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    F5 BIG-IP DNS

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AF5 BIG-IP DNS (formerly BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager) secures DNS infrastructure.N/A

    Sonatype Platform

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Sonatype secures the software supply chain and protects organizations' vital software development lifecycle(SDLC). The platform unites security teams and developers to accelerate digital innovation without sacrificing security or quality across the SDLC. With users among more than 2,000 organizations and 15 million software developers, Sonatype tools and guidance help users to deliver and maintain exceptional and secure software.

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    F5 BIG-IP DNSSonatype Platform
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    Sonatype Air-Gapped Environment Nexus Repository
    $175
    per year per user
    Sonatype Repository Firewall
    $224
    per year per user
    Sonatype Repository Firewall for Artifactory
    $224
    per year per user
    Sonatype Air-Gapped Environment Repository Firewall
    $230
    per year per user
    Sonatype Repository Firewall Cloud
    $265
    per year per user
    Sonatype Lifecycle
    $690
    per year per user
    Sonatype Lifecycle Cloud
    $810
    per year per user
    Sonatype Air-Gapped Environment Lifecycle
    $825
    per year per user
    Sonatype Nexus Repository Pro
    $960
    per month (billed annually)
    Sonatype Nexus Repository
    $960
    per month (billed annually)
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    F5 BIG-IP DNSSonatype Platform
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    F5 BIG-IP DNSSonatype Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (19 ratings)
    8.7
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
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    Usability
    8.5
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    Performance
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    10.0
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    Online Training
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    8.0
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    Implementation Rating
    -
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    Configurability
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    8.4
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    Ease of integration
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    Product Scalability
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    User Testimonials
    F5 BIG-IP DNSSonatype Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    Less appropriate: - Not best bet for startup’s as their budget is always tight - Not good for those companies where the engineers are not highly skilled otherwise the use Irules and security policies will not be utilised in optimal manner as it requires more cpu resources to work especially irules - For companies fully on cloud doesn’t best fit as I already highlighted cloud require more improvements when it comes to seamless performance Best Suited -Large enterprise companies where budget is not an issue - Companies whose traffic Rate Per Second is very high as it can handle huge RPS without latency - Companies whose business is surely depends on their availability
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    Sonatype
    - Guidance on remediation is very good - Vulnerability detection is very good - Support is very good - Ability to ask PMs/POs open questions at Office Hours every month is very good - Support for languages is lacking (TIOBE Index Top20) - Some features are un-neededly hidden and make the usage more complex then it needs to be
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    Pros
    F5
    • I love this product, especially DoH because it's not able to do the same functionality in NextGen firewalls on our edge location because of the nature that integrated with the F5 BIG-IP, the V we provide for our external clients and we love it the most because it's, it's right in the same box, we use it and then we get the benefits out of the same big IP boxes, same VE boxes. And I think that's the only aspect we liked the most.
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    Sonatype
    • Nexus firewall is a great feature enabled for all our proxy repositories which are used to download the third-party opensource packages.
    • Nexus IQ is integrated with build stage to analyze the component against evaluation policy. This helps to figure out the application security standards.
    • Nexus IQ is also having a feature to scan container images before it uploads to our private repository. This is great feature for container platforms.
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    Cons
    F5
    • I'd like to see better reporting capabilities on the decision-making process for DNS resolutions. Currently there are plenty of log messages for that, but I'd like to see tighter integration into the GUI.
    • It could be an improvement to better discriminate features intended for AA vs LDNS functionality within the GUI.
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    Sonatype
    • Support on the end of life lifecycle of known open source components that are going end of life, or already went end of life
    • Support for emerging infrastructure as code frameworks
    • Support for native/ default retention, archiving and clean up policies for hosted repositories
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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    We use this heavily and it is one of the best products out there for this type of use case. We already have LTMs and to leverage GTM on top of that is just a piece of cake. Everything is so well integrated its amazing
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    Sonatype
    Sonatype supports more than 200 dev(s). It proves with the repository to store the artifacts. Allows for governance of open source software used by the different teams. It is used by security teams to scan for vulnerabilities in software(s) and in the deployed containers. It helps ensure code quality.
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    Usability
    F5
    Most important usability of F5 BIG-IP DNS is it’s stability which other vendors lack -As mentioned earlier as well, it’s scalability is humongous as it can honour millions of request per second without latency - irules feature makes it top and worthy to fight with top contenders like cloudflare and Cisco - Moreover it’s stable even when the Rate Per second is high and at the same time, DDos occurs - Interface is user friendly for simple tasks but requires more manual work - TAC should provide more assistance when it comes to normal support as well but they do offer professional support license for tasks which other vendor assist on normal license as well
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    Sonatype
    Overall experience is great with the Platform; however, I see some opportunity with upgrading the platform as it is missing with data of historical scans to allow reviewer to get view of trend how the application/product development team is considering fixing the issues.
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    Reliability and Availability
    F5
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    Sonatype
    Extremely good
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    Performance
    F5
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    Sonatype
    Sonatype products are great value as I said but a few areas like how products use underlying resources in order to make it further lightweight, is something I would like them to consider.
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    Support Rating
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Sonatype
    Monthly touchpoints with Sinisa has been very valuable.
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    Implementation Rating
    F5
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    Sonatype
    easy to implement and performing the scans via automations as well
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    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    As I mentioned, the GSLB capability, being able to do intelligent DNS by having access to monitor specific endpoints associated to my current BIG-IP infrastructure, I believe that brings a huge value, then combine fast responses and security.
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    Sonatype
    Out of other products we evaluated before choosing Sonatype, the later looked far more user friendly, easy to understand and work with. This was key for us, as the tool needs to be used by many engineers that don't have security as their main focus. Having a tool that is easy to understand and work with, makes the process of evaluating open source dependencies much easier and appealing for developers.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Sonatype
    Great value for money
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    Scalability
    F5
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    Sonatype
    Everything is very good except a little concern regarding large scale docker usage.
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    Professional Services
    F5
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    Sonatype
    Very good
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    Return on Investment
    F5
    • Well, yes, I would say a big impact for ours. We were able to have more visibilities and trying to allow those traffic that we weren't able to see what is behind the scene and then reduce a lot of attackers. And then it led us to actually allow our clients freely using the DOT or DOH.
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    Sonatype
    • Sonatype's centralized management of artifacts have made it very easy for developers to share code in an efficient manner.
    • Sonatype's low false positive rate has made it easier to convince developers to remediate vulnerabilities
    • Sonatype's archaic architecture has made it more expensive to manage than it could be.
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