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

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting 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
Splashtop
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Splashtop is a software solution for both remote access and remote support. Boasting 30+ million customers worldwide and users among both large and small organizations across the globe, Splashtop presents their solution as secure, high-performing, and fit to specific use-cases. Splashtop is ISO certified, SOC 2 and GDPR compliant. Splashtop Remote Access provides remote desktop connections for business professionals and teams to work from anywhere, using any device.…
$99
per year per user
Pricing
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Splashtop
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Splashtop Remote Access Pro
$8.25
per month per user, billed annually
Splashtop Remote Access Performance
$13.00
per month per user, billed annually
Splashtop Remote Support Enterprise
Contact Sales
per month per concurrent technician, billed annually
Splashtop Remote Access Enterprise
Contact Sales
per month per user, billed annually
Splashtop On-Prem
Contact Sales
Splashtop Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM)
Contact Sales
per month per endpoint, billed annually
Splashtop Remote Support SOS
Starting at $22.00
per month per concurrent technician, billed annually
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Splashtop
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Splashtop
Features
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Splashtop
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
Splashtop
-
Ratings
AES 256-bit Encryption8.96 Ratings00 Ratings
Kill Switch7.45 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Platform Support7.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Split Tunneling8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
IP Address Masking7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
No-Logs Policy5.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Server Locations6.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic Wi-Fi Protection9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Simultaneous Connections8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Support Services7.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Remote Administration
Comparison of Remote Administration features of Product A and Product B
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
-
Ratings
Splashtop
7.8
43 Ratings
2% below category average
Screen sharing00 Ratings9.337 Ratings
File transfer00 Ratings9.039 Ratings
Instant message00 Ratings7.930 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers00 Ratings3.013 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session00 Ratings9.342 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile00 Ratings7.626 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard00 Ratings7.132 Ratings
Session record00 Ratings7.219 Ratings
Annotations00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
Multi-platform remote control00 Ratings8.733 Ratings
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User Ratings
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Splashtop
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(20 ratings)
8.8
(564 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.3
(1 ratings)
9.5
(40 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(8 ratings)
9.1
(28 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(6 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(522 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(18 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(3 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(5 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Splashtop
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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Splashtop
Well suited: - Solo IT consultants (like me) who need to provide support to a variety of clients - Businesses/businesspeople that need secure remote access to one or more computers in the home or home office, from anywhere in the world Less appropriate: - There are free alternatives available for non-business/non-critical applications.
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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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Splashtop
  • Quick access to remote users who have the streamer installed.
  • Ad-hoc access, so a license is not needed for every potential client, since we can provide support using the SOS support module.
  • Multiple security options, so users can provide their support provider with access, but with the knowledge that they can control what is being shared.
  • The ability to request 2FA and other credentials to allow access.
  • Online access, so it can be run diretly from a web browser.
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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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Splashtop
  • More Web browser features for a computer not able to download the programs for remote management. Like more file transfer options from a web browser.
  • More functionality on where to save the file transfers and pull from the remote computer.
  • Making it possible to be able to support more computers than the standard 340. Bigger batches to upgrade to.
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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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Splashtop
I believe that I will renew Splashtop without any problems in the coming years as eating stable costs without increases even in critical periods such as the Covid virus, Splashtop allows access to 25 unattended stations and has continuous updates and new features. It also allows resale to users with sub-accounts
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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.
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Splashtop
It's hard to find any significant faults with Splashtop. It offers a very responsive remote access experience with clear and simple interface. There's very little learning curve as it's toolbar mimics other popular remote access solutions graphical user interface. It's gives you access to your remote computer quickly and stays out of your way
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Reliability and Availability
F5
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
I recall one outage, and it wasn't very long. We use QuickAssist when someone's having a problem connecting with Splashtop on a Windows machine. Fortunately, that doesn't happen very often. QuickAssist is for the QUICK Assist. Splashtop is far better for addressing more complex support needs.
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Performance
F5
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
I've found occasional speed bumps and disconnects that are annoying. I don't know who or what to blame. If there was a way for Splashtop to survive through dropped packets, that might help. A tool like Microsoft Remote Desktop disconnects far more easily than Splashtop does, but Splashtop sometimes requires three to four sessions, or at least shows 3-4 sessions in the logs/reports for a given support call.
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Support Rating
F5
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
I haven't had a problem connecting with Splashtop support, but even though I've contacted them several times about the locked Ctrl key issue they have been unable to resolve it. I haven't found anybody who will take ownership of my issue, and I just gave up on trying to resolve it and live with the nuisance.
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Implementation Rating
F5
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
It couldn't have been any easier to setup and I have had no issues with it since it was implemented. It's a great product and makes remotely connecting to another device so simple and quick. I can't recommend it enough
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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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Splashtop
I have not looked at TeamViewer in quite some time but I found Splashtop SOS for me to be at least a 1 to 1 feature switch. And right now connecting to mobile devices to see a customers screen is included with Splashtop SOS and it is a real value add. I hope it says that way. TeamViewer is just too expensive in comparison.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
F5
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
A colleague got a significantly better deal that did not allow him to use Groups. His savings/pricing was far more attractive than mine was. I tried to get that from sales, and they told me it was not an option. That was disappointing.
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Scalability
F5
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
I bought service for 250 unattended machines. I anticipate the next level will be very expensive, so I may stop at 250. It works very well for our needs. Only recently have I needed to add a second team to add a group of computers, but it's all been great.
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Professional Services
F5
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
Do not use.
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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
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Splashtop
  • Splashtop helps us complete 3% more tickets in situations where the normal agent has failed.
  • We have gained two additional clients for the MSP this year since we were already familiar with the setup the client was using.
  • Splashtop is good for us to have in the arsenal when every other method to remote in has failed.
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ScreenShots

Splashtop Screenshots

Screenshot of Splashtop Streamer: Used to connect to and remote into computers.
Splashtop Business App: Used to connect from and remotely access other computers.Screenshot of Splashtop SOS - Accessed with a 9-digit session code, it can be customized with a brand, logo and text.Screenshot of a view of computer sessions.Screenshot of where users can transfer files and folders from local and remote computers during a session.Screenshot of Splashtop Remote Support Enterprise : On-demand support with service desk capabilities.Screenshot of a dashboard - This offers key insights on endpoint status, security metrics, and scheduled tasks.