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Azure Load Balancer vs. F5 BIG-IP DNS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Load Balancer
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Azure Load Balancer provides built-in load balancing for cloud services and virtual machines, so the user can create highly-available and scalable applications in minutes.
$0.01
Per Rule Per Hour
F5 BIG-IP DNS
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
F5 BIG-IP DNS (formerly BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager) secures DNS infrastructure.N/A
Pricing
Azure Load BalancerF5 BIG-IP DNS
Editions & Modules
Additional Rules
$0.01
Per Rule Per Hour
First 5 Rules
$0.025
Per Hour
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Load BalancerF5 BIG-IP DNS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Azure Load BalancerF5 BIG-IP DNS
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Best Alternatives
Azure Load BalancerF5 BIG-IP DNS
Small Businesses
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure Load BalancerF5 BIG-IP DNS
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(9 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Load BalancerF5 BIG-IP DNS
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
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F5
F5 BIG-IP DNS is well-suited for any organization looking to improve their Authoritative and Local DNS security and performance capabilities.
Rodolfo Nützmann | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rodolfo Nützmann
Technical Instructor and Consultant
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Pros
Microsoft
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F5
  • The easy of importing DNS records into the BIG-IP
  • The ease of searching and locating records
  • The speed of creating multiple records when you need to duplicate effort.
  • The DNS dashboards to see requests and data points.
Ray Burch | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ray Burch
Sr. Security Engineer
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Cons
Microsoft
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F5
  • More support documentation will be a nice to have.
  • I have not automated DNS deployments yet, but it would be nice to have ansible libraries for this module. (I have used ansible for many others).
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
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F5
F5 DNS is like DNS with out training wheels and data that can help you make real changes and improvements
Ray Burch | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ray Burch
Sr. Security Engineer
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
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F5
  • Protection against security threats using DNS as a vector.
  • Protection against security threats targeting DNS itself.
  • Provide top user experience to application clients, by directing their requests to where they will be treated with the best performance.
Rodolfo Nützmann | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rodolfo Nützmann
Technical Instructor and Consultant
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