F5 BIG-IP Review
Updated August 04, 2025
F5 BIG-IP Review
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with F5 BIG-IP
we need load balancer for our server farm that is easy to use and fit our requirement of the green blue deployment
Pros
- easy to use and managed
- scale well
- reliable
Cons
- nil
- the product has served well on the Return on investment especially in the enterprise level of the deployment, where it can handle the capacity so well, that we are able to achieve cost savings by just provisioning F5 without complex multi solution.
F5 has wide range of the environment coverage, including on-prem and clouded, it also has lots of options and flexibility in term of the processing the traffic (I.e. irule to customized based on the application need), unlike the application gateway which limited ONLY to what the CSP offered in their console.
Do you think F5 BIG-IP delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with F5 BIG-IP's feature set?
Yes
Did F5 BIG-IP live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of F5 BIG-IP go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy F5 BIG-IP again?
Yes
Using F5 BIG-IP
50 - IT department consists of sub organization that running multiple IT environment in different isolated network and managed by different team and personnel across different domains.
50 - knowledge or skills in advanced networking, system administration (espicially LINUX), basic programming / scripting, and application infrastructure / design.
- load balancing workload among the pool of servers
- control the request traffic and manipulation of the request
- easier in filtering and policy management
- blue green deployment on the new application deployment
- traffic manipulation through irule that suitable for the needs of the specific application.
- policy and rule management to control the traffic
- forward proxy feature to enable secure application access
Evaluating F5 BIG-IP and Competitors
- Ease of Use
ease of use is important for continuity support to the application, by providing fast change management and troubleshooting, at same time still ensure the security of the platform
ease of use, suitable to organization needs and secure platform
F5 BIG-IP Implementation
- Third-party professional services
NCS pte ltd
Change management was a small part of the implementation and was well-handled - n.a
- no major issue encountered
F5 BIG-IP Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
no, we have managed services onsite support that has premium support in the contract agreement
during the manipulation of the irule to solve one of the application requirement change request.
Using F5 BIG-IP
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using | None |
- workload load balancing
- patching and software update
- traffic control and manipulation required advanced skill
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