F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition vs OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey comparison

F5 and TurnKey GNU/Linux are both solutions in the AWS Marketplace category. F5 is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.7, while TurnKey GNU/Linux is ranked #17 with an average rating of 9.0. F5 holds a 0.5% mindshare in AWSM, compared to TurnKey GNU/Linux’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of F5 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of TurnKey GNU/Linux users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition and OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition

Ranking in AWS Marketplace

12th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

OpenVPN Community Edition -...

Ranking in AWS Marketplace

17th

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the AWS Marketplace category, the mindshare of F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is 0.5%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey is 0.3%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Kodanda Ramji C.S

Manager | Engineering | Cloud Managed Services at Sify Technologies

Offers easy-to-use integration capabilities

It is a scalable solution. In F5 BIG-IP i5800, if you have assigned a single CPU and memory for a virtual instance and if it increases, you can just add a CPU and memory to the existing vCMP. What you have to do is spin one more virtual instance with the two CPUs and double the memory, like eight GB memory, for example. You can't just increase the existing VirtualBox. You have to create another VirtualBox parallel, download the configurations, and import it. My company provides one banking application to around ten customers. My company has around seven virtual instances and seven applications, each application having around 70 customers running on one F5 BIG-IP i5800. My company has created seven VirtualBox.

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An-Pham

Deputy General Manager at Viettel Group

Offers a user-friendly UI and remote access of PCs to users

The product's initial setup phase was a little bit complex because there was a need to work on the configuration part. For the deployment process, you need access to an executable file, which can be a .ASA file, along with a configuration file to edit. When you open the application, you have to put in the config file in the software and then run it to make it work. The solution is deployed on an on-premises model. The solution can be deployed in a few hours. If you have some assistance from the IT service or IT team, the deployment can be done within a few hours.

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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 tool's investment is less than a physical device."

"The features that I like include LTM and Global Traffic Manager (GTM)."

"It's easy to use, and they have good support."

"It has DoS layer 7 protection, which not many vendors have."

"The integration capabilities of the product are easy to use, and there is no complexity involved in it."

"I have a specific issue with the network interface connector, the NIC. We're limited to a maximum of two NICs in a virtualized environment. It's a limitation of the tool."

"We use the solution to connect to our internal infrastructure in our data center."

"The most valuable features of the solution are its stability and user-friendly UI."

Cons

"It's expensive and could be cheaper."

"The tool has limitations with respect to code and RAM."

"On-the-go upgrades are an option that the tool currently lacks, making it an area where improvements are required."

"BIG-IP could improve in supporting microservices, for example, in Docker and Kubernetes environments."

"I have a specific issue with the network interface connector, the NIC. We're limited to a maximum of two NICs in a virtualized environment. It's a limitation of the tool."

"F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is a heavy system that needs a lot of CPU, memory, and hard disk."

"I would like to get less updates from the solution."

"The product's initial setup phase is not straightforward, making it an area where improvements are required."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the pricing a three out of ten, with ten being expensive."

"The pricing is standard."

"My company's customers need to make payments for the licensing charges attached to the product. It is an expensive product."

"F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is an expensive solution, but it's worth the price."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition?

The integration capabilities of the product are easy to use, and there is no complexity involved in it.

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What needs improvement with F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition?

It's expensive and could be cheaper. At the moment, I can't think of anything to improve.

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What advice do you have for others considering F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition?

The solution is very good. I would rate the solution maybe ten out of ten.

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What do you like most about OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey?

The most valuable features of the solution are its stability and user-friendly UI.

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What needs improvement with OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey?

I would like to get less updates from the solution.

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What advice do you have for others considering OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey?

We have one system administrator who maintains this product on the server side. OpenVPN Community Edition is small, convenient for our purposes, and works fine. I would recommend the solution to ot...

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Overview

When you need to move faster than hardware allows, BIG-IP Virtual Editions (VEs) deliver the application services you need in a more agile and flexible form factor. Get the scalability, security, and automatability BIG-IP products are known for—all in software designed for use in single-, hybrid-, or multi-cloud architectures.

OpenVPN® Community Edition provides a full-featured open source SSL/TLS Virtual Private Network (VPN). The TurnKey Linux VPN software appliance leverages the open source 'openvpn-server', 'openvpn-client' and 'easy-rsa' software (developed by OpenVPN® Inc.) to support "site-to-site" or "gateway" access. "Site-to-site" can link 2 otherwise unconnected LANs; suitable for multi-site enterprise networks or linkage to an Amazon VPC. "Gateway" configuration can secure traffic across public and/or insecure wifi connections and/or provide a secure solution for remote work scenarios.

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