYO | A/PTR into the DNS you run | Their DNS |
| Find a MAC | MMC or export | grep the lease file | Console search | Grid UI |
| Who held this IP | Current lease or an export | grep dhcpd.leases / Stork | Occupancy history — every hold, as-of a day, switch port, CSV | Grid IPAM history |
| Deploy | Windows Server | Linux package | Tarball, no phone-home | Appliance |
| Meter | Per server | You operate it | Managed IPs | Quote |
| Many sites, one view | IPAM role (extra) — forest only | Stork (extra) | Yes — Fleet | Yes — Grid |
Meter is managed IPs, not prefix size
Managed IPs = leased + reserved + quarantined + assigned. A /16 with 200 live addresses is 200. Existing leases keep renewing if you hit the cap; new Offers, reservations, and assignments are refused. List prices are on Pricing. Create an account, then buy from the portal.
FAQ
- Is Lattice a mid-market Infoblox alternative?
- Yes, if you want addresses, leases, and names without an appliance. Software-only on Ubuntu. One catalog. You keep AD, BIND, or Unbound. Meter is managed IPs, not prefix size. Support is tickets, business hours America/Chicago. No 24×7. Fleet is not Infoblox Grid.
- Is Lattice an Infoblox appliance replacement?
- Lattice is software-only DDI you run on Ubuntu. It is not an Infoblox appliance, a Grid, or a hardware SKU. IPAM and DHCP are one catalog. You keep the DNS you already run.
- Do you replace Infoblox DNS?
- No. Keep the resolver you already run. Lattice writes A/PTR after Ack into AD, BIND, or PowerDNS. Option 6 does not move unless you move it. DNS adapters.
- Is support 24×7?
- No. Tickets and [email protected], business hours America/Chicago. No phone. No 24×7. Community has no ticket SLA.
- How is it metered?
- Managed IPs: leased + reserved + quarantined + assigned. Prefix size is not the meter. Community is 1,000 IPs, one node. Paid SKUs are on Pricing. See pricing.
- Is Fleet the same as Infoblox Grid?
- No. Fleet does not copy leases. DHCP stays on the site. Grid comparison lives on the Fleet page. Fleet.