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F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) vs. Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps (formerly Microsoft Cloud App Security) is a multimode cloud access security broker.N/A
    Pricing
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
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    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
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    F5
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
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    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
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    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
    Virtual Private Network
    Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
    Feature
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
    9.2
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
    -
    Ratings
    AES 256-bit Encryption10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Kill Switch10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Platform Support10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simultaneous Connections8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Support Services8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (12 ratings)
    6.0
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Microsoft
    It is well suited if your team is working with Microsoft tools and Azure services. but if you are using other cloud service providers and don't want to spend efforts in learning integration with third-party software then this is not a great fit for you. overall we are very satisfied with the product. If your corporation with Microsoft tools then I would recommend it.
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    Pros
    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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    Microsoft
    • Detect threats based on user activity logs.
    • Set manual and automatic alert remediation.
    • Implement activity policies.
    • Detect threats based on user activity logs.
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    Cons
    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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    Microsoft
    • Cloud discovery throws away found services not found in the MCAS database of SaaS apps.
    • Many panes of glass required for a fully enabled implementation to administer, configure and utilize 100% of the product.
    • Room for improvement in the reporting realm - not enough records are visible and exportable for high record count policy reports.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    Integration with F5 BIG-IP systems that we plan to keep using for a while.
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    Microsoft
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    Usability
    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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    Microsoft
    The interface is pretty simple and easy to use; however, you will need to do a lot of investigative research on your own to get comfortable with it. Originally, many of the Microsoft security tools had their own seperate consoles. Overtime, they have blended into one interface which is the ideal state. In some cases it is clear Microsoft had to pick which console a certain feature or setting was going to reside in and this leads to some confusion. For example, DLP is managed through Defender for Cloud Apps but you will also need to jump into Purview. For things like reverse proxy on your M365 tenant, you will need to go into Azure and setup conditional access rules. Not a big problem and I can understand why the settings are located where they are but for someone just starting out with Defender for Cloud Apps, it will take some time to figure out.
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    Support Rating
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    I have not utilized actual support but the Sales and Product teams have been super helpful in moving our implementation forward and showing us the best practices.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps was chosen primarily due to its ability to work perfectly within our mostly M365 environment. Given that this was an added feature of our E5 license, we chose to dive into it and use it due to it's good visibility into user actions and the ability to tie all M365 actions together into one place. We did not see similar visibility with other tools that we vetted
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Microsoft
    • Cloud App Security saves us thousands of dollars finding and rectifying apps security issues
    • Identity Security Posture helps the organization identity stay in shape, saving thousands of dollars on security consultations
    • The cost of suffering a breach cannot be quantified, CAS helps minimize the chances of the attackers succeeding, with excellent historical logging for most operations
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