F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) vs. SailPoint Identity Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
Score 8.5 out of 10
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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
SailPoint Identity Platform
Score 8.6 out of 10
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SailPoint Identity Security for the cloud enterprise manages risk from the explosion of technology access. The solution gives businesses visibility while automating and accelerating the management of all user identities, entitlements, systems, data and cloud services.N/A
Pricing
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)SailPoint Identity Platform
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F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)SailPoint Identity Platform
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)SailPoint Identity Platform
Identity Management
Comparison of Identity Management features of Product A and Product B
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
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Ratings
SailPoint Identity Platform
7.5
8 Ratings
7% below category average
ID-Management Access Control00 Ratings7.88 Ratings
ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
Multi-Factor Authentication00 Ratings6.93 Ratings
Password Management00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
Account Provisioning and De-provisioning00 Ratings7.88 Ratings
ID Management Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.98 Ratings
ID Risk Management00 Ratings6.76 Ratings
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User Ratings
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)SailPoint Identity Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(10 ratings)
8.2
(15 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)SailPoint Identity 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.
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SailPoint
We are happy with the management of the Id, accounts where the user can request any access easily. Also the many connector which Sailpoint is offering in order to onboard lots of applications is quite helpful. The access review module has also have been improve so that large campaigns can we work out easily.

Where we see some improvement is on the UI as here it is not so intuitive for the end user, so that we need to make lots of communications and training so that the user is able to understand how to use it.

For the administration and creation of roles it also would be great to have some improvements here to make it more easily its management.
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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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SailPoint
  • Brings users access, profiles and accounts all into one place
  • Manages the Life Cycle Management process across ALL identities, permanent and Temporary
  • Secures and manages access to critical applications and resources across the group
  • Enables Info. Security to customise, share and delegate authority across the group
  • Single version of the truth across our technology platform
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Cons
F5
  • UI/UX can be quick and modern.
  • The application hosting is not one-click.
  • You cannot observer the changes done for external users internally.
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SailPoint
  • The user interface is not very intuitive. It is hard for the occasional user to navigate through the request process. There are no instructions on the screen to help the user to know what to do. It is left up to the user to figure out what to click on and how to navigate through the process.
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Usability
F5
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SailPoint
Overall usablity is excellent. The product is capable of performing all the expected tasks for a IAM solution.
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Support Rating
F5
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SailPoint
Support for Customizations is very limited.
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Implementation Rating
F5
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SailPoint
Implementation was done correctly and all the requirements were met.
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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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SailPoint
The on-prem SailPoint IdentityIQ platform provides the necessary customization that is required in our dynamic environment. Although we may look at a cloud-based Identity Management service again in the future, (there are many advantages), our identity management, authentication, and application assignment processes cannot be quickly consolidated to a single cloud-based service at this time.
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Return on Investment
F5
  • Great VPN Solution during Covid
  • Excellent for remote access related service control and management
  • Reasonable ROI, since it is slightly expensive
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SailPoint
  • Over 300,000 password change/reset calls avoided to the helpdesk annually.
  • 1,000 plus accounts with proper accesses provisioned via automated birthright processes weekly versus 1-2 days of manual provisioning and approvals. With a call center population that churns many people per week, this brings many dollars of efficiency to the operations teams.
  • Flexibility on terminations to manage accounts and access for target applications based on regulatory or business rules to ensure compliance and avoid fines for non-compliance.
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