F5 BIG-IP

Overview
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BIG-IP
Score 9.0 out of 10
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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. The BIG-IP suite of products supports a wide range of security and application performance needs. The suite includes BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) traffic management and optimization, BIG-IP DNS, BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) identity and password protection, BIG-IP Application…N/A
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F5 BIG-IP
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BIG-IP
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
F5 BIG-IP
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BIG-IP
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BIG-IP provides more completeness of technology than its competitors.
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We have been using BigIP F5 for over 10 years, and we will continue to use it.
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Big IQ had some limitations compared to what big IP does.
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NGINX is known for its high performance and scalability, particularly in serving static content and handling large volumes of concurrent connections.
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Number of issues or errors are very small, F5 BIG-IP change OS/Firmware architecture to microservice run on the container to easy to maintain and upgrade. Good support from engineer teams. Security functions upgrade and F5 BIG-IP is one important component in F5 Platform …
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Give proof to solve problem when the organisation big hit access from users to our data center.
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Ease of used. Not that complex. Better support by the principle. A better product than the other load balancer brands
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Has easy menu to read for configure & implementation easy to understand.
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F5 BIG-IP is the gold standard in load balancing and traffic prioritization.
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Citrus NetScalers. That's another competitor. We use their products too. I just like the UI better on the BIG-IP in my personal opinion. It's just easier to work with.
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So the cloud versions, and admittedly we did not do the Imperva on-prem solution. We only went with cloud. There's a lot of idiosyncrasies, like you can't use real IP addresses, you must snap. And that caused us problems with DNS and DNS routing. So we had to turn on some …
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F5 BIG-IP is my first F5 product that I have stared to work, and it brings me more experience doing a lot of migration upgrades from old code version to new code. The way F5 has all configuration help us to develop scrips to improve our process.
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The company was already utilizing F5 BIG-IP when I started.
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I used NGINX and Cloudflare CDN and now that F5 owns NGINX it’s been an easy switch. Cloudflare has a very intuitive platform that makes it easy to get up and running. Most of my experience is with F5 and I’m happy to say it’s made my experience streamlined enough that I …
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We have multiple vendors in our environment. As we have a number of F5 devices already deployed keeping them fed and happy is a task. We continue with F5 as the data plane is solid and management tools are consistent with automation objectives.
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F5 interface is better and more user friendly and the technology is just better. F5 WAF is better and easier to integrate than Imperva WAF which I have seen introduce latency.
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I prefer the F5 over all of the other products. I have had more success with F5 than another of the above listed products.
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F5 BIG-IP Vs Netscaler Traffic Manager by Citrix I would say there is no comparison. Netscaler was difficult to use and no one easily understood the configurations. It led to many times where our engineers would need to reverse engineer the configuration before they could …
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XC is great but the price was well beyond what we could do. Our security team really wanted to utilize this and loved what they saw until the quote. It's a great product but I do feel the UI could use some intuitive work.
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F5 BIG-IP's iRules are way superior and robust
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Features
F5 BIG-IP
Virtual Private Network
Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of Product A and Product B
F5 BIG-IP
7.8
20 Ratings
9% below category average
AES 256-bit Encryption8.415 Ratings
Kill Switch7.09 Ratings
Multi-Platform Support7.210 Ratings
Split Tunneling7.411 Ratings
IP Address Masking8.514 Ratings
No-Logs Policy8.012 Ratings
Multiple Server Locations8.215 Ratings
Automatic Wi-Fi Protection6.77 Ratings
Simultaneous Connections8.417 Ratings
Customer Support Services8.716 Ratings
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User Ratings
F5 BIG-IP
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(127 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(6 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
F5 BIG-IP
Likelihood to Recommend
F5
The scale, performance, and configuration for various scenarios have already been mentioned. The versatility, reliability, etc., are dependable and well-known. Being the industry leader, it is almost a standard, and no one can get fired for recommending F5 compared to some of the new offerings, which are not battle-tested.
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Pros
F5
  • Easy connection: you can connect to your corporate network with two clicks.
  • IP restriction: F5 has a list of possible insecure IP numbers, if someone tries to connect using one of these numbers, F5 BIG-IP won't connect.
  • Always on feature: Very handy feature, if you install always on, you won't need to click connect.
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Cons
F5
  • I think the policy configuration that had some improvements on the ASM word things, improvements may be on the signatures that would be good because it's a little bit confusing on the ASL, how they are updated and deployed, and this staging. So that's something that could be.
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Likelihood to Renew
F5
Only way to to this type of tasks
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Usability
F5
Great customization and easy to use help reference menus
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Support Rating
F5
On the occasions when we've had to engage f5 support, they have been great. They have always resolved our issues quickly and been easy to work with and professional. The reason I give them a 10 out of 10, however, is because when we've had issues that have crossed over between the f5 BIG-IP, our Cisco switches, and our Microsoft IIS server the f5 support representatives have been extremely knowledgeable about every product and device involved and have been able to troubleshoot end-to-end without having to engage other vendors.
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Implementation Rating
F5
implementation is fine
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Alternatives Considered
F5
So the cloud versions, and admittedly we did not do the Imperva on-prem solution. We only went with cloud. There's a lot of idiosyncrasies, like you can't use real IP addresses, you must snap. And that caused us problems with DNS and DNS routing. So we had to turn on some features with F5 that did remediate the issue, like using the one connect profiles, but that did cause some other problems identifying traffic and we had to make some eye roll changes to use the exported four headers.
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Return on Investment
F5
  • F5 BIG-IP has a highly positive impact on the customers. The main impact is on the security of the web applications.
  • F5 BIG-IP provides an easy and safe way to connect employees to assets and applications that reside in an on-premises environment.
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