Sold by: F5, Inc.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services, powered by F5 AI Data Fabric, enables users to deploy, connect, secure and operate applications across public, private, network and edge clouds.
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Overview
F5 Distributed Cloud enables users to deploy, connect, secure and operate applications across public, private, network and edge clouds. Distributed Cloud Services is powered by the F5 AI Data Fabric and provides a variety of app-to-app networking and security capabilities that include a router, load balancer, network firewall, web app firewall (WAF), API security and API gateway into a single software stack and management portal.
Use Cases:
Web Application and API Protection. Protect web applications and APIs deployed across distributed environments with F5's industry-leading WAF, bot protection, L3-L7 DDoS defense, and API security.
Cloud Networking. Our cloud networking solution is a complete networking and security service for public or private clouds, streamlining the process for NetOps and DevOps. The solution solves the Inter-Cloud Transit challenge for NetOps via complete orchestration and automation of Transit Gateway, private inter-cloud connectivity via F5 Distributed Cloud's Global Backbone and granular segmentation of VPC-VPC traffic. Our proxy-based architecture solves the DevOps challenge of advertising Apps/APIs across clouds, at Layer 7, without worrying about the underlying networking and routing. DevOps can use our solution as an Ingress/Egress Kubernetes Controller for their Kubernetes based workloads. Our solution addresses SecOps challenge of simplifying the insertion of external security services, such as BIG-IP AWAF in the North-South and East-West traffic flow.
App Delivery Network. Deliver modern apps and microservices with unparalleled performance and scalability without servers, infrastructure software, or DevOps time. Host containerized app workloads at F5 regional edge locations, closer to users.
F5 AI Data Fabric:
- Increases efficiency by enabling faster collaboration, model development, and deployment.
- Expands scalability by controlling, managing, and maintaining thousands of models in a highly automated way.
- Reduces risk by combining best practices with common, standardized systems for processing data and running models for improved governance, data protection, and regulatory compliance.
Base Package: F5-V-O-ALL-BASE-PKG $2,163
Optional feature add-ons:
DDOS Services: F5-V-O-ADN-DOS-TNL $80.85, F5-V-O-ADN-DOS-SU $5407.50, F5-V-O-ADN-DOS-RM $1081.50, F5-V-O-ADN-DOS-ESU $21,630, F5-V-O-ADN-DOS-BWAO $12.92, F5-V-O-ADN-DOS-BWAA $8.53, F5-V-O-ADN-DOS-AO $7570.50, F5-V-O-ADN-DOS-ACL $270.90, F5-V-O-ADN-DOS-AA $3785.25
App Stack Services: F5-V-O-MCE-STK-ND8C $817.95, F5-V-O-MCE-STK-ND80C $7209, F5-V-O-MCE-STK-ND4C $491.40, F5-V-O-MCE-STK-ND16C $1296.75, F5-V-O-MCE-STK-GPUSU $216.30, F5-V-O-MCE-STK-EXTST $216.30, F5-V-O-MCE-STK-EBS $432.60, F5-V-O-ADN-STK-TWADN $80.85, F5-V-O-ADN-STK-T2INT $80.85, F5-V-O-ADN-STK-CNTTY $11.55, F5-V-O-ADN-STK-CNTMD $40.95, F5-V-O-ADN-STK-CNTLG $76.65
API Services: F5-XC-ALL-MSH-APIP $262.50, F5-XC-ALL-MSH-APID $630, F5-V-O-MCE-MSH-APIGW $875.70, F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-APIGW $1,622.25
Mesh Services: F5-V-O-MCE-MST-T2ADN $80.85, F5-V-O-MCE-MSH-ND8C $1624.35, F5-V-O-MCE-MSH-ND4C $654.15, F5-V-O-MCE-MSH-ND16C $2266.95, F5-V-O-MCE-MSH-APPFW $526.05, F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-RLIM $8.12, F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-PUBLB $216.30, F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-PBVIP $54.60, F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-BYVIP $108.15
