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F5 BIG-IQ pros and cons

Vendor: F5
3.7 out of 5
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Pros & Cons summary

F5 BIG-IQ offers scalability with virtualization and box sizes, integrating features like AFM, the gateway, and Global DNS for efficiency. Load balancing and WAF enhance network performance. It supports large capacity personalization and effective backup, monitoring, and logging. However, delays in the Virtual Edition affect cloud access, and high availability deployment is challenging. Pricing is high compared to American solutions, and improvements are needed in certificate management and resolving bugs that cause configuration loss.

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PROS

F5 BIG-IQ offers excellent scalability, allowing seamless transitions from larger to smaller boxes with virtualization, avoiding lock-in to specific sizes.
It integrates valuable features like load balancing, WAF, AFM, gateway, and Global DNS, significantly reducing workload.
Users benefit from comprehensive reporting capabilities and exceptional backup, monitoring, and logging features.
F5 BIG-IQ serves as a central management system for BIG-IP, simplifying device management in large environments with multiple devices.
Customer service and support from F5 BIG-IQ are highly praised, ensuring a smooth experience for users.

CONS

High availability deployment can be challenging.
Integration with VAS requires improvement.
Pricing is considered expensive compared to other American options.
F5 BIG-IQ lacks a complete certificate management solution, only supporting Venafi.
Occasional bugs can lead to configuration loss.
 

F5 BIG-IQ Pros review quotes

AC
Oct 11, 2020
The GUI is fine, at least from an engineer's perspective.
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IA
Sep 5, 2019
We use this solution on a daily basis, and it is very stable.
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AC
Dec 9, 2019
Features like AFM, the gateway, and Global DNS are the coolest features that save work for us.
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reviewer836742 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 26, 2020
The best aspect of the solution is that we can have everything integrated with a rather large capacity in order to personalize and configure specific rules.
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AyodejiAbimbola - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 26, 2024
F5 BIG-IQ reduces the propensity for error.
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reviewer1325415 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 26, 2020
The reporting feature is quite good.
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Nikolay Dimitrov - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 20, 2024
F5 BIG-IQ is a central management system for the BIG-IP.
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Ravindra-Mali - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 28, 2025
It is quite good in a large environment where I have multiple devices; it is easy to manage the devices.
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PR
Jul 29, 2018
Scalability: To move from larger boxes to smaller boxes, along with virtualization. So, we are not locked into a particular size.
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Surya Kant Pasayat - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 10, 2022
F5 BIG-IQ has always provided us with great support.
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F5 BIG-IQ Cons review quotes

AC
Oct 11, 2020
They could use YAML or JSON if they wanted to make it a little bit easier for us.
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IA
Sep 5, 2019
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.
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AC
Dec 9, 2019
The shell, kernel, or Linux has something like a delay, especially with the Virtual Edition, when you are trying to implement it in the cloud and you want to access it remotely with web management. It would be great if they could improve their kernel. It was difficult for me, especially when I got started with BIG-IP. I was struggling to find which commands work with it. If you want to work with it, you have to be a Linux guy.
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reviewer836742 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 26, 2020
The solution should improve pricing. It's expensive in comparison to other American solutions.
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AyodejiAbimbola - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 26, 2024
The solution's rSeries has been made free, and iSeries should be made free as well.
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reviewer1325415 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 26, 2020
Integration with VAS is something that they need to work on.
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Nikolay Dimitrov - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 20, 2024
F5 BIG-IQ is a complex solution, and it cannot manage everything related to BIG-IPs.
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Ravindra-Mali - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 28, 2025
From a hands-on experience perspective, more resources should be available on the Internet, like labs and lab preparations.
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Surya Kant Pasayat - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 10, 2022
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.
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Iyad Soliman - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 1, 2022
Sometimes the solution does not work.
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