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

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

Tailscale

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
Tailscale	Score 9.3 out of 10	N/A	Tailscale is a VPN service that makes devices and applications accessible anywhere in the world, securely. It enables encrypted point-to-point connections using the open source WireGuard protocol, which means only devices on a private network can communicate with each other.	$5 per month

Pricing

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

Tailscale

Editions & Modules

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Personal: $0
per month
Personal Plus: $5
per month
Starter: $6
per month
Premium: $18
per month
Enterprise: Custom
per month

Offerings

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

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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	F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	Tailscale

Features

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

Tailscale

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	Tailscale - 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)	Tailscale
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User Ratings
	F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)	Tailscale
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (20 ratings)	- (0 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)	Tailscale
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	Tailscale No answers on this topic
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	Tailscale No answers on this topic
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	Tailscale No answers on this topic
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	Tailscale 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	Tailscale 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	Tailscale No answers on this topic
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	Tailscale No answers on this topic
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