We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and Symantec Siteminder based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"In my opinion, the GUI is perfect with the configuration options provided. F5 BIG-IP has given customization options and policy configuration tools in the GUI. It's good and good enough to work."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"This is a product that is easy to install and integrate, and it is simple to use."
"The product allows us to create customized portals for your users."
"The load balancing features are valuable."
"Stickiness is the most valuable feature of the product."
"We have seen a return on investment from F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager. It provided access at a time when we didn't have it."
"The single sign-on is the solution's most valuable feature"
"Federation is valuable, for sure, because we have a lot of third-party vendors that we need to integrate with, and this is a turnkey solution in some ways."
"SAML is the best thing we're using right now because there is no need for creating an external account."
"As our identity model continues to mature, probably the Federation is most valueable."
"Right now, federation that comes out-of-the-box with single sign-on is the most valuable feature that we have, and also scalability."
"All of our applications get a point, click, and you are in, while we increase security at the same time."
"We almost never have outages nor see slowdowns."
"It is very scalable. We have a very large customer base: 75 million customers."
"F5 BIG-IP APM disconnects when you leave it for long enough, but that is natural for IT solutions to do. That's a little bit frustrating."
"In my opinion, the GUI side needs some improvement based on my usage. Sometimes, it doesn't work as efficiently as the CLI side."
"The initial setup was complex."
"Integrating identity providers and single sign-on solutions can simplify user authentication and access control."
"The price of this product can be improved."
"The solution’s GUI looks very old."
"Cloud services are something that F5 Access Policy Manager could do better"
"The solution is quite costly."
"The main thing is we do not have the traceability and good monitoring that CA can provide us to capture problems when they occur."
"All the problems that we reported actually have never been resolved. We could not capture enough information for CA to be able to debug the problem."
"We are finding some compatibility issues. We're still working with CA on them."
"The initial setup was complex, painful. But that is to be expected of any new setup. When you're a big bank like us, any kind of migration to a new product is hard. I expect it to be painful, and it was painful. But it's not something that you can avoid."
"They need to make configurations easier, and not have the engineer having to guess what will happen when he changes a particular setting."
"As we are moving in to the mobility space, this is where we really see SiteMinder and their other product really come together to provide a solution base to a different area where the IoT is coming, the different business communications are happening. All of those things require authentication and we really want to see this product grow into that role."
"The support could be faster."
"I'd like to see a rework of the user directory configuration."
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F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is ranked 9th in Access Management with 13 reviews while Symantec Siteminder is ranked 17th in Access Management with 69 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is rated 8.2, while Symantec Siteminder is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) writes " Facilitates packet inspection, modification, and offloading and offers visibility and troubleshooting capabilities, allowing for pre-production server testing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Siteminder writes "Easy to implement and customize and very stable". F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is most compared with Citrix Gateway, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Ivanti Connect Secure, whereas Symantec Siteminder is most compared with PingFederate, ForgeRock, Okta Workforce Identity, PingID and PingAccess.
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