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

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

21 Reviews and Ratings

Symantec IGA

3 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	Score 8.5 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
Symantec IGA	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	Symantec IGA (formerly Layer7 Identity Suite & CA Identity Suite) from Broadcom provides comprehensive identity management and governance capabilities. In addition, Symantec IGA performs risk analysis and certification and enables remediation actions in real-time during the access provisioning steps, thereby improving audit performance and risk posture with preventive policy enforcement.	N/A

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F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

Symantec IGA

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F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	Symantec IGA
Free Trial
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Community Pulse
	F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	Symantec IGA
Top Pros	Pro Factor authentication Pro Two factor authentication Pro Remote access	Pro Self service Pro Easy to install Pro Identity management
Top Cons	Minus Ui ux Minus One click Minus External users	Minus New users Minus Hr module Minus Drill down

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User Ratings
	F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	Symantec IGA
Likelihood to Recommend	8.3 (10 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	Symantec IGA
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	Broadcom If an organization is looking for a good comprehensive identity management/governance suite that is easy to implement, CA identity manager may be a good/robust product. It is best to understand specific use case for your organization and try out the product before a final purchase decision as is the case with all sw products. Incentivized SS Shiv Shivakumar customer service leader 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	Broadcom It has complete identity management and governance capabilities equipped with a simple, intuitive user experience and helps simplify processes such as user access requests and access certifications. This in turn helps in improved productivity and user satisfaction. Incentivized SS Shiv Shivakumar customer service leader Read full review
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. Incentivized Mohammed Younus Siddiqui Load Balancer Administrator Read full review	Broadcom Bringing on new users and removing existing user when new employee/contractors join or leave an organization can be improved by linking directly to HR module. The slightly complicated GUI makes drill down difficult for a new user. Incentivized SS Shiv Shivakumar customer service leader Read full review
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	Broadcom The final contenders were CA and Oracle - Oracle was tedious to implement and maintain while on the other hand CA was easy to implement and maintain and came at a much lower price. Incentivized SS Shiv Shivakumar customer service leader Read full review
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 Incentivized Mubeen Akhtar Senior Cybersecurity Engineer Read full review	Broadcom For us, it was a fairly easy implementation over 60 day period that provided ROI fairly quickly Incentivized SS Shiv Shivakumar customer service leader Read full review
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