F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) vs. Norton VPN

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

Norton VPN

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	Score 9.0 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
Norton VPN	Score 8.8 out of 10	N/A	Norton VPN is designed to help secure private information like passwords, bank details and credit card numbers when using public Wi-Fi on a PC, Mac or mobile device. It is provided by NortonLifeLock (formerly Symantec).	$79.99 per year

Pricing

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	Norton VPN
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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	F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	Norton VPN

Features

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

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Virtual Private Network

Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of Product A and Product B
	F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) 7.7 9 Ratings 16% below category average	Norton VPN - Ratings
AES 256-bit Encryption	8.96 Ratings	00 Ratings
Kill Switch	7.45 Ratings	00 Ratings
Multi-Platform Support	7.76 Ratings	00 Ratings
Split Tunneling	8.53 Ratings	00 Ratings
IP Address Masking	7.54 Ratings	00 Ratings
No-Logs Policy	5.24 Ratings	00 Ratings
Multiple Server Locations	6.95 Ratings	00 Ratings
Automatic Wi-Fi Protection	9.11 Ratings	00 Ratings
Simultaneous Connections	8.07 Ratings	00 Ratings
Customer Support Services	7.76 Ratings	00 Ratings

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	F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	Norton VPN
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User Ratings
	F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	Norton VPN
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (20 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.3 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	8.2 (8 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	Norton VPN
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG) When looking up the networks I can plug into there was only about 29 countries available whereas other VPN's I've used had quite a few more countries availble to use. This was bit of a bummer but not too cumbersome. Next in the area of not recording my browser history I believe that this is were the software excels. Incentivized Mark Key Shipping Read full review
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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG) Protects personal data Secures information Allows testing of software in other regions Incentivized Kevin Brackett President Read full review
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. Incentivized BF Brandon Finley F5 Engineer Read full review	Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG) There are no clear instructions on how to use Wireguard Weak P2P support The network is quite small Incentivized Mark Key Shipping Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	F5 Integration with F5 BIG-IP systems that we plan to keep using for a while. Incentivized Tim Riker Guru Read full review	Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG) No answers on this topic
Usability	F5 If F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager usability is fine it's not hard to use if you read the documentation but it does feel dated and could use a responsive design update to modernize user interface to current standards. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG) No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG) Norton is more affordable and easier to use. Incentivized Kevin Brackett President Read full review
Return on Investment	F5 Simplified our approach to company-wide VPN solutions greatly by allowing us to use a single product instead of multiple products like we had before Can handle 15000-20000 users at once with no issues Was able to configure to support users travelling with 4G connections on their laptops and accommodate constant changing IP addresses Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG) I have recorded no hard numbers Business impact is notably privacy which is a positive Return on investment is negligable Incentivized Mark Key Shipping Read full review
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