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    F5 BIG-IP

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AF5 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.N/A
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    F5 BIG-IP
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    F5
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    The logic is intelligently used in the F5 dns to build a high availability architecture for services and infinite possibilities for global balancing.
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    Si bien ambos productos son buenos, la flexibilidad de F5 nos convenció de adoptarlo.

    While both products are good, the flexibility of F5 convinced us to adopt it.
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    Competencia directa.

    Direct Competition
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    Porque nos es agnóstico a la tecnología implementada, de esta manera podemos evaluar en un futuro adquirir nuevas tecnologías y no depender de un solo vendor para implementar distintas necesidades que puedan surgir a futuro. Por lo tanto, se puede decir que los productos de F5 …
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    versatility in terms of customizing the application specific parameters, as well as security features
    Incentivized
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    It stacks up great. I mean it does in most cases a better job. I mean there's no competition in that regard.
    Incentivized
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    We are recently not evaluating, but we have started the deployment for WAF and we're using GTM, LTM, you name it. F5, we are using all of them.
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    We've had it for so long, we just not really ever looked elsewhere, honestly. Yeah, it's been a great tool.
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    Hardware via the cloud solution from F5. I'm drawing a blank on the name right now. Distributed cloud, I think is what they call it.
    Incentivized
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    The ACE with Child Ace as well as a low balancer, but big IP tends to work better.
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    There's other, Kemp is one for that would be where we see the gap, where they do better in the mid-market space and then a 10 in the larger accounts. Those are probably the two that come to mind the most.
    Incentivized
    Chose F5 BIG-IP
    That's the one thing that really stood out. It was a lot easier to use from an administrator standpoint, so I think that's the one thing that really made our team decide to go with this product versus another competitor. Just ease of use.
    Incentivized
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    None, Actually since a lot of our customers are using BIG-IP, so we provide control for BIG-IP.
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    Works really well. Like I was saying with the ease of use and I mean it's great hardware really fast, we've had zero issues with that, so it's been good
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    Very well. They're the leader in their space and we always like to pick best of breed, which we consider F5 BIG-IP.
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    We always used f5 products and we like it
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    Easy to use
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    As I said previously, the F5 BIG-IP products are far and away the easiest, most robust and powerful application delivery platform I've ever worked on. The user experience was really the most noteworthy difference when using other products. The Kemp Load master platform was …
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    F5 BIG-IP is More stable, and has more features by far.
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    DDos protection is better from Distributed model
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    132 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    F5 BIG-IP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (129 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.2
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    F5 BIG-IP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    Definitely in larger environments, more mature organizations that obviously have the budget to spend and want best in class. Where it struggles is those organizations that don't have the funding and money to spend on it and need more basic functionality. So I'd say that's smaller customers we've worked with and kind of mid-market. They tend to get scared when they get the quotes. Also we've had some struggles with account team consistency. So for the sales team, just a lot of turnover and a lot of missteps on customer calls.
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    Pros
    F5
    • I mean from a basic level, it actually satisfies all the use cases we have, which is basically to have multiple web servers for the front end and then you want that to be equally split across. The traffic comes in from all over the world. We use DRA protection and everything, but then we also internally want to make sure all the servers are being utilized and we provide much more availability across all servers. We just make sure BIG-IP sits in between and handles the traffic accordingly. And it's pretty basic and it comes to drawing traffic. It's pretty easy to configure and set it up and then forget.
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    Cons
    F5
    • Recently we have been deploying F5 web application firewall and we have started the deployment. We have already moved applications out there, but we are not yet to the point wherein I could comment any positive feedback or any negative feedback because we are still going through it, right. But as far as I'm concerned, I don't see any drawbacks or any shortcomings on the F5 product lineup.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    So far experience with F5 BIG-IP has been good, but we are only 6 months into the deployment and will depend on how things run over time.
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    Usability
    F5
    It's not difficult to understand the parts of application configurations and features. Setting up new virtual servers with multiple profiles, certificates, and nodes is easy for new users through the web interface, which also translates to programability in scripts, DevOps, or other configuration management use-cases. Users from different backgrounds such as networking and infrastructure can use F5 BIG-IP, while users who are familiar with API calls can easily configure objects without needing to understand the platform at all.
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    Support Rating
    F5
    On the occasions when we've had to engage f5 support, they have been great. They have always resolved our issues quickly and been easy to work with and professional. The reason I give them a 10 out of 10, however, is because when we've had issues that have crossed over between the f5 BIG-IP, our Cisco switches, and our Microsoft IIS server the f5 support representatives have been extremely knowledgeable about every product and device involved and have been able to troubleshoot end-to-end without having to engage other vendors.
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    In-Person Training
    F5
    Practical cases and hands on , many hours of training with tipical cases
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    Implementation Rating
    F5
    implementation is fine
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    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    That's the one thing that really stood out. It was a lot easier to use from an administrator standpoint, so I think that's the one thing that really made our team decide to go with this product versus another competitor. Just ease of use.
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    Return on Investment
    F5
    • F5 BIG-IP has a highly positive impact on the customers. The main impact is on the security of the web applications.
    • F5 BIG-IP provides an easy and safe way to connect employees to assets and applications that reside in an on-premises environment.
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