We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IQ and ServiceNow Orchestration based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Process Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Scalability: To move from larger boxes to smaller boxes, along with virtualization. So, we are not locked into a particular size."
"F5 BIG-IQ is a central management system for the BIG-IP."
"F5 BIG-IQ reduces the propensity for error."
"Features like AFM, the gateway, and Global DNS are the coolest features that save work for us."
"We use this solution on a daily basis, and it is very stable."
"The GUI is fine, at least from an engineer's perspective."
"The most valuable features are load balancing and WAF."
"The reporting feature is quite good."
"The interface of the solution is very user friendly and it is easily accessible via a simple URL. This makes it easier to complete the UI based tasks but using other features require expertise in languages like Java. But along with that, there are limitation in terms of network connectivity testing and administrator faces regular challenges in conducting connectivity tests due to these limitations."
"Great with IT processes and business processes."
"It's probably the best product out there."
"Orchestration is commonly utilized by major corporations. The process of linking methods in ServiceNow, known as the RTS chain to parent methods, is executed seamlessly and efficiently. It's quite impressive and significant in its impact."
"Employee onboarding, de-boarding, and other service-provision features make the process easier and it saves us a lot of time."
"It's scalable."
"There are a lot of ready to use orchestration custom packs."
"The product has a flexible interface for development."
"The solution's rSeries has been made free, and iSeries should be made free as well."
"Sometimes the solution does not work."
"They could use YAML or JSON if they wanted to make it a little bit easier for us."
"F5 BIG-IQ is a complex solution, and it cannot manage everything related to BIG-IPs."
"F5 BIG-IQ should improve by being a complete certificate management solution because currently, it is only for Venafi. Other automation platforms, should be added."
"There are a lot of scripts available on the internet for people who know how to use them, but with a graphical interface, it would be easier for new users."
"The solution should improve pricing. It's expensive in comparison to other American solutions."
"Integration with VAS is something that they need to work on."
"There should be connectors to cover at least the top industry applications, and they should be easier to configure in a plug-and-play fashion."
"Frequent upgrades may negatively impact the performance of instances. Therefore, for now, I don't recommend any additional upgrades."
"Efficiency of some features could be improved."
"We cannot perform GUI automation using the tool."
"The deployment requires awareness among the project staff."
"There is still room for more integrations. Or, it would be nice to bundle multiple products together rather than selling everything as a model as that turns out to be a bit costly."
"There can be gaps in integration."
"From my space, the only thing that I can say is the spinning up with Google Cloud Services."
F5 BIG-IQ is ranked 23rd in Process Automation with 12 reviews while ServiceNow Orchestration is ranked 13th in Process Automation with 12 reviews. F5 BIG-IQ is rated 7.4, while ServiceNow Orchestration is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IQ writes "A central management system to manage and monitor a bunch of different BIG-IP devices". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ServiceNow Orchestration writes "Fastest upgrading technology in the market currently". F5 BIG-IQ is most compared with , whereas ServiceNow Orchestration is most compared with Camunda, IBM BPM, Control-M and Nintex Process Platform. See our F5 BIG-IQ vs. ServiceNow Orchestration report.
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