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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

    Okta

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOkta is an enterprise grade identity management service, built in the cloud. IT can manage access across any application, person or device. Whether the people are employees, partners or customers or whether the applications are in the cloud, on premises or on a mobile device, Okta helps IT become more secure and maintain compliance. The Okta service provides directory services, single sign-on, authentication, provisioning, workflow, and built in reporting. ment systems.

    $6

    per month per user

    Orca Cloud Security Platform

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AOrca's Cloud Security Platform is an agentless cloud-native security and compliance platform that allows users to gain complete visibility and coverage into their existing AWS, Azure, and GCP setups. Orca's platform features four main components which are: SideScanning Technology, Context-Aware Security, Built-in Compliance, Automation & Customization.N/A
    Pricing
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)OktaOrca Cloud Security Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $6.00
    per month per user
    Essentials
    $17.00
    per month per user
    Professional
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    Per User Per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)OktaOrca Cloud Security Platform
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)OktaOrca Cloud Security Platform
    Considered Multiple Products
    F5
    Chose F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
    I like the fact that F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager is part of the F5 stack, so I don't have to use multiple platforms to support my identity services, everything in one place, one support team.
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    Okta
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    Orca Security
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    129 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    103 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    129 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    74 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    85 Answers
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    Features
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)OktaOrca Cloud Security Platform
    Virtual Private Network
    Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and Okta and Orca Cloud Security Platform
    Feature
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
    7.4
    13 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Okta
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    Orca Cloud Security Platform
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    AES 256-bit Encryption8.29 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Kill Switch8.08 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Platform Support7.59 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Split Tunneling7.95 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    IP Address Masking6.97 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    No-Logs Policy5.67 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Server Locations7.28 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Wi-Fi Protection7.52 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simultaneous Connections7.211 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Support Services7.710 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identity Management
    Comparison of Identity Management features of F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and Okta and Orca Cloud Security Platform
    Feature
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
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    Ratings
    Okta
    8.8
    159 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Orca Cloud Security Platform
    -
    Ratings
    ID-Management Access Control00 Ratings9.3146 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)00 Ratings9.3158 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Factor Authentication00 Ratings9.2154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Password Management00 Ratings7.9147 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account Provisioning and De-provisioning00 Ratings8.7133 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Management Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.5123 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Risk Management00 Ratings8.6116 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)OktaOrca Cloud Security Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (25 ratings)
    8.9
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    4.0
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    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
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    8.0
    (18 ratings)
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    Usability
    8.2
    (14 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Availability
    -
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    10.0
    (4 ratings)
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    Performance
    -
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    9.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (12 ratings)
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    Online Training
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    1.0
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    Product Scalability
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)OktaOrca Cloud Security Platform
    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
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    Okta
    Should be well-suited for a SaaS business organisation as they have a lot of internal applications and need a role-based authentication system between the various teams, improving security and audit log system to account for any breaches. It integrates well with internal applications such as Salesforce and Oracle. Best when need of SSO.
    Incentivized
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    Orca Security
    It's good for finding issues in SSH, ec2 instances, and so on. But it's not good at finding stuff for Serverless lambdas, for containers and some more.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Okta
    • Centralized control of enterprise passwords
    • Extensive customization of acceptable password criteria
    • One system for Identity and Access Management to learn
    • Scalable throughout the university for all central services
    • Uniform login experience for students, faculty, and staff
    • Single point of response to address termination of access
    • Ability to use FastPass for lower priority systems
    • Excellent support of multi-factor requirements
    Incentivized
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    Orca Security
    • Scanning
    • CSPM
    • IAM Roles
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Okta
    • I do have to reset my password quite frequently. However, I don't think there is really a way to improve this, as it's a good security measure.
    • It makes me re-sign in a couple of times a day, sometimes if I haven't used my laptop for a couple of hours, and sometimes just randomly throughout the day.
    • It doesn't remember my devices, either my laptop or phone. so it always calls that out.
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    Orca Security
    • Kubernetes
    • Docker containers
    • Serverless
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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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    Okta
    Okta has a passion to provide secure and scalable identity solution. Their passion has come across as advocacy in a way that has deepened my knowledge of the field of authentication. I took identity for granted before but after seeing features such as external authentication I know that Okta can enable my business to reach new heights
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    Orca Security
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Okta
    Some of its features are great and some are slightly complex and not easy without vendor support.
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    Orca Security
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Okta
    The Okta Identity Cloud advertises 4 9's of reliability and I would go as far to say that it may even do better than that. As a true Global organization that operates in just about every region of the world, we have yet to have an issue with The Okta Identity Cloud that has impacted our business operations.
    Incentivized
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    Orca Security
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Okta
    From my perspective, for the things that my group uses it for, Okta is very fast. It is as least as fast as the local password database methods that it replaces on our campus enterprise services. I do not believe that it slows anything down at all. In fact, not having to think too much about the login, because they all look the same, probably speeds things up somewhat.
    Incentivized
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    Orca Security
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Okta
    We've had a few support cases over the years and every case has been handled by the Okta support team beautifully. We received clear answers to questions we had regarding setup and even were provided simple to follow guides on how to setup their product to use with custom applications.
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    Orca Security
    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
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    Okta
    Okta is far superior in terms of integrations, user interface, automation, and connectivity. Additionally, Okta offers better support and availability, and a more robust solution across every capacity Entra competes in. Okta simply works, whereas Microsoft Entra has a large overhead that is difficult to use when configuring things.
    Incentivized
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    Orca Security
    Wiz and aqua are pretty good but Orca has better UI.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Okta
    Being a cloud native application, The Okta Identity Cloud is extremely scalable and easy to setup. By integrating into existing directories and applications via standard techniques and protocols, it is very easy to both initially setup and add additional users as required. Once all the necessary integrations are setup, it's a simple rinse and repeat process to onboard additional users (which can be automated with imports as well)
    Incentivized
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    Orca Security
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Incentivized
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    Okta
    • Increased user productivity - not fighting with IT all the time!
    • Though there could be a bit more on the 'lost/broken phone' front, the self-service eliminates time that would typically be spent waiting for IT support/admins.
    • An Okta account under a certain domain allows proper access from the get-go, and under certain apps (such as our HRIS), adding members is easy.
    • Improved security - deactivating Okta removes all account access across multiple platforms instantly for leavers.
    Incentivized
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    Orca Security
    • less need of security team
    • easy to use
    • it's not costly
    Incentivized
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