F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) vs Rocket Exceed TurboX comparison

F5 and Rocket Software are both solutions in the Remote Access category. F5 is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.2, while Rocket Software is ranked #16. F5 holds a 1.3% mindshare in VUS, compared to Rocket Software’s 3.1% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of F5 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Rocket Software users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 7, 2024

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and Rocket Exceed TurboX are leading solutions for secure remote access and application delivery. F5 BIG-IP APM holds the upper hand for its customizable access policies, while Rocket Exceed TurboX is preferred for its high-performance remote desktop capabilities.

Features: F5 BIG-IP APM stands out for its customizable access policies, comprehensive access controls, and integration capabilities. Rocket Exceed TurboX is highlighted for its high-performance remote desktop capabilities, advanced graphics rendering, and seamless remote desktop experience.

Room for Improvement: Users suggest that F5 BIG-IP APM could benefit from a more intuitive setup process, improved documentation, and ease of use improvements. Rocket Exceed TurboX users recommend enhancements in scalability, more flexible licensing options, and better adaptability to varying usage needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: F5 BIG-IP APM users report a steep learning curve but commend the robust customer support. Rocket Exceed TurboX users find the deployment straightforward and appreciate the responsive support team.

Pricing and ROI: F5 BIG-IP APM users feel that the high initial setup costs are justified by the feature set and ROI in the long run. Rocket Exceed TurboX users find the pricing competitive and appreciate the quick ROI due to enhanced productivity.

To learn more, read our detailed F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) vs. Rocket Exceed TurboX Report (Updated: April 2025).

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F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) vs. Rocket Exceed TurboX

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Microsoft Intune

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Remote Access category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 9.4%, down from 11.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is 1.3%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rocket Exceed TurboX is 3.1%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Joseph Merusi

Collaborations engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Everything has worked better since we started using it

Sometimes the syncing is inconsistent. I'm confident that the devices are checking in every eight hours, but sometimes the devices aren't picking up the settings as quickly as I would expect. Some features haven't been updated in a while, and Microsoft doesn't seem interested in developing them. Unless you talk to an engineer, you don't know whether there will be an update. There are communication issues, so you might start working with a feature without knowing if it will be deprecated six months from now. Some reporting areas still need development. For example, I noticed that the reporting for driver updates is still confusing.

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Ashish Kumar Rai

Associate Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Offers remote access control, good GUI and easy to configure

I'd suggest improved documentation integration directly within the GUI. Right now, finding comprehensive documentation often requires going to external websites like the community portal. In the APM interface itself, they could add direct hyperlinks to relevant online documentation. This would provide easy access to admin guides and other resources when working within the GUI.

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Cloud Pre/Sales Manager at Ness Technologies

Fast and has a friendly UI; allows you to consume heavy applications

An area for improvement in OpenText Exceed TurboX (ETX) is the installation process because you need some technical knowledge to install it. Implementing the solution requires knowledge and understanding, so if you're a user, you'd need IT assistance to set up OpenText Exceed TurboX (ETX). What's lacking in OpenText Exceed TurboX (ETX) is a help portal for users to ask questions and seek assistance. The website has a standard FAQs page, but I would like more articles and online material, so you can deal with questions and some of the issues that arise rather than dealing with customer support. I want a portal or online system similar to what Microsoft provides for Microsoft Office products.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The technical support of Microsoft Intune is good."

"Conditional access has helped us tailor and enforce our security policies in the mobile space."

"Intune's most valuable features are its device management capabilities, particularly its centralized integration with other Microsoft stack components."

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Intune is that it is more of a one-stop shop, providing an easier experience."

"Its security is most valuable. It gives us a way to secure devices, not only those that are steady. We do have a few tablets and other devices, and it is a way for us to secure these devices and manage them. We know they're out there and what's their status. We can manage their life cycle and verify that they're updated properly."

"Microsoft Intune simplifies device management by replacing the traditional method of installing OS, joining a domain, and configuring everything manually."

"The one feature we find most useful is the Mobile Application Manager. There are two types, we have the complete MDM and the Mobile Application Manager(MAM). We don't give our users phones, it is their own personal phone, and we need to allow them to have access to the company detail on their phone. We need to create a balance between their own personal data and the company data. We deploy the Mobile Application Manager for them so that we won't be able to interfere with their own personal data."

"Stable product that's easy to set up compared to other MDM products."

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"The portal access was very good."

"In my opinion, the GUI is perfect with the configuration options provided. F5 BIG-IP has given customization options and policy configuration tools in the GUI. It's good and good enough to work."

