Network Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 5
Jan 16, 2026
My main use case for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is application delivery and security, primarily for load balancing and Layer 7 (application-layer) protection of web applications. We use it to distribute traffic across multiple backend servers to ensure high availability, performance optimization, and zero single point of failure. On the security side, we use it to protect applications from common web threats such as SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), CSRF, brute-force and credential-stuffing attacks, bot traffic, malicious scanners, and Layer 7 DDoS floods. Additionally, we leverage BIG-IP VE for: * SSL/TLS offloading and inspection to reduce server load * Persistence/session management (cookie / source IP) for stable user sessions * Health monitoring to automatically detect failures and route traffic to healthy nodes * Traffic visibility and logging for troubleshooting, compliance, and faster incident response Overall, it has been a reliable solution for improving application uptime, security posture, and user experience in production environments.
My main use case for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition, which is mostly requested by our customers, is using it as a load balancer, functioning as an LTM (Local Traffic Manager).Recently, we had a requirement from a customer who hosts a web application on a web server and needed to increase the availability of the website. We suggested and implemented a solution where we placed F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition in front of the server and deployed three servers behind it, all hosting the same application. Using this approach, we have increased both the performance and availability of the application.
Cloud Engineer at a outsourcing company with 11-50 employees
MSP
Dec 5, 2025
My main use case for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is for security. I use F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition for security by utilizing the IP Intelligence to check the reputation of IPs.
System Administrator at a non-tech company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
Jun 5, 2025
My main use cases for using F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition are mainly WAF. That's the main purpose. We use F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition mostly for the login functionality with our Salesforce and for security login purposes.
IT Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 5
Jan 14, 2025
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.
Manager | Engineering | Cloud Managed Services at Sify Technologies
Real User
Top 5
Apr 15, 2024
I use the solution in my company to meet the virtualization needs of our customers. In the case of a payment gateway, according to the application, every VirtualBox gets segregated. Every VirtualBox will have multiple banks connected to one particular vCMP for a specific application.
We use it for two applications. I've also used the Virtual Edition in the network core alongside the hardware appliances. I don't think there's any issue with either. Both seem to be working well simultaneously.
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.
My main use case for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is application delivery and security, primarily for load balancing and Layer 7 (application-layer) protection of web applications. We use it to distribute traffic across multiple backend servers to ensure high availability, performance optimization, and zero single point of failure. On the security side, we use it to protect applications from common web threats such as SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), CSRF, brute-force and credential-stuffing attacks, bot traffic, malicious scanners, and Layer 7 DDoS floods. Additionally, we leverage BIG-IP VE for: * SSL/TLS offloading and inspection to reduce server load * Persistence/session management (cookie / source IP) for stable user sessions * Health monitoring to automatically detect failures and route traffic to healthy nodes * Traffic visibility and logging for troubleshooting, compliance, and faster incident response Overall, it has been a reliable solution for improving application uptime, security posture, and user experience in production environments.
My main use case for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition, which is mostly requested by our customers, is using it as a load balancer, functioning as an LTM (Local Traffic Manager).Recently, we had a requirement from a customer who hosts a web application on a web server and needed to increase the availability of the website. We suggested and implemented a solution where we placed F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition in front of the server and deployed three servers behind it, all hosting the same application. Using this approach, we have increased both the performance and availability of the application.
My main use case for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is for security. I use F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition for security by utilizing the IP Intelligence to check the reputation of IPs.
My main use cases for using F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition are mainly WAF. That's the main purpose. We use F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition mostly for the login functionality with our Salesforce and for security login purposes.
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.
I use the solution in my company to meet the virtualization needs of our customers. In the case of a payment gateway, according to the application, every VirtualBox gets segregated. Every VirtualBox will have multiple banks connected to one particular vCMP for a specific application.
We use the solution for web application firewalls and VPNs. It could be your VPN concentrator, intelligent DNS, and load balancing.
We use it for two applications. I've also used the Virtual Edition in the network core alongside the hardware appliances. I don't think there's any issue with either. Both seem to be working well simultaneously.