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 initial set up is not complex."
"It keeps us safe when browsing the internet and when sharing confidential information with our colleagues."
"It offers a simple configuration and setup."
"It is stable most of the time."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"Once we install and connect the VPN service, it keeps on running until we disconnect."
"Organizations that already use the Check Point NGFW Solution do not require any additional hardware, which makes the implementation straightforward and reduces the time to go live."
"The most important feature of Check Point Remote Access VPN is the multiple factor authentication."
"The solution is robust and reliable."
"We have found the consistency of the application always being the way it is supposed to be as its most valuable feature."
"In terms of stability, it is stable."
"We enjoy its overall ease of use."
"The most helpful thing is that it's open-source. It's very easy to program and customize."
"The most valuable feature I found is iRules."
"It is a stable product from a stable company. Recently, they have been more focused on security as well."
"We always use technical support and the team helps us very well. They're able to effectively find and fix issues and they respond very quickly."
"The Compliance software blade is available only for the Windows operating systems family, so no macOS security checks are implemented and performed."
"We encounter challenges for the product’s installation and troubleshooting processes compared to other VPN products."
"Sometimes we have some small problems with Check Point Remote Access VPN. For example, problems with authentication."
"The maximum it is giving us is only 5 licenses and if you need more, they must be purchased separately."
"Some configurations, like idle timeout (the requirement came from multiple users), are not possible to configure directly from the Check Point management server."
"The product’s architecture is a bit distributed."
"There needs to be a way to create a VPN client specific to our environment so that we can easily lock down who can connect."
"I cannot see the full effect of the endpoint solution because it relies on having access to the DNF queries, which might not go through the Check Point firewall when you're using it for perimeter networks. Check Point will not identify the actual source of the net queries. This may be related to the architecture, however, and not poor product issues. I don't know if it can be improved on the Check Point side or not."
"Not everything is intuitive."
"I would like them to expand load balancing, being able to go across multiple regions to on-premise and into the cloud. This could use improvement, as it is sometimes a little cumbersome."
"Its price can be better. It is a bit expensive."
"The pricing model has caused some frustration. My clients implemented the solution and later wanted to upgrade the features but the pricing structure was complicated. There are other solutions with better pricing models."
"Cloud native integration should be provided."
"The user interface of F5 BIG-IP LTM is old and could improve."
"I'm not very sure about the security with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM). We have our own private data center, but we are going to migrate our private data center into the Azure cloud environment. Security will then be a major concern when we migrate our own whole infrastructure to the public cloud."
"In terms of pricing, it could be more competitive."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 4th in Remote Access with 60 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 "Helps deliver applications to users in a reliable, secure, and optimized way". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient 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 HAProxy. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) report.
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