"On a scale from one to ten for stability, I would rate F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) a ten."

"The performance of the solution is valuable."

"The tool is reliable and easy to configure."

"F5 BIG-IP APM is relatively easy to use."

"I rate the overall solution nine out of ten."

"The load balancing features are valuable."

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"The most helpful feature of OpenText Exceed TurboX (ETX) is that it allows you to consume heavy applications that usually have a lot of latency. I also like that the solution is fast and has a friendly UI."

"The solution is perfect for Linux users."

Cons

"Intune could be improved by expanding its third-party patching capabilities for a more comprehensive solution."

"The interface is not as modern as some competitors in terms of single pane of glass visibility across the entire landscape. It has a very Azure vibe and may not be as graphically appealing as other products."

"The reporting causes problems because we're trying to gather data to present to the management, but we can't get the data they request. If a user has removed an application from his device, but it won't report it at exactly the right time. It takes time to sync from the device to the portal. Let's say we are preparing a list or deck for the number of compliant devices that meet all of the organization's requirements. In a real-time scenario, that device could be compliant, but it is showing as non-compliant on the portal. It sometimes hampers the overall decisions that we make on our end."

"The mobile management is good for iPhone and iPad, but the Apple Mac management needs improvement. That is probably because Microsoft does not have low-level access to Apple Mac hardware. If you are doing basic things, it is okay, but if you want to image Apple Macs and do things like that, then Jamf is much better."

"I think there should be a better tracking of the cell phones used on the Intune."

"The reporting could be improved, as it's pretty poor compared to other products of this type."

"Microsoft Intune's app deployment presents challenges for non-MSI and non-store apps, particularly EXEs, requiring the use of a Win32 wrapper tool and adding overhead to the process."

"Reporting needs to be better. Sometimes, it is way too slow, and it is not even accurate."

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"Cloud services are something that F5 Access Policy Manager could do better"

"The main improvement needed for F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is to integrate into the cloud-delivered services from F5."

"Integrating identity providers and single sign-on solutions can simplify user authentication and access control."

"The solution’s GUI looks very old."

"Regarding price, I'm not directly involved in purchasing, but our CIO thinks the product is very expensive. He's considering moving from the tool to Citrix NetScaler WAF because it's cheaper, and we already have Citrix for VDI. We got NetScaler almost free as part of our VDI deal. Three years ago, I convinced him to use the solution because it's better, but now, with budget constraints, he may want to switch."

"The technical support’s response time must be improved."

"F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager has room for improvement in integration with other products."

"I have had a lot of issues in the past few months with the agents, which was disappointing."

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"The performance of the graphical interface needs improvement. They should add some CPU to speed graphic acceleration."

"An area for improvement in OpenText Exceed TurboX (ETX) is the installation process because you need some technical knowledge to install it. What's lacking in OpenText Exceed TurboX (ETX) is a help portal for users to ask questions and seek assistance."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you're subscribing to Premium or E3, there are no additional costs for Intune, it's included."

"The price for Intune is fair."

"Licensing depends on how you are providing support to your enterprise, whether it's device-based or user-based."

"I recently got to know that the AD P1 license is compulsory to use Intune Autopilot, which was surprising for me. Earlier, this was not the case. It is the wrong thing to do. We now need to purchase AD P1 licenses for us and for our customers. I would rate it a seven out of ten for pricing."

"The licensing costs we leave up to the customer and these vary from one to another."

"It comes with the E5 plan. We bought the E5 plan from Microsoft."

"This cost is approximately $30 USD per user per month."

"Every customer used to purchase licenses based on their needs."

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"The product is very expensive."

"Recently, they have simplified the licensing"

"The tool is a little bit expensive."

"I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten."

"Pricing for OpenText Exceed TurboX (ETX) is five out of ten. It's not that expensive, and it's not that affordable."

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

18%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

33%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Also Known As

Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager

F5 Access Policy Manager

OpenText Exceed TurboX

Overview

Microsoft Intune provides centralized management of mobile devices and applications, ensuring security, compliance, and productivity through integration with Microsoft services like Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory.

Organizations use Intune for managing mobile devices and applications, enhancing security and compliance across platforms. With features like single sign-on, conditional access, and zero-touch deployment via Autopilot, it facilitates efficient operations. Intune's scalability, easy enrollment, and capabilities such as remote wipe support diverse device management, offering robust data protection and efficient operation. Despite its features, improvement areas include reporting, compatibility with non-Microsoft devices, and better support for macOS and Linux devices.

What are the key features of Microsoft Intune?

Seamless Integration: Works with Microsoft 365, Azure Active Directory, and System Center for streamlined management.
Conditional Access: Enhances security with policies that restrict access based on conditions.
Autopilot: Provides zero-touch deployment for setting up new devices efficiently.
Mobile Device Management: Enables control over both personal and corporate devices.
Application Deployment: Facilitates app delivery across a range of devices.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Centralized Management: Reduces complexity by managing devices and applications in one place.
Security Enhancement: Protects data with features like remote wipe and compliance monitoring.
Improved Productivity: Enhances efficiency with seamless integration and automation features.
Device Scalability: Supports diverse device management for growing business needs.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and education, Microsoft Intune is implemented to ensure secure and compliant device management. Companies leverage its capabilities to deploy security policies and manage both corporate-owned and BYOD environments, facilitating a unified approach to data protection and compliance.

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F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is an access management proxy solution for managing global access to the enterprise networks, cloud providers, applications, and application programming interfaces (APIs). Through a single management interface, BIG-IP APM consolidates remote, mobile, network, virtual, and web access.

BIG-IP APM can also serve as a bridge between modern and classic authentication and authorization protocols and methods. For applications which are unable to support modern authentication and authorization protocols, like SAML and OAuth with OIDC, but which do support classic authentication methods, BIG-IP APM converts user credentials to the appropriate authentication standard supported by the application.

BIG-IP APM Benefits:

Ease of use
Flexibility
Ability to integrate with other systems
Security features
Granular access control
Responsive and helpful support team

BIG-IP APM Features:

Support for Identity Aware Proxy (IAP) enabling Zero Trust application access
Context-based authorization with dynamic L4/L7 ACLs
Integration with third-party MFA solutions
DTLS 2.0 mode for delivering and securing applications
SAML 2.0 identity federation support
Support for OAuth 2.0 authorization protocol
SSO support for classic authentication (Kerberos, header- based, etc.), credential caching, OAuth 2.0, SAML 2.0, and FIDO2 (U2F)
AAA server authentication and high-availability
Integration with leading IAM vendor products (Microsoft, Okta, Ping Identity)
BIG IP Edge Client and F5 Access integrate with VMware Horizon ONE (AirWatch), Microsoft Intune and IBM MaaS360
Risk-based access leveraging third-party UEBA and risk engines (HTTP Connector)

Reviews from Real Users

Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by BIG-IP APM users.

Mahmmoud Rabie, Senior Site Reliability Engineer, writes that BIG-IP APM is "A highly stable solution for load balancing, but the initial setup is complex."

Clyde Livingston, Senior Process Specialist at Telstra, says that BIG-IP APM is "Easy to use, useful access remotely, but lacking stability."

Chris Lam, Senior Solution Consultant at Macroview Telecom Limited, states that BIG-IP APM is "Useful for remote access VPN and VPI integration with VMware.

Rocket Exceed TurboX is secure virtual desktop software that enables modern hybrid work. Leveraging the Exceed TurboX hybrid cloud VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure), organizations can allow employees to work from anywhere and any device. Exceed TurboX includes support for demanding, high-performance graphical software used in engineering product design, semiconductor design and other graphic-intense fields.

Exceed TurboX features:

Fast desktop virtualization software - Uses ThinX and Windows Direct protocols to offer reliable virtual access for high performance and excellent user experiences, with fast and safe protocols built directly into the remote access software.

Centralized virtual infrastructure administration - Offers a central web portal for IT staff to monitor and manage user access to applications and includes central license management and IT-definable thresholds for system status notifications.

Suspend-and-resume virtual sessions - Allows users to resume sessions on any computer, auto-adjusting to the new monitor resolution, whether reconnecting after connection interruptions or through a manual session suspension.

Pixel-perfect virtual session display - Displays graphically demanding virtual desktops, including support for UHD displays and multiple monitors as part of the powerful OpenText VDI solution.

Virtual GPU support - Supports NVIDIA vGPU, enabling a single graphics card to be split across up to 16 virtual machines for hardware-based rendering, H.264 compression and direct framebuffer access to open 3D applications faster.

Browser and native clients - Offers access through any device to virtual applications and desktops using the native clients for Windows, MacOS and Linux.

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Sample Customers

Mitchells and Buzzers, Callaway

City Bank, Ricacorp Properties, Miele, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), SMS group, Philips Healthcare, TDK-Micronas

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