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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AF5 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

    Malwarebytes

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AMalwarebytes is a antimalware application for home and small businesses, which blocks viruses, malware, hackers, viruses, and malicious websites.

    $119.99

    per year 3 devices

    Pricing
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Malwarebytes
    Editions & Modules
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    Teams - Sole proprietor
    $119.99
    per year 3 devices
    Teams - Boutique business
    $399.99
    per year 10 devices
    Teams - Small office
    $799.99
    per year 20 devices
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Malwarebytes
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—All plans include a 60-day money back guarantee. 1st year discount available for the Small office plan.
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    Community Pulse
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Malwarebytes
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    Features
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Malwarebytes
    Virtual Private Network
    Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and Malwarebytes
    Feature
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
    7.4
    13 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Malwarebytes
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    Kill Switch8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Platform Support7.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Split Tunneling7.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    IP Address Masking6.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    No-Logs Policy5.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Server Locations7.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Wi-Fi Protection7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simultaneous Connections7.211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Support Services7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score6.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Malwarebytes
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (25 ratings)
    8.3
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (14 ratings)
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Malwarebytes
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Malwarebytes
    Now, I gave it that rating because it's a handy tool for diagnosing issues. Quarantining them, and most of the time, it does fix the problem. Though with rootkits, it's been hit or miss, and sometimes perfectly valid software gets flagged erroneously. However, once you've run it, it tends to run continuously, consuming far too many resources and being a real pain to uninstall, sometimes even causing issues.
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    Pros
    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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    Malwarebytes
    • Low system resources, it does not slow down the whole computer when scanning or when real-time protection is enabled
    • Quick and frequent updates, usually people hate updating, but for malware/viruses, you want to be updated as possible. It takes less than 15 seconds and usually does it automatically. They usually send a few updates a day as they find more.
    • Protection features actually work when visiting known bad websites. The page will be blocked and nothing will be downloaded. It may not be what the user wants, but it's what the user needs (as the user can't know every bad website)
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    Cons
    F5
    • There's some more advanced configurations within OAuth that I think could be fleshed out and easier to approach.
    • There's a lot of things in F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager policies that I find myself recreating every policy. An easier way to copy objects from one to policy to another.
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    Malwarebytes
    • One of the main things that malwarebytes is missing as a company, is phone support for its clients. All support questions has to go thru email only. This is not acceptable for issues that needs to be resolved quickly.
    • There is an issue when installing the client on a machine, it has a set amount of time where the software can register with the management server. The issue with this is, with machines that are over a wide area network, slow connection speeds can cause the software not to register. When that happens, it never re attempts to register in the future.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    Integration with F5 BIG-IP systems that we plan to keep using for a while.
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    Malwarebytes
    The last time we renewed Malwarebytes, we renewed for a 3 year renewal. That should describe the confidence we have in the product. Plus the cost savings impact year after year.
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    Usability
    F5
    Once things are set up, it is nice and easy to get the Edge Client running on user's PCs. However, that setup process can be a bit daunting at first using the Policy Manager, and reviewing session logs can be difficult at first if you aren't 100% sure of what you're looking for.
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    Malwarebytes
    Usability-wise, it's pretty good, and it gets the job done. But once that's finished, the nags, the pop-ups, and the fact that it slows older systems down recklessly really cost it rating points. It becomes a clutter, and one of the first things we check when we receive reports that a PC is slow is whether it's running malware. Once we uninstall it, the PC is usually easily 40-50% faster. That's too much in the way of resources for something that wants to always run in the background.
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    Support Rating
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Malwarebytes
    The Malwarebytes customer support team is awesome! They really go above and beyond to help you with whatever issue you may experience. It is not that we need to contact their support team often, but the few times we did, we would speak to someone who knew what they were talking about and able to solve our problem. It is a comfort knowing that aside from a great product, you are getting a reliable support structure.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Malwarebytes
    Avast and Norton's products were part of the testing for us but the cost was very high for them and the products were not light on the machine. They took up a lot of memory and slowed the computers down. Malwarebytes although may lack some feature, is a very light software.
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    Return on Investment
    F5
    • Single sign on is great for students and faculty and staff
    • Users don't have to log in multiple times
    • Users don't need to remember multiple login IDs and passwords
    • Multi Domain SSO support bridges many internal and external facing products with single sign on
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    Malwarebytes
    • Positive Impact: Have not had to remediate malware/virus infections since installed.
    • Positive impact: As far as browsing goes, we can boldly go where no man has gone before. No, really, I am confident when I am clicking on search engine results that if something get past my trained eye, Malwarebytes will pick of the slack.
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