Cloudflare Zero Trust Services vs. F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Cloudflare's Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) technologies create secure boundaries around applications. When resources are protected with ZTNA, users are only allowed to access resources after verifying the identity, context, and policy adherence of each specific request. Cloudflare's Zero-Trust-as-a-Service model enables users to deploy access controls on the company's instant-on cloud platform, backed by Cloudflare's global network.N/A
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
F5 Networks provides BIG-IP Access Policy Manager as an identity and access solution which can be deployed as a standalone solution or as an add-on to F5 Networks' flagship BIG-IP TLM or F5 Advanced WAF applications.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
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Identity Management
Comparison of Identity Management features of Product A and Product B
Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
10.0
1 Ratings
11% above category average
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
-
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Multi-Factor Authentication10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Endpoint Security
Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Product A and Product B
Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
10.0
1 Ratings
7% above category average
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
-
Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Intelligence
Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Product A and Product B
Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
10.0
1 Ratings
12% above category average
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
-
Ratings
Network Analytics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Recognition10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Vulnerability Classification10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Alerts and Reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Intelligence Reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Threat Identification10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Zero Trust Security
Comparison of Zero Trust Security features of Product A and Product B
Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
10.0
1 Ratings
8% above category average
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
-
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Continuous Verification10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Secure Web Gateways10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Network Flow Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Network Traffic Analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Segmentation Leveraging10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin Access Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Network Data Encryption10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Network Topology Mapping10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Virtual Private Network
Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of Product A and Product B
Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
-
Ratings
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
9.2
2 Ratings
2% above category average
AES 256-bit Encryption00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Kill Switch00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Multi-Platform Support00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Simultaneous Connections00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Customer Support Services00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cloudflare Zero Trust ServicesF5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(5 ratings)
8.5
(12 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cloudflare Zero Trust ServicesF5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
Likelihood to Recommend
Cloudflare
I wanted to securely connect to my servers without getting tracked by malicious attackers, even though I was on public Wi-Fi. Security was my top priority, and I also wanted a setup that was easy and quick to start and provided great network performance. Cloudflare's Zero trust matches my criteria for becoming my first choice.
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F5
I think that the platform is well suited to many Remote Access VPN solutions, but I also think there is a lot of room for improvement on the backend. If you are hoping to deploy your APM solution across many different datacenters or colos, it may not be the best choice for the final solution.
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Pros
Cloudflare
  • Granular Restrictions
  • Bot Management
  • DNS protection
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F5
  • SAML 2.0 identity federation support.
  • Integrates with third-party SSO solutions.
  • Bridging modern authentication and authorization (SAML, OAuth/OIDC) and classic authentication and authorization methods.
  • Policy routing
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Cons
Cloudflare
  • Good to see content re-categorization with different list for organizations.
  • URL and headers rewrite.
  • Events forwarding to on-premise SIEM.
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F5
  • CCU Licenses are limited by device and are not shared between APM devices
  • User sessions are not stored globally, so persistence can be an issue with users all over the world
  • Configuration can get complicated when split up between multiple sites
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Usability
Cloudflare
Overall, Cloudflare Zero Trust Services is very usable. We just need to do a one-time setup on Cloudflare Zero Trust Service's website, download their app on the device, and connect it with secure authentication. That's it. The apps are available for almost all kinds of devices that we use, and hence, we can secure all of our required devices. The app interface is very user-friendly and has logging capability to debug in case something goes wrong.
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F5
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Support Rating
Cloudflare
Good chat support from the portal for basic questions and minor issues. The enterprise support line is provided as well.
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F5
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Alternatives Considered
Cloudflare
Cloudflare was both the most feature-rich and cost-effective of comparisons. Presales engagement understood our challenges and was keen to solve them.
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F5
It is open platform so support is not good and than F5 and features visibility as not good as F5. F5 Set up and easy to use to admin console. Also have more feature visibility for load balancing, web server accelerator, application server ddos protection and WAF. F5 more efficient to handle concurrent request.
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Return on Investment
Cloudflare
  • Cloudflare as a multipurpose vendor and solution helped us to replace many overlapped imperfect solutions.
  • Cloudflare gives the company administrator a single pane of glass view which makes his work more effective.
  • Cloudflare makes cloud transformation easier and more effective.
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F5
  • This is really a tough question and I believe F5 should look into the price tags of these products which would help the SMB segments to use this product.
  • As for our industry and the kind of business the ROI is a bit high.
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