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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ASecurely connects distributed apps and services across public cloud, on-premises, and edge environments. Utilizing Infrastructure as Code, App Connect provisions resources and maintain uniform policies across multiple sites.N/A

    Google Cloud CDN

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AThe Google Cloud CDN is touted as a low cost option with tight integration with Google Cloud apps and services.N/A
    Pricing
    F5 Distributed Cloud App ConnectGoogle Cloud CDN
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    F5 Distributed Cloud App ConnectGoogle Cloud CDN
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    F5 Distributed Cloud App ConnectGoogle Cloud CDN
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    F5
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Best Alternatives
    F5 Distributed Cloud App ConnectGoogle Cloud CDN
    Small Businesses
    Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Amazon CloudFront
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    AWS Auto Scaling
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Amazon CloudFront
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Azure CDN
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    F5 Distributed Cloud App ConnectGoogle Cloud CDN
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    4.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    F5 Distributed Cloud App ConnectGoogle Cloud CDN
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    My advice is if your firm build multi-cloud, high availability SaaS products or you just run polyglot workloads across kubernetes and VMs, then F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect is your guy. Coming from an expert, just start with a few core services or else you will be overwhelmed.
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    Google
    Google Cloud CDN is available globally and supports various load balancers available in different regions around the globe, so I find Google Cloud CDN as one of the best choices for CDN as it serves globally and it is really fast, safe, and secure. It might be not suitable for you if you do not have any technical background.
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    Pros
    F5
    • Ease of use - standing up a new site took very little time, less then an hour.
    • Connecting the dots - the ease at standing up a load balancer and advertising it on CEs was simple and straight forward. Once you get familiar with the field layout it's very comparable to BIG-IP
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    Google
    • The intelligent categorization and management of site content cache in Google Cloud CDN is unique and offers the best results with simple settings.
    • It has powerful servers in all geographical regions of the world and the speed of the site will increase many times for the customer with smart routing.
    • It has AnyCast IP feature and website receives a single global IP address. In this case, the site loads at the same speed worldwide.
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    Cons
    F5
    • User access roles should be more granular what we currently have
    • user interface should be user friendly
    • Setup process and guided workflows could add a user friendly process for first time users
    • log export from SIEM tool still require a manual intervention
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    Google
    • Unable to use any kind of code to show different content.
    • Absence of cloud workers as provided by Cloudfront, Cloudflare and Akamai.
    • No support for dynamic routing.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    At this point it has become too focal to our operations. An entire department could collapse if we dropped it now or in the near future. My experiences as mentioned in the previous questions tell of its gravity
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    F5
    Because it’s so straightforward. There’s not much to it.
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    Google
    There is not really an interface for managing rules directly, compared to market leaders, Google's implementation is probably strong on the technical side but for the average user it might be lacking. There are no advanced features which can be compared to what other leaders in the CDN sector are providing or they can be achieved but with high implementation cost and usage of other products in the Google Cloud suite
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    Performance
    F5
    From what we have been able to test load/responsiveness is quick and when we've tested out reporting and troubleshooting modules they have pulled the correct information in quick timeframes. We haven't been able to test out any software integration with Splunk of other software on our system since we are still in early POC stages but from what we've been told we should be able to implement that in our environment
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    I didn't have the need to use support from Google when I was either testing or setting up my website. Information was easily found by searching online if I needed to, and the options that I needed to install or enable were there on the setup page. Honestly, I was a former systems administrator so most of this stuff is not challenging for me.
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    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    -F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect provides more granular security policies with features like DOS, WAF etc and others lack -F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect provides high performance global network and other rely on public internet and impact is latency and it gives F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect a better user experience
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    Google
    We have limited software developers and don't have the need for a big cloud service provider along with their costs. Google Cloud CDN brings to usr, reliability and brand familiarity. Google Cloud CDN also doesn't bother us with pitches or 1000 emails about the products. We went and signed up for it, without dealing with a pushy salesperson.
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    Return on Investment
    F5
    • Inconsistent policies and procedures and now its all seem to be sorted and now requires less support
    • Deployment cycle time was reduced and achieves a faster adoption of newly added contents
    • Saved migration cost and more gave durability to the existing setup
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    Google
    • Google Cloud CDN has worked great as a tool to provide more reliable and faster interactive web experiences such as with e-learning sites.
    • The product can require additional training costs, even for experienced IT administrators.
    • Overall, ongoing costs can also be prohibitive for organizations with smaller web presences.
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