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CoSign SSO vs. F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CoSign SSO

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACoSign SSO is an open source web access solution.N/A

    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AF5 Networks provides BIG-IP Access Policy Manager as an identity and access solution which can be deployed as a standalone solution or as an add-on to F5 Networks' flagship BIG-IP TLM or F5 Advanced WAF applications.N/A
    Pricing
    CoSign SSOF5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
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    CoSign SSOF5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    CoSign SSOF5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
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    Open Source
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    Key User Insights
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    95%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    CoSign SSOF5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
    Virtual Private Network
    Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of CoSign SSO and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
    Feature
    CoSign SSO
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    Ratings
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
    9.2
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
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    User Ratings
    CoSign SSOF5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    CoSign SSOF5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    CoSign SSO integrates well with the WordPress platform, which our organization's employees use very frequently. My organization has a few blog posts created by the different communities out here due to which we use it heavily on a routinely basis. With CoSign SSO, integrating well with it has reduced a burden of remembering the password separately.
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    F5
    I think that the platform is well suited to many Remote Access VPN solutions, but I also think there is a lot of room for improvement on the backend. If you are hoping to deploy your APM solution across many different datacenters or colos, it may not be the best choice for the final solution.
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • Single sign-on.
    • Integration with WordPress and various other sign-ons.
    • Works behind firewall.
    • Supports OAuth.
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    F5
    • SAML 2.0 identity federation support.
    • Integrates with third-party SSO solutions.
    • Bridging modern authentication and authorization (SAML, OAuth/OIDC) and classic authentication and authorization methods.
    • Policy routing
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • CoSign SSO is open source but there are limited support forums available
    • Login via multiple platforms at the same time becomes troublesome at times
    • More support should be provided to resolve errors
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    F5
    • There's some more advanced configurations within OAuth that I think could be fleshed out and easier to approach.
    • There's a lot of things in F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager policies that I find myself recreating every policy. An easier way to copy objects from one to policy to another.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    Integration with F5 BIG-IP systems that we plan to keep using for a while.
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    Usability
    Open Source
    Integration with multiple apps - WordPress plugin is easy to use.
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    F5
    If F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager usability is fine it's not hard to use if you read the documentation but it does feel dated and could use a responsive design update to modernize user interface to current standards.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
    As a user of CoSign SSO, I think my organization picked it against others as its reasonable priced. Also CoSign SSO integrates well with multiple social and organizational-level web apps, which might not have been the case with Microsoft Azure, as it would have been designed to integrate with Microsoft's suite of products. Since CoSign SSO is an open-source app, it further suits the requirement.
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    F5
    It is open platform so support is not good and than F5 and features visibility as not good as F5. F5 Set up and easy to use to admin console. Also have more feature visibility for load balancing, web server accelerator, application server ddos protection and WAF. F5 more efficient to handle concurrent request.
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • Improved productivity as users do not need to remember multiple passwords.
    • Gave better control to admin as user access can be controlled at a single point for multiple apps/platforms.
    • Made it easier for company to explore more solutions without worrying about more login accounts.
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    F5
    • Simplified our approach to company-wide VPN solutions greatly by allowing us to use a single product instead of multiple products like we had before
    • Can handle 15000-20000 users at once with no issues
    • Was able to configure to support users travelling with 4G connections on their laptops and accommodate constant changing IP addresses
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