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Pros
"F5 BIG-IQ is a central management system for the BIG-IP.""F5 BIG-IQ has always provided us with great support.""We use this solution on a daily basis, and it is very stable.""The most valuable features are load balancing and WAF.""Features like AFM, the gateway, and Global DNS are the coolest features that save work for us.""F5 BIG-IQ reduces the propensity for error.""Scalability: To move from larger boxes to smaller boxes, along with virtualization. So, we are not locked into a particular size.""The reporting feature is quite good."

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"It has reduced the time taken to go to market. In the past, we were struggling with building these integrations, but now the process has sped up and there is an added advantage of quick delivery. In addition, it is an agent-less solution, which provides more flexibility in terms of multiple options.""The product is good functionality-wise. I am impressed with the tool's flexibility in customization.""It's very stable. If you ask me for the success rate metrics, it's more than 90% for both."

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Cons
"Integration with VAS is something that they need to work on.""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.""They could use YAML or JSON if they wanted to make it a little bit easier for us.""I had trouble with high availability deployment in my environment.""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.""Sometimes the solution does not work.""F5 BIG-IQ is a complex solution, and it cannot manage everything related to BIG-IPs."

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"The tool's UI needs to be improved. It needs to have better administration features in future releases.""There were a lot of scalability issues that we initially faced. Whenever I tried to deploy 100-200 endpoints, it became a huge challenge. We had to actually start using other tools like Tivoli Endpoint Management in order to patch the issues.""The price is an area that should be addressed because the price is high."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I would like the product to be cheaper."
  • "There is only one licensing fee for F5 BIG-IQ and everything is included in the price."
  • "F5 BIG-IQ is a cheap solution."
  • "Users have to pay an annual subscription fee for the solution's iSeries."
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  • "I do not have experience with the pricing or licensing of the product."
  • "The cost is very high compared to anything else available."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:F5 BIG-IQ is a central management system for the BIG-IP.
    Top Answer:F5 BIG-IQ is a complex solution, and it cannot manage everything related to BIG-IPs. It's a little bit complex with respect to statistics gathering.
    Top Answer:The tool's UI needs to be improved. It needs to have better administration features in future releases.
    Top Answer:The product is good functionality-wise. I am impressed with the tool's flexibility in customization.
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    24th
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    17th
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    Also Known As
    Micro Focus Operations Orchestration, Operations Orchestration, HPOO, HPE Operations Orchestration
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    Overview

    F5® BIG-IQ® Centralized Management provides a unified point of visibility and control for the entire F5 portfolio, ensuring administrators remain aware on the pulse of F5 devices, modules, and licenses and enabling them to deliver optimal application availability, performance, and security.

    BIG-IQ manages policies,licenses, SSL certificates, BIG-IP images, and configurations for F5 appliances and for the following BIG-IP moduals across hardware and virtual editions:

    • BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM)
    • F5 Advanced Web Application Firewall™ (WAF)
    • BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager™ (AFM)
    • F5 SSL Orchestrator®
    • F5 DDoS Hybrid Defender®
    • BIG-IP Access Policy Manager® (APM)
    • F5 Secure Web Gateway Services
    • BIG-IP DNS

    OpenText Operations Orchestration (OO) automates, integrates, and orchestrates any IT process, on cloud or off. Automate using low-code/no-code workflow authoring options. Integrate with an API rich, extensible platform. Centrally orchestrate powerful, scalable workflows.

    With OO you can automate and orchestrate infrastructure automation and IT processes from service fulfillment to incident remediation, cloud service delivery, and disaