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."It is easy to install the Endpoint Remote Access VPN client on different platforms."
"We have more control over the activity that users have on the internal network, thanks to the monitoring offered by Check Point and the security provided by the gateway."
"The solution has been solid for me for over five years."
"The most valuable feature is the seamless access."
"It keeps us safe when browsing the internet and when sharing confidential information with our colleagues."
"The solution offers great security features, including zero-day protection, malware protection, anti-phishing, et cetera."
"I found the MEP feature the most valuable. This has improved users' latency allowing the users to connect to the nearest Azure Check Point VM."
"The secure hotspot access for enabling good network connectivity is great."
"One of the best features of the solution is the operating system."
"I have found F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) to be stable."
"The BIG-IP’s interface is more intuitive than other GUIs. It is well structured, not overloaded, and does not have too many gimmicks."
"The occasion in which we needed technical support, we didn't have problems with them, because they always answered our questions without any trouble."
"The solution is easy to install. It's a straightforward process."
"Valuable features include Link Controller and Server Load Balancer."
"The initial setup is easy."
"I was able to simply and quickly set up the WAF rules and security, and also set up easily complex policies and rules which gave me some great features to redirect."
"The maximum it is giving us is only 5 licenses and if you need more, they must be purchased separately."
"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."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN's connectivity and establishment takes time and needs to be faster."
"In an environment with multiple cluster checkpoints, the global properties common to all clusters in some cases give problems."
"It's difficult to configure on Linux workstations as Check Point Remote VPN clients support only Windows and Mac devices."
"Connection of devices from various locations is efficient though there are a few challenges when there is a network failure."
"We would like to see support for a layer seven VPN over UDP."
"The provisioning of VPN users has room for improvement."
"If they made it easier for engineers to get F5 training then it would be better."
"Reporting could be improved and configuration made easier."
"In terms of native integrations, there is a lot of instability. Also, integration is not robust with F5."
"The one gap I saw was that pure LBN integration is a little tricky. The insertion of F5 in LBN is a little tricky. They need to work on something, on products by which they can insert F5 in any sort of cloud environment."
"The solution's hardware quality needs improvement."
"The user interface of F5 BIG-IP LTM is old and could improve."
"The pricing could always be better. It's a bit expensive."
"For integration with other AWS environments, we do some tie-ins with some autoscaling groups. This has been challenging for us. We have had issues, where when autoscaling groups scale up, there are some instances which are not showing up in the proper size. Then, those IPs would get registered with F5, but never get released. Therefore, we are ending up with a whole bunch of ghosted IPs."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 4th in Remote Access with 57 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 Private Access, 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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