Buoyant Cloud vs. F5 BIG-IP
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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Buoyant Cloud | N/A | N/A | Buoyant Cloud is the eponymous enterprise solution for running Linkerd at scale, from the company in San Francisco, enabling the user to manage a service mesh deployment through a single pane of glass. Track data plane and control plane health, manage mesh lifecycles and versions, and get proactively notified of issues. Buoyant Cloud transforms Linkerd clusters into an automated and unified service mesh platform. | N/A |
![]() F5 BIG-IP | Score9.2 out of 10 | N/A | F5 BIG-IP software from Seattle-based F5 Networks is a load balancing and application protection solution suite available on cloud or via virtual editions, on a subscription or perpetual licensing basis. | N/A |
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| Would buy again | ||
No answers on this topic | 99% Would buy again 258 Answers | |
| Delivers good value for the price | ||
No answers on this topic | 96% Delivers good value for the price 215 Answers | |
| Happy with the feature set | ||
No answers on this topic | 98% Happy with the feature set 255 Answers | |
| Lived up to sales and marketing promises | ||
No answers on this topic | 95% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 179 Answers | |
| Implementation went as expected | ||
No answers on this topic | 94% Implementation went as expected 196 Answers | |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | - | 9.2 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | 9.0 |
| Usability | - | 8.7 |
| Availability | - | 8.7 |
| Performance | - | 9.2 |
| Support Rating | - | 9.7 |
| In-Person Training | - | 9.1 |
| Online Training | - | 10.0 |
| Implementation Rating | - | 9.2 |
| Configurability | - | 8.3 |
| Contract Terms and Pricing Model | - | 8.3 |
| Ease of integration | - | 10.0 |
| Product Scalability | - | 9.2 |
| Professional Services | - | 10.0 |
| Vendor post-sale | - | 9.2 |
| Vendor pre-sale | - | 9.2 |
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