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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

    Score9 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

    UserLock

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AUserLock from IS Decisions is a network access control and identity management solution.N/A
    Pricing
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)UserLock
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    Pricing Offerings
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)UserLock
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)UserLock
    Considered Both Products
    F5
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    IS Decisions
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
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    Features
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)UserLock
    Virtual Private Network
    Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and UserLock
    Feature
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
    7.4
    13 Ratings
    18% below category average
    UserLock
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    Ratings
    AES 256-bit Encryption8.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Kill Switch8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Platform Support7.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Split Tunneling7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    IP Address Masking6.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    No-Logs Policy5.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Server Locations7.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Wi-Fi Protection7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simultaneous Connections7.211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Support Services7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
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    HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM)
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)UserLock
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (25 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (14 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)UserLock
    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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    IS Decisions
    UserLock is well suited to easily managing MFA for users of various levels to improve security hardening in a granular manner. It's open ended implementation of the IIS module is good for web authentication of all sorts of sites. Reporting of user's access and notifying of multiple logons is great.
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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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    IS Decisions
    • Easy to setup and install for the most part
    • Easy to onboard users
    • Logging and reporting of user's access to devices really good
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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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    IS Decisions
    • Implementing the agent in IIS scenarios could be easier and more guided
    • IIS upgrade agent upgrade process could be improved upon
    • An overall summary of applied permssions for a particular user would be useful
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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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    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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    IS Decisions
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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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    IS Decisions
    sorry was quite some time ago and can't remmber specifics but cost was a big factor and this was a very competitively priced product at the time.
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    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
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    IS Decisions
    • Sometimes does not unlock task manager access when it pops up with MFA prompt, can be a pain to have to undo
    • It's great value for money compared to more high end products
    • Generally reliable and has improved security hardening
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Limit concurrent loginsScreenshot of Monitor user logon and logoffScreenshot of Remotely block userScreenshot of Restrict user logon hoursScreenshot of History report