DNS Mesh Services: F5-XC-O-ADN-DNS-LB $15.75, F5-XC-O-ADN-DNS-HC $2.10, F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-DNSZN $2.10 CDN Services: F5-V-O-ADN-CDN-R-SA $1.05, F5-V-O-ADN-CDN-R-NA $1.05, F5-V-O-ADN-CDN-R-EU $1.05, F5-V-O-ADN-CDN-R-AS $1.05, F5-V-O-ADN-CDN-DT-SA $183.75, F5-V-O-ADN-CDN-DT-NA $118.65, F5-V-O-ADN-CDN-DT-EU $118.65, F5-V-O-ADN-CDN-DT-AS $183.75
Managed Services: F5-XC-ALL-MS-STD $7,000, F5-XC-ALL-MS-ENH $21,000, F5-XC-ALL-MS-ENH-PL $52,500 Support: F5-XC-ALL-SPT-STD $3,500, F5-XC-ALL-SPT-ENH $8,749.65, F5-XC-ALL-SPT-ENH-PL $21,000
Client-Side Services: F5-ADD-SHP-CSD-1M $216.30 Synthetic Monitoring: F5-XC-O-ALL-OBS-SYN $216.30 App Scanning: F5-XC-ALL-WAS $184 Mobile App Shield: F5-XC-O-ALL-MAS-25K $6,489
Private Link: F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-VPN $2163, F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-SU-VP $3000, F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-SU-H $4900, F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-SU-40 $4900, F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-SU-10 $1300, F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-PL40 $162.75, F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-PL100 $216.30, F5-V-O-ADN-MSH-PL10 $108.15
Data Intelligence Services: F5-XC-O-ALL-DI-BAS $833.33
BOT Defense: F5-XC-O-ALL-MSI $135.45, F5-XC-O-ALL-BOT-STD $3,244.50, F5-XC-O-ALL-BOT-PRM $67,593.75, F5-XC-ALL-BOT-TX-PRM $5,407.50, F5-XC-ALL-BOT-TX-STD $2703.75, F5-XC-O-ALL-BOT-ADV $31,544.10, F5-XC-ALL-BOT-TX-ADV $5,407.50, F5-CST-XC-INT-APP-2 $27,565, F5-XC-O-ALL-DI-B-BOT $833.33, F5-XC-O-ALL-DI-A-BOT $5,000, F5-XC-ALL-DI-P-BOT $10,000
Contact F5 Sales for discounted Private Offer pricing at: Americas: F5DistCloudAmericas_Sales@f5.com EMEA: F5DistCloudEMEA_Sales@f5.com APJC: F5DistCloudAPCJ_Sales@f5.com
Highlights
- Benefit from the F5 AI Data Fabric to generate insights, manage, and provide governance for data from different applications and products, across multiple data lakes and data sources, without changing how users work.
- Multi-cloud networking: Connect all cloud properties with global hub-and-spoke transit orchestration.
- Reduce complexity: A single SaaS-based console allows SecOps, NetOps, and DevOps to manage and deploy virtual networks and connections, distributed applications, and API security to simplify operations.
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Dimension | Description | Cost/12 months |
|---|---|---|
F5 XC SaaS | F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP | $25,956.00 |
Dimensions summary
F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP (Web Application and API Protection) is a SaaS-based security solution that provides comprehensive protection for web applications and APIs. The dimension "F5 XC SaaS" in the pricing table represents the core service offering of F5's Distributed Cloud platform, which includes features like web application firewall and API security. The pricing is based on a per-hour consumption model, allowing customers to pay for the service as they use it through AWS Marketplace.
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How is F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP priced on AWS Marketplace?
F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP follows an annual 12-month contract. The service is billed through AWS Marketplace and pricing includes access to core security features like web application firewall, bot protection, and API security capabilities for additional fees.
Are there any additional costs beyond the annual rate shown on AWS Marketplace?
