F5 BIG-IP vs. ngrok

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
F5 BIG-IP
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
F5 BIG-IP software from Seattle-based F5 Networks is a load balancing and application protection solution suite available on cloud or via virtual editions, on a subscription or perpetual licensing basis.N/A
ngrok
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
A unified ingress platform for developers, a simplified API-first ingress-as-a-service designed to add connectivity, security, and observability to apps in one line. ngrok aims to reduce the complexity of application and API delivery by unifying multiple point tools, accelerating time to market and enhancing operational agility.
$10
per month per developer
Pricing
F5 BIG-IPngrok
Editions & Modules
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ngrok for development - Personal
$10
per month
ngrok for development - Pro
$25
per month
ngrok for development - Enterprise
$39
per month
ngrok for production - pay-as-you-go
from $15
per month per endpoint
ngrok for production - Custom
Custom Pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
F5 BIG-IPngrok
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
F5 BIG-IPngrok
Best Alternatives
F5 BIG-IPngrok
Small Businesses
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
F5 BIG-IPngrok
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(187 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.6
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(59 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
F5 BIG-IPngrok
Likelihood to Recommend
F5
I think it's mostly suited for my company because it has prevented others from phishing into our company account and our user accounts, for example. Then it actually creates another safe because when I have to log in, I just have to connect on my phone to approve or not. So if I don't see that, it's kind of like someone else is trying to log in to my computer.
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ngrok
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Pros
F5
  • It's reliable. We've had very little problems with the technology. Performance is always right on. Metrics are great. They come out of it. We'd like to do more probably with it in the future as we start to grow a lot more.
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ngrok
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Cons
F5
  • Recently we have been deploying F5 web application firewall and we have started the deployment. We have already moved applications out there, but we are not yet to the point wherein I could comment any positive feedback or any negative feedback because we are still going through it, right. But as far as I'm concerned, I don't see any drawbacks or any shortcomings on the F5 product lineup.
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ngrok
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Likelihood to Renew
F5
Stability of product and easy way to have account manager contact. F5 support team is also always available to help with major issues. Last year during the major OS upgrade F5 team and F5 leadership always shared clear information and F5 team was dedicated to help us to have it closed in record time
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ngrok
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Usability
F5
It is a good product to use but right now it is lacking the automation of certificates, management of iRules and automation of certain configuration. Also creating an APM policy from scratch with many APM agents take a long time due to slow load times of the GUI and the need to create everything from scratch every time. It's tough to reuse the configuration.
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ngrok
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Support Rating
F5
I've supported F5 for three different companies. Our F5 support has been very consistent, regardless who the customer is. F5 technicians are very experienced and provide good support, even when issues are more related to knowledge than they are with the ability of the product to do what you need it to do.
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ngrok
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In-Person Training
F5
Practical cases and hands on , many hours of training with tipical cases
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ngrok
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Implementation Rating
F5
implementation is fine
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ngrok
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Alternatives Considered
F5
That's the one thing that really stood out. It was a lot easier to use from an administrator standpoint, so I think that's the one thing that really made our team decide to go with this product versus another competitor. Just ease of use.
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ngrok
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Return on Investment
F5
  • The F5 BIG-IP has improved all our load balancing needs, we have over 400 LTM VIPs in our environment this all use to be done with DNS round Robin configurations.
  • we have created unique APM solutions to support our external customer base
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ngrok
No answers on this topic
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