We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IQ and IBM BPM 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."Features like AFM, the gateway, and Global DNS are the coolest features that save work for us."
"The most valuable features are load balancing and WAF."
"F5 BIG-IQ is a central management system for the BIG-IP."
"Scalability: To move from larger boxes to smaller boxes, along with virtualization. So, we are not locked into a particular size."
"The backup, monitoring and logging are the best features."
"F5 BIG-IQ reduces the propensity for error."
"The GUI is fine, at least from an engineer's perspective."
"The reporting feature is quite good."
"Everything is coupled together and comes as one solution."
"It has an elaborated way to explore the IBM BPM processes."
"Automating the whole workflow process to give our data steward the ability to take actions rapidly, and making sure we have all the data synced within the different platforms that we are using."
"The functionality to design UI to be responsive and can run on multiple devices."
"It is being able to see the process, and understanding what the process is versus having to bury it in code somewhere."
"Automation is the most valuable feature of IBM BPM."
"It provides value and simplifies processes."
"Responsive Portal + Process Federation Server. This set of solutions offers a unified worklist to our customers."
"Sometimes the solution does not work."
"F5 BIG-IQ is a complex solution, and it cannot manage everything related to BIG-IPs."
"The solution's rSeries has been made free, and iSeries should be made free as well."
"Integration with VAS is something that they need to work on."
"I had trouble with high availability deployment in my environment."
"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 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."
"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."
"It needs more customization. We like to customize the screens to show more things related to our company."
"Performance on large scale requirements could also be improved."
"The debugging needs improvement. There is some confusion surrounding the debugging."
"If the processing gets better, it would be more efficient."
"The price and the overall installation process could be improved."
"We would like better performance and more visibility on each step of the tool."
"We had a weird problem that whenever the database would go down, even for a few seconds, it broke the connection. It would not come back up as it was supposed to. However, working with IBM, we were able to figure out a fix, then it came back up, even after an interruption of the database."
"The interface is limited and should improve in the future."
F5 BIG-IQ is ranked 23rd in Process Automation with 12 reviews while IBM BPM is ranked 5th in Process Automation with 105 reviews. F5 BIG-IQ is rated 7.4, while IBM BPM is rated 7.8. 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 IBM BPM writes "Offers good case management and its integration with process design but there's a learning curve". F5 BIG-IQ is most compared with ServiceNow Orchestration, whereas IBM BPM is most compared with Camunda, Appian, Pega BPM, IBM Business Automation Workflow and Apache Airflow. See our F5 BIG-IQ vs. IBM BPM report.
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