We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Remote Access solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most important feature of Check Point Remote Access VPN is the multiple factor authentication."
"Access is browser-based only and requires no additional client installation."
"For a basic setup, implementation is quite easy."
"It can improve an organization by providing secure access to resources for traveling employees, which can help to reduce the risk of data breaches or other security incidents."
"Setup using the manuals was easy."
"It is easy to install the Endpoint Remote Access VPN client to different platforms."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN enables us to access on-premise applications while working from remote locations."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"We use F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager to balance traffic."
"There is a lot of documentation available."
"Good application firewall."
"The most valuable features are the WAF and the big IP."
"F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is very easy to use, from SSL Management to enabling, disabling loads, applications, systems, and monitoring. Overall the solution keeps our application functional from a client's perspective 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
"It is an easy way to build application policies (graphical)."
"The most valuable features are DNS, APM, and ASM. Additionally, it is easy to use and you have a lot of flexibility to use the solution within a network."
"The feature I find the most valuable is the support infrastructure."
"Generally, the license is included with the Check Point gateway licensing, however, in terms of the number of users that can be activated for use, it is generally five users."
"The ability to allow split-tunneling while still following our corporate policy needs to be on the table."
"We encounter challenges for the product’s installation and troubleshooting processes compared to other VPN products."
"We would like to implement HTML5 (clientless access) in the product without installing any additional software."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN's connectivity and establishment takes time and needs to be faster."
"The client-side UI is fundamental, and there is nothing to see."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"I would like this service to be easier to manage when you integrate it with third parties."
"Fixing bugs."
"Implementing whitepapers with a lot more applications could easily be added."
"There are issues with F5 BIG-IP but they are minor issues not affecting production and services. Sometimes the operations and the facility systems fail. However, there is an alert action from the windows. An ordeal for the manager."
"Performance: Using the product, applications are jittery."
"The user interface could be improved in F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager."
"We would like to see load balancing between the cloud and the on-premise, a straightforward deployment feature."
"F5 has another solution to load balance servers on the cloud, which they got after the purchase of NGINX. It is deployed as Kubernetes or something like that, but the problem now is that they have two solutions for two situations. They should make F5 deployable on the cloud."
"BIG-IP LTM's sandboxing integration could be improved."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 5th in Remote Access with 62 reviews while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Reduces maintenance downtime and has a strong user community". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Check Point Harmony Mobile and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, whereas F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and A10 Networks Thunder ADC. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) report.
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