In my company, we use NGINX. I don't work with NGINX. For us, it is better to have the virtual solution because we have more virtual VJPs on fewer machines. This is the reason we are using it today.
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition - GOOD (PAYG, 25Mbps)
F5, Inc. | 17.5.1-0.0.7Linux/Unix, CentOS 7.3 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Virtual deployment boosts efficiency and support is quick
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
It's easy to use, and they have good support. When we open tickets, they are answered quickly, and they help us solve any issues. When our environment starts to grow, it is better to have the virtual solution because we have more virtual VJPs on fewer machines.
What needs improvement?
It's expensive and could be cheaper. At the moment, I can't think of anything to improve.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's very stable. We use a cluster in our environment. We use the cluster more when we need to update some of our machines to ensure no downtime. It is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is satisfactory based on our needs.
How are customer service and support?
They have good support. When we open tickets, they are answered quickly, and they help us solve any issues.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
One day is enough to set up. Today, we deploy a machine by ourselves. When we started to implement the environment, we had support from F5. Today, for example, if it's necessary to deploy a new machine, I can do this by myself.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It's like FortiWeb. It's expensive and could be cheaper.
What other advice do I have?
The solution is very good. I would rate the solution maybe ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Good for cloud security and branch management in the cloud and offers seamless integration
What is our primary use case?
I use it in the IT environment in Brazil for a financial bank in Latin America.
We're primarily using BIG-IP LTM across our data centers, employing it for global load balancing with GTM. This setup is crucial for our operations in Mexican, Colombia, and Brazil as well.
How has it helped my organization?
The biggest impact is in security solutions, for example, with HCM, which is recognized in the Gartner. We use BIG-IP for cloud security and branch management in the cloud.
Moreover, the integration with other networks or security solutions improves the infrastructure.
In Brazil, within the government environment, we use BIG-IP for load balancing and another solution as a proxy, which is called Blue Coat.
We utilize BIG-IP, for example, for load balancing. The VPN model we use is called ARC. The first solution connecting with BIG-IP is very effective.
What is most valuable?
The features that I like include LTM and Global Traffic Manager (GTM).
What needs improvement?
BIG-IP could improve in supporting microservices, for example, in Docker and Kubernetes environments.
Accessing and load balancing with Docker and Kubernetes is becoming more common in financial banks to scale services globally.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using it for many years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is 50-50 because the environment has a lot of connections, which influences stability. For example, the VM in the environment sometimes becomes unstable, particularly the connection. In such cases, we need to decrease the connections within the environment.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability is easier to manage because it's possible to scale up big clusters, both in cloud-based and enterprise environments. So, it caters well to new business segments.
There are 8,000 end users in the company.
How are customer service and support?
My impression of the support team is mixed; sometimes good, sometimes bad. For example, when I raised a ticket for an IMEI issue and needed to replace BIG-IP, it failed. No problem, this process is very easy for replacing the software. So, I had a complex problem in my environment. The standard package was not satisfactory.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used a different solution, but its performance was very bad in comparison to F5 BIG-IP.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is 50% complex and 50% easy because I had to follow a lot of steps. It wasn't that simple.
In our environment, it is 90% in AWS. I use BIG-IP in the cloud, where the cloud fronts are AWS, Columbia, and Brazil, creating the infrastructure.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is standard.
The pricing is moderate, not too expensive, and not too cheap. For a small company, it might be considered very expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend using this solution.
Overall, I would rate the solution a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Best platform for ADC technology
What do you like best about the product?
They have the smartest evolution of Application delivery. They gave a lot of features
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't have any of downsides for this application
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
They solve us the controller problems
Best network firewall
What do you like best about the product?
Keeps my app secure ...it scales my application traffic and secures the infrastructure
What do you dislike about the product?
No dislikes for now..works fine nd useful
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Keeps my app secure ...it scales my application traffic and secures the infrastructure
Best application delivery and security solutions, empowering organizations
What do you like best about the product?
BIG-IP solutions are appreciated for their scalability, flexibility, and efficiency in optimizing application delivery and enhancing security in virtualized environments.
What do you dislike about the product?
Challenges with the complexity of configuring and managing virtual BIG-IP instances, especially if they are not familiar with the intricacies of application delivery controllers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Managing Market Place service for our internal software
Best solution for Load Balancing
What do you like best about the product?
F5 BIG-IP solution provides us with a more stable platform. F5 Irule is a very important feature, and some click-on features do not solve problems use the F5 irule solves
What do you dislike about the product?
Selecting a suitable module is a problem when using F5 Big IP. If you have growth web traffic, this problem is increasing, and also you use on-prem physical hardware you need change the device yearly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
F5 Big-ip solves out web traffic load balancing and performance problems
Best product in industry
What do you like best about the product?
It's always fullfill all industry requirements in E-commerce or financial sector,F5
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing is like to dislike F5,very best product
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
By loading balance on our webserver
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you want to load balancer your webserver on which E-commerce services or banking services are running best product in industry
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