We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IQ and Microsoft System Center Orchestrator based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Camunda, Pega, Appian and others in Process Automation."Scalability: To move from larger boxes to smaller boxes, along with virtualization. So, we are not locked into a particular size."
"F5 BIG-IQ has always provided us with great support."
"The reporting feature is quite good."
"The GUI is fine, at least from an engineer's perspective."
"Features like AFM, the gateway, and Global DNS are the coolest features that save work for us."
"We use this solution on a daily basis, and it is very stable."
"F5 BIG-IQ is a central management system for the BIG-IP."
"The most valuable features are load balancing and WAF."
"Automation is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"It can manage multiple servers and workstations from a single location."
"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."
"The solution should improve pricing. It's expensive in comparison to other American solutions."
"F5 BIG-IQ is a complex solution, and it cannot manage everything related to BIG-IPs."
"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."
"I had trouble with high availability deployment in my environment."
"They could use YAML or JSON if they wanted to make it a little bit easier for us."
"Integration with VAS is something that they need to work on."
"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."
"The product's management aspect needs enhancement."
"I find the Orchestrator UI to be problematic."
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F5 BIG-IQ is ranked 24th in Process Automation with 12 reviews while Microsoft System Center Orchestrator is ranked 26th in Process Automation with 2 reviews. F5 BIG-IQ is rated 7.4, while Microsoft System Center Orchestrator is rated 7.6. 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 Microsoft System Center Orchestrator writes "Automates tasks and manages multiple servers from a central location ". F5 BIG-IQ is most compared with ServiceNow Orchestration, whereas Microsoft System Center Orchestrator is most compared with Camunda, Ivanti Automation, ServiceNow Orchestration, OpenText Operations Orchestration and vCenter Orchestrator.
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