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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AF5 Networks offers the Advanced Web Application Firewall (WAF) to provide bot defense, advanced application protection, anti-bot SDK, and other features.N/A

    OctoPerf

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOctoPerf is an enterprise-grade performance and load testing platform available both as SaaS and on-premise, designed for engineering teams working on modern, distributed applications. It enables teams to simulate realistic user traffic, identify performance bottlenecks, and validate application scalability through scalable load test execution. By combining advanced load modeling, deep performance analytics, and flexible deployment options, OctoPerf supports a wide…

    $69

    per month

    Pricing
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAFOctoPerf
    Editions & Modules
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    Basic
    $149
    per month
    Pro
    $649
    per month
    Free
    Free
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    Pricing Offerings
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAFOctoPerf
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Both pay-per-test and subscriptions are available.
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    Community Pulse
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAFOctoPerf
    Considered Both Products
    F5
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    OctoPerf
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    20 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
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    Features
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAFOctoPerf
    Load Testing
    Comparison of Load Testing features of F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF and OctoPerf
    Feature
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
    -
    Ratings
    OctoPerf
    9.4
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    End to end performance management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Integrated performance data00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Deployment model flexibility00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Real time monitoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Automated anomaly detection00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAFOctoPerf
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    Medium-sized Companies
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
    Score9.2 out of 10
    JMeter
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
    Score9.2 out of 10
    JMeter
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAFOctoPerf
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAFOctoPerf
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    I believe that in industrial environments like ours where we have to have bare metal devices near the production environment combined with hybrid cloud, that is a good platform. That's a good use case. It optimizes traffic. It helps us stay more secure in our data centers. Now with regards to that are fully operating in the cloud, I'm not really sure if we would make the same decision considering the option that I said to have something that is self-provision to avoid too much management of virtual machines on the cloud. So that's an area of improvement.
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    OctoPerf
    We used OctoPerf on Continuous Integrations and Continuous Deployment as part of load testing because it is very easy to load data on various frameworks and a wide range of validations can be done virtually. We can also design bespoke graphics and reports to aid in the validation of testing scenarios.
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    Pros
    F5
    • So the product definitely is helping us for sudden attacks through DDOS, some injection ingestion into UI URLs, and definitely it's capturing those and I definitely see that as an advantage for us. They can stop the hackers from using our endpoints.
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    OctoPerf
    • Infrastructure for the cloud that is automated.
    • We have the ability to build real-time reports and dashboards.
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    Cons
    F5
    • The UI for events. E.g., clicking the "Accept" button does nothing.
    • Traffic learning suggestions are often very incorrect. We were originally suggested to use "Automatic" learning, and had to completely scrap the policy due to the suggestions.
    • "All in one" dashboard for viewing application URL/parameter overrides per policy.
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    OctoPerf
    • The version of the runtime needs be upgraded.
    • Additional features should be included.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    We just love work with f5
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    OctoPerf
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    F5
    Most* of it is very intuitive and easy to use. The "Help" section is fairly fantastic. See some of my other comments about things like the "Traffic Learning" section being wildly wrong sometimes, and also the event logs with UI buttons that don't do anything. Overall though, it's an excellent product.
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    OctoPerf
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    Support Rating
    F5
    Highly knowledgeable engineers who understand complex networking and application-delivery issues.


    Strong escalation paths — once a case reaches senior engineers, resolutions are fast and accurate.


    Comprehensive documentation and many self-service resources for troubleshooting.


    Clear communication with well-structured updates throughout the ticket lifecycle.


    Excellent for critical incidents, with reliable guidance during high-severity outages.


    Deep product expertise across BIG-IP, ASM/Advanced WAF, GTM/DNS, and modern F5 services.
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    OctoPerf
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    -Stable data path equals to less crashes -Almost all the features working as expected -Provides more granular controls in allowing false positives -Request evaluation is accurate -Irules feature is a plus
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    OctoPerf
    Unravel Data is a cloud optimization tool, whereas OctoPerf can be used to easily run load test cases and scenarios, as well as develop automated cloud infrastructure to generate customized reports on the test cases run. For the greatest possible user experience, we have some additional functionality such as Jmeter and other legacy tools.
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    Return on Investment
    F5
    • One impact F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF has on our organization's overall business objectives is that F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF is security sensitive
    • Another impact F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF has on our organization's overall business objectives is the F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF blocking feature
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    OctoPerf
    • There is no need to know how to code.
    • Reports made to order.
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    ScreenShots

    OctoPerf Screenshots

    Screenshot of the scripting studio in OctoPerf - no code neededScreenshot of the runtime part of the application. Here you can select multiple injection locations and run several scenarios in a single testScreenshot of live reporting with numerous metrics. The report is completely dynamics.