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…
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to protect an improve any security risk. Customer relationship bring more value.
its unfortunately very expensive
XC is great but the price was well beyond what we could do. Our security team really wanted to utilize
Too expensive for small business with limited IT resources. Maybe provide a F5 light … Boost security & performance saving millions in revenue & compliance cost Maximizing ROI
F5 has a high cost, but is worth it for what is provided Overall scalability is unrivaled Powerful
positive impact on ROI better value to the product functionality best load balancing techinque
with F5 1 to 1 but when you go through the cost. it immediately stands out that everything is and additional cost per add-on compared to the F5 best backage … product than its competitors. Best Scalability. Best security. over all best price compared to competitors.…
Multi tannency allow to sell the big ip to other customers Expensive to a isp business customer the roi is low
small organizations price documentation
Price - of course GUI - sometimes it’s messing with the user … you need add functionality based on irules. less - where you are looking cheap device that suits your needs
Velos are expensive Support team is very cooperative Sale team helps us out
a little more breakdown on the products that are affordable. It's very expensive to have a distributed denial service solution. If you could implement distributed
Lowering Cost Including more features in base subscription
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cloud integration future value network segmentation
Cost maintenance for education … For education cost reduancy
Cost-benefit is a good quality of F5 BIG-IP. Crashes happen, but overall, this
Interface is somewhat confusing. Hard to find tutorials/learning. Cost.
Negative: Cost of lab licenses to mimick our production. Positive: less down time for maintenance … more option and customization. I still feel Kemp is strong due to their no-cost lab license.
the bases you would want in a load balancer once you have outgrown the cheaper/free products out there. You can cluster more than one device for fault … basically serve the same purpose quite well. Both are more advanced than the cheap/free software-based alternatives out…
Pricing - Aside from there being other cheaper alternatives out there I can’t really think of anything … about 4 years ago and we’ve been very happy since. Even considering the price I’d say it’s worth it.
competitors because F5 BIG-IP has the features we need at an acceptable price point for our organization. The ease of use, administration, set up, and
negative to F5's product line is the price: they're selling you the Cadillac of application delivery, they know it, and the price reflects that.
