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Who Buys & Uses F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Insights from F5 Distributed Cloud API Security Reviewers

Based on 10 verified reviews published in the last 18 months

Overview

Synthesised from 10 reviews | Last Published July 9, 2026

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security is primarily leveraged by organizations to safeguard application programming interfaces (APIs) from threats like misuse and Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, and to secure hybrid applications. In TrustRadius reviews, users frequently highlight its core function in automatically discovering APIs, including undocumented ones, and its robust security enforcement capabilities. The platform also provides enhanced visibility and control over API ecosystems, helping to identify shadow APIs and block unknown exposures.

Reviewers report positive return on investment, with 30% noting significant time savings due to streamlined processes and reduced onboarding time. However, some users indicate areas for improvement, such as the need for better documentation and training materials, and enhancements to the dashboard's complexity. Integration with on-premises and legacy systems also presents a challenge for some. Overall, reviewers find the product effective for API lifecycle security, though with a learning curve.

Pros

  • Automatic discovery of APIs, including undocumented ones
  • Robust security enforcement against threats like DDoS
  • Detection of abnormal API behavior
  • Ease of implementation and automatic load balancer provisioning
  • Global application resiliency for stability and availability

Cons

  • Insufficient documentation and training materials
  • Complex dashboard and visualization features
  • Limited integration with on-premises and legacy systems
  • Areas for refinement in authentication and authorization mechanisms
  • Potential for improved performance and throughput
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F5 Distributed Cloud API Security Reviews

11 Reviews
Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesInformation Technology & Services8Computer & Network Security3

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Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

F5 has helped us with our corporate cloud, enabling us to instill greater confidence in our customers regarding high availability.

F5 nos a ayudado a la nuestra nube como Empresa, a nuestros clientes les generamos mayor confianza en una alta disponibilidad

Likelihood to Recommend

scalability

escabilidad

This review was originally written in Spanish and has been translated into English using a third-party translation tool. While we strive for accuracy, some nuances or meanings may not be perfectly captured.
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Javier Sanchez
Director de soluciones tecnologias in Customer Service at Soluciones Tecnologicas (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security review

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Distributed Cloud to showcase it to our customers. Some of the business problems are mostly application security that our customers are looking to harden off. We have used API to simulate attacks and how XC can prevent it.

Pros

  • Remediate attacks
  • Automatically provision LBs
  • Creation of WAF policies

Cons

  • Better walk throughs
  • Links to kb

Likelihood to Recommend

It’s well suited for a customer that is deploying this greenfield. A customer with an existing F5 product is less likely to switch over, unless they don’t want to use hardware anymore.
VU
Verified User
Technician in Research & Development (Information Technology & Services company, 5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

to have visibility and total control over our ecosystem

tener visibilidad y control total sobre nuestro ecosistema

Pros

  • microservices
  • cloud
  • microservices
  • nube

Cons

  • cloud
  • multicloud
  • nube
  • multinube

Likelihood to Recommend

It allows us to have a Single Point of Control

nos permite tener un Punto Unico de control

This review was originally written in Spanish and has been translated into English using a third-party translation tool. While we strive for accuracy, some nuances or meanings may not be perfectly captured.
VU
Verified User
Team Lead in Sales (Information Technology & Services company, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Reseller

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Due increasing utility of APIs to third party resources, need for security to defeat malicious interruption. Besides API security, use to enforce micro segmentation policies

Pros

  • API security
  • Micro segmentation
  • Resiliency

Cons

  • Fault finding. Would be good to have better visibility to assist with trouble shooting

Likelihood to Recommend

Thus far, our use cases are fairly plain vanilla. Yet to encounter less appropriate scenarios
VU
Verified User
Professional in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security Review

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we use F5 Distributed Cloud API Security As a protection of our solutions, we have own solutions and we use sappies, different apps.

Pros

  • It is easy to implement and I think it's one of the most friendly solutions in this aspect.

Cons

  • Probably training, more training for final users.

Likelihood to Recommend

Basically, when you have many applications on cloud, you can use this product and if you have integrations with other applications, it is very useful. This application, this is solution.
VU
Verified User
Manager in Sales (Computer & Network Security company, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Reseller

Security clearance remedy and vulnerability scanning

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use F5 Distributed Cloud API Security for Load balancing

Pros

  • Load balance
  • Security
  • Application

Cons

  • Layer 7
  • Application

Likelihood to Recommend

I give F5 Distributed Cloud API Security a ten out of ten for how it handles security clearance remedy and vulnerability scanning.

Alternatives

I think F5 Distributed Cloud API Security is better than most.
VU
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review

Good for new architecture

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my organization, I use F5 Distributed Cloud API Security in a lab, but it's giving me good data for testing/development

Pros

  • In my opinion, Multi-cloud is done well in F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Cons

  • I think there is room for improvement in F5 Distributed Cloud API Security to be Less complicated

Likelihood to Recommend

If asked, I think I would recommend F5 Distributed Cloud API Security to a colleague because I think F5 Distributed Cloud API Security is Good for new architecture, not great for monolithic deployments
VU
Verified User
Contributor in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Reseller

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security Rocks

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, We use F5 Distributed Cloud API Security in conversations with our customers to power apps and speed up time-to-market for application development.

Pros

  • Secure
  • Protect
  • Tracks endpoints

Cons

  • I think there is room for improvement in F5 Distributed Cloud API Security with Speed

Likelihood to Recommend

If asked, I think I am likely to recommend F5 Distributed Cloud API Security to a colleague because, in my opinion, F5 Distributed Cloud API Security is Well suited for companies with new applications

Alternatives

F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
VU
Verified User
Contributor in Sales (Computer & Network Security company, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review

Machine Learning and Fine-Grained Threat Identification platform.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cloud API Security helps detect and prevent threats specifically targeted at APIs.

Pros

  • Rate Limiting and Quotas.
  • API Threat Protection.
  • Automated API Discovery.

Cons

  • 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.

Likelihood to Recommend

Expanded Threat Intelligence Integration and Increased integration with external threat intelligence sources may increase the accuracy of threat detection and response.

Alternatives

Imperva API Security and Akamai API Gateway
It offers threat intelligence feeds and machine learning capabilities to detect and block emerging threats.
VU
Verified User
General Manager in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security detects attacks before they happen.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use F5 Distributed Cloud API Security for email phishing and to prevent external infiltration

Pros

  • Mitigates attacks before they reach infrastructure and apps.
  • Protect apps
  • Troubleshooting of apps
  • Detect and block attacks

Likelihood to Recommend

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security detects attacks before they happen.

Alternatives

OWASP ZAP
VU
Verified User
Director in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review