The base annual rate includes essential WAAP features, but additional costs may apply based on traffic volume and advanced features enabled. Customers should contact F5 sales for a detailed pricing breakdown based on their specific requirements and expected usage patterns.
Can I estimate my monthly costs for F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP?
Monthly costs are the annual price split monthly plus any additional added security features. F5 provides consultation through their sales team to help customers estimate costs based on their specific deployment scenarios and security requirements.
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Cloud Networking
Provides comprehensive networking and security service for public and private clouds with complete orchestration and automation of transit gateway and inter-cloud connectivity
Application Security
Offers web application and API protection with industry-leading web application firewall, bot protection, L3-L7 DDoS defense, and API security capabilities
AI Data Management
Enables faster collaboration, model development, and deployment through automated control, management, and maintenance of thousands of machine learning models
Edge Computing
Hosts containerized application workloads at regional edge locations for improved performance and scalability without requiring server infrastructure
Multi-Cloud Connectivity
Supports proxy-based architecture for advertising applications and APIs across different cloud environments using Kubernetes controller and granular traffic segmentation
Web Application Threat Protection
Comprehensive ruleset covering OWASP Top 10 web application threats including SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting, and Known Exploits
Security Signature Updates
Regular threat information updates from FortiGuard Labs to maintain current protection signatures
Malicious Traffic Detection
Protection against malicious bots and common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE)
Configurable Security Response
Flexible configuration options to log, alert, and block detected web application threats
Attack Vector Coverage
Comprehensive security rules targeting multiple web application attack vectors including general and known exploits
Web Application Threat Protection
Comprehensive ruleset targeting OWASP Top 10 Web Application Threats with low false-positive rate
Vulnerability Mitigation
Managed rules addressing code injection techniques including SQLi, NoSQLi, OScommandi, XSS, and directory traversal
Technology-Specific Protection
Specialized rules for web technologies like Apache Struts2, Apache Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic, WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla
Cyber Threat Intelligence
Regularly updated rulesets incorporating latest threat intelligence and security alerts
Compliance Support
Security rules designed to help meet compliance standards such as PCI-DSS
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Customer reviews
Trevis Macnon
Security has protected global apps and APIs and connects multi-cloud workloads securely
Reviewed on Dec 08, 2025
Review from a verified AWS customer
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for F5 Distributed Cloud Services is to protect web applications and APIs from attacks.
A specific example of how I use F5 Distributed Cloud Services to protect my web applications or APIs is that it uses F5 XC WAF to block bot-driven card testing attacks.
My main use case for F5 Distributed Cloud Services helps with those types of attacks by connecting workloads across AWS , Azure , GCP, and on-premises, creating a secure global network fabric.
What is most valuable?
The best features F5 Distributed Cloud Services offers are global application delivery, multi-cloud networking, and DDoS protection.
The global application ready value of F5 Distributed Cloud Services helps us accelerate content delivery globally.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services has positively impacted my organization by providing secure access to all our internal applications, protecting our employee, partner, or contractor's access to the application, accelerating content delivery globally, and connecting workloads across AWS , Azure , GCP, and on-premises to create a secure global network fabric.
What needs improvement?
F5 Distributed Cloud Services can be improved because the cost can be high, especially for premium platform pricing, which may exceed smaller companies that are working on tight budgets, and there is vendor lock-in.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services requires time to master the configuration of policies, networking, and security, making it time-consuming to learn.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using F5 Distributed Cloud Services for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
F5 Distributed Cloud Services is very stable, with no downtime.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
F5 Distributed Cloud Services is very scalable and grows with our organization's needs.
How are customer service and support?
F5 Distributed Cloud Services customer support is amazing, with a very dedicated and professional team. I would rate F5 Distributed Cloud Services customer support an eight out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously used a different solution before switching to F5 Distributed Cloud Services.
Before switching to F5 Distributed Cloud Services, we were using Cloudflare , but we migrated to F5 XC because it was simpler, more cost-effective, and an easy-to-deploy solution.
