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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AF5's Distributed Cloud API Security provides discovery and deep insights from use of AI/ML. It can be used to block API attacks in real time and eliminate vulnerabilities at their source. The SaaS-based portal enables users to manage and go deep for threat analytics, forensics, and troubleshooting of modern applications.N/A

    ReadyAPI

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/AReadyAPI (formerly SoapUI Pro, LoadUI Pro, and ServiceV Pro) is a REST and SOAP API functional testing tool that enables software developers, QA engineers, and manual testers to work together to create, maintain, and execute complex end-to-end API tests in their CI/CD pipelines without needing to code.N/A
    Pricing
    F5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityReadyAPI
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    F5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityReadyAPI
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    F5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityReadyAPI
    Considered Both Products
    F5
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    SmartBear
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    39 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    36 Answers
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    39 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    29 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    F5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityReadyAPI
    API Security
    Comparison of API Security features of F5 Distributed Cloud API Security and ReadyAPI
    Feature
    F5 Distributed Cloud API Security
    8.4
    34 Ratings
    0% below category average
    ReadyAPI
    -
    Ratings
    Data Protection8.334 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audit Logging8.329 Ratings00 Ratings
    Input Validation7.826 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Filtering8.227 Ratings00 Ratings
    Denial of Service (DoS) Protection8.831 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security Notification and Alerts8.830 Ratings00 Ratings
    API Key Management8.328 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) Protection8.926 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    F5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityReadyAPI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (40 ratings)
    7.0
    (65 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.3
    (6 ratings)
    7.3
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (39 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.3
    (27 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    F5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityReadyAPI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    I believe it covers everything related to the applications' security aspects, but there are a lot of improvements that need to be made. For example, better granular controls like bot categories listed on the distributed console and a granular URL-based control for the rate-limiting option are needed.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    As stated, we do a LOT of API testing, the swaggerhub import makes it easy to add APIs. This is very well-suited, as well as easy management of the steps/cases/suites inside of ReadyAPI. The one thing I do wish ReadyAPI was better suited for is changes to data, we have a lot of test cases in ReadyAPI and if we make a change to how the backend data is structured, one-by-one adjustments need to be made to the steps. Less appropriate, UI testing.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    F5
    • It auto-discovers APIs, even the ones engineers forget to document. Then profiles them without needing changes to our codebase.
    • Shadow API exposure.
    • It's pretty decent at abnormal behavior detection.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    • Ease of use (ability to automatically import API definitions, Jenkins integration for running in the pipeline).
    • Detailed test reports (allow to easily identify weak spots during both functional and performance testing).
    • One platform for all tests (allows to closely couple and reuse existent tests).
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    F5
    • More accurate detection of advanced persistent threats (APTs) targeting APIs.
    • A greater emphasis on checking APIs' schema and contract may prevent them from accepting misconfigurations or malicious input.
    • More customized, dynamic, and targeted protection for high-value APIs or high-risk user groups.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    • Needs good documentation
    • Need to improve the performance of the tool
    • Setup is very complex and for such [a] commercial tool, it should easy and straightforward
    • Tool says it supports security testing but in reality, it is not at an extensive level.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    F5 Distributed Cloud API Security provides robust API protection with solid threat detection, excellent visibility, and seamless integration into our architecture
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    The only reason this isn't a '10' is because of the cost. This product is definitely meant for organizations who are serious about making sure they invest in the full ecosystem of API design, development, maintenance. But there is a significant cost associated with this investment. and because of this cost (and the non-tangible output for executives), it is a difficult line-item to justify in this post-pandemic environment.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    F5
    Great product. Working with F5 for many years, we found the products F5 provided are all cutting edge technology. Although in F5 Distributed Cloud API Security we still have a lot to find out, but we believe this experience will be very good. Especially on the security side. Trust in F5.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    SoapUI allows us to combine multiple tests and adhere
    to the sequence that they need to run in order to complete successfully.
    It has an excellent GUI design and the reporting mechanism is also very
    good. It does consume a lot of memory though during concurrent testing
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    Reliability and Availability
    F5
    Always available
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    SmartBear
    Soap UI has managed to continuously build on it's solid foundation and keep improving by each release. It is by far the most dependable and accurate testing tool out there of its kind. Available via connecting to VM's created as SoapUI test machines give access to it anytime, anywhere practically.
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    Performance
    F5
    The UI is cloud-native and generally responsive. Report generation is easy Integrates with cloud providers
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    It has an excellent GUI design and the reporting mechanism is also very
    good. It does consume a lot of memory though during concurrent testing.
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    F5
    Lo hacemos mediante un partner We did it through a partner
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    To be honest, we didnt had much issues with the support, as there is already plenty of online communities available for help. But if ever there were some minor issues with the membership or the certificates, the tech support was always quick and efficient enough to resolve the issue ASAP
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    F5
    F5 Distributed Cloud API Security is our company looking forward product. With more and more API is using in both on prem, private cloud, public cloud and multi cloud environment, we as a financial institution, we are keep into the security settings to protect the information. That's the main reason we want to use this product.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    no very easy but lacks documentation
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    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    We ran a short POC with Salt. Its data classification and attack replay features were impressive. What held us back was the limited support for hybrid deployments and poor integration into our CI/CD pipelines, as F5 did.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    ReadyAPI provides intuitive GUI capabilities compared to their own open source product. When compared to Postman, ReadyAPI also supports SOAP based services, which is a saver especially when integrating with legacy or other third party systems.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    F5
    Centralized policy management: You can manage API security policies consistently across locations without duplicating effort, which supports scaling.


    API discovery and monitoring at scale: It automatically discovers APIs and monitors them in real time across large and complex environments.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    It has an excellent GUI design and the reporting mechanism is also very
    good. It does consume a lot of memory though during concurrent testing. However, I have read that added monitoring tools have been added, which if so the 7 could possibly go to a 8 or 9.
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    Return on Investment
    F5
    • F5 Distributed Cloud API Security mitigates many API-related security threats, including bot attacks, DDoS, data breaches, and unauthorized access attempts.
    • F5 Distributed Cloud API Security uses robust threat detection, machine learning, and real-time monitoring for speedier identification.
    • Reductions in security events result in fewer breaches, reduced downtime, and lower attack remediation costs.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    • Very quick regression testing, hence having the testing results very soon, even the same day of deployment
    • for same above reason, it can save money for corporation (so no tedious, costly and erroneous manual testings)
    • The test reports are compatible with TestNG, so the corporation can integrate the reports in our Autamation frameworks such as Allure or Jira Zephyr
    Incentivized
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