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F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management vs. SmartDeploy

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/AF5's BIG-IQ provides centralized management of app services and security policies.N/A

    SmartDeploy

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASmartDeploy, now from PDQ.com (acquired January 2022), provides a software deployment solution supporting computer imaging, app deployment, driver management, and Windows migration.

    $960

    per year

    Pricing
    F5 BIG-IQ Centralized ManagementSmartDeploy
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $960
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    F5 BIG-IQ Centralized ManagementSmartDeploy
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$96,050
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    Community Pulse
    F5 BIG-IQ Centralized ManagementSmartDeploy
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    F5
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    PDQ
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    25%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    40%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    13%
    Happy with the feature set
    1 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    43%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    F5 BIG-IQ Centralized ManagementSmartDeploy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.8
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    F5 BIG-IQ Centralized ManagementSmartDeploy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management is a great interface to manage F5 gear for large enterprises, often simplifying the routine manual workflows which are time consuming.
    Incentivized
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    PDQ
    Well suited scenarios : One of the situations SmartDeploy helped immensly was in application deployment and management for our projects , making it and instant favorite for the deployment process. Also in one situation where we had a high flying app development which did'nt had much time to develop, deployment thorugh smart deploy made it quick and less involvement. Easier to understand major functionalities and onboard new projects. Less appropriate scenarios: We faced issues while utilising by DevOps team for monitoring every system for issue resolving in linux update on every employees system. This created alot of delay in every employees work front as systems were not working as expected
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    Pros
    F5
    • It show us all F5s in one spot
    • It is able to take backups
    • It can help with upgrades
    • Give central spot to make reports
    Incentivized
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    PDQ
    • It allows us to maintain only one image. Much less effort required than storing and maintaining multiple images.
    • LAN deployment works very well with few issues.
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    Cons
    F5
    • To be able to schedule software updates at a later time/date to meet change management window so manual intervention is minimized. F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management should be able to send alert if upgrade process halts or fails for any reason.
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    PDQ
    • Remote monitoring is useful but has some lagging and functionalities are not upfront to use , making it complicated for new users to be aware just by using the application
    • Windows migration was quite difficult in terms of updates of softwares to be migrated to new system
    • Integration with client systems can be tough as major usage of other softwares is done in most of client systems causing us difficulties to integrate with smart deploy on the same platform
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    Usability
    F5
    It may be due to how we deployed it or how we use it, but it adds time to doing small changes. I do like the deployment detail and change tracking though.
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    PDQ
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    Support Rating
    F5
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    PDQ
    SmartDeploy customer support has been very good. Although we do not always get a super-fast response (though always within the time stated). The tech support folks at SmartDeploy always go the extra mile to see that our immediate issues are taken care of in as timely a manner as possible. They have always been attentive to our needs and frustrations.
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    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    B/c We liked the other products even less
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    PDQ
    SmartDeploy has a fantastic deployment process management with detailed and configurable aspects. Even though it has detailed configuration it still somehow makes it easy to understand and implement compared to other services which need special learning and courses to understand them completelya and use them efficiently. This is one quality highly appreciated and stacks up against any other services I have used for deployment
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    Return on Investment
    F5
    • In 2021 thanks to Big-IQ we drastically reduced the time we spend on software upgrades.
    • BigIQ helped us to have visibility of our Big-IP environment in one place.
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    PDQ
    • Very fast as an image deployment solution for new PCs. We do not have to create a completely new image when new hardware comes out. This is an amazing time-saver on its own.
    • With offline deployment and some workarounds, this is allowing us to migrate many Windows 7 units, rather than having to upgrade each one or load from scratch or replace it with new hardware.
    Incentivized
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