What was our ROI?
Since using F5 Distributed Cloud Services, we have seen a return on investment with a reduction in infrastructure cost by eliminating on-premises WAF appliances and increased security, avoiding breach costs, along with better performance leading to revenue growth.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for F5 Distributed Cloud Services is that everything is good and great.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing F5 Distributed Cloud Services, I evaluated other options, including Akamai Kona Site Defender .
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others looking into using F5 Distributed Cloud Services is that it is a good platform that will protect all your clients, employees, and provide protection from any threats while also improving your company revenue growth.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services is a good tool and highly recommendable.
I found this interview to be great and have no suggestions for changes. I would rate this review an eight out of ten.
Filip Mikulik
Protects web applications with comprehensive security features
Reviewed on Jan 22, 2025
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
There are two main use cases for Distributed Call Services: DDoS or Distributed attacks protection and WAF web application security or firewall.
What is most valuable?
All features are valuable. In a multi-cloud or distributed cloud, there are many protection possibilities from data to web application or API protection, including bot mitigation. This is a comprehensive package for web application security. The main benefit is Web App Security, offering a complete security package from DDoS to web application firewall, API protection, and bot mitigation.
What needs improvement?
It's a long way to be perfect, of course, as with all solutions. The main issue is integration with other parts or products of F5, like on-premise WAF . There are some problems, mainly from the perspective of implementation and customer expectations, which sometimes differ from reality.
For how long have I used the solution?
I worked for an F5 partner, not as a customer. We used the Services line for DDoS protection. It was the main use case for Silver Line for about one and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There are compliance issues, mainly if a customer wants something that isn't possible, yet not with the functionality.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have had no problem with scalability yet, so it's good.
How are customer service and support?
From my point of view, support is responsible and okay.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
Distributed code is easy to set up. If rated on a scale from one to ten, where ten means very easy, I would probably rate it a nine.
What other advice do I have?
For those who want to use Azure Cloud Services, consider implementing it. It's pretty good. From my point of view, it's easy to set up and offers strong functionalities.
The overall product rating is nine out of ten.
reviewer2586870
Enhancing security with multi-cloud networking and effective DevOps integration
Reviewed on Oct 21, 2024
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
A common use case is multi-cloud networking. If a global customer has applications on different clouds that come together as one application, F5 can be a good entry point for that application with additional security.
How has it helped my organization?
Using F5 Distributed Cloud Services eliminates the need for hardware in your data center, resulting in cost savings.
What is most valuable?
F5 Distributed Cloud Services is valued for multi-cloud networking and easy integration with DevOps tools and Kubernetes . It offers comprehensive security, including DDoS protection, API protection, and application protection through a unified console. Multi-cloud networking and API Protection and Discovery are unique features.
F5 is known for being the best load balancer in the market. Customers with an existing module can easily adopt additional modules without investing in new hardware.
What needs improvement?
The pricing could be adjusted to better meet the needs of typical customers in regions like Poland, where the product is considered too expensive.
For how long have I used the solution?
I estimate F5 Distributed Cloud Services has been available for no more than two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the overall solution as highly stable, scoring it a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the scalability of the solution at a ten out of ten, indicating that it should work flawlessly.
How are customer service and support?
I have worked with their support for over ten years and rate it a ten out of ten since the quality is among the best.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I work with other vendors, such as Broadcom, BeyondTrust, and Qualys.
How was the initial setup?
The cloud version is quick to implement, typically taking a few hours.
What about the implementation team?
From my company, one person is usually enough for implementation. For maintenance, there are four engineers who handle duties between teams.
What was our ROI?
The solution provides a return on investment by eliminating the need for hardware in the data center.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I am not involved in sales, so I do not deal with the pricing aspect directly. I give the cost of the solution a four out of ten since it is not a cheap product.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend the solution for its features like multi-cloud networking and easy integration with DevOps tools. However, cost comparisons with other services show a significant difference.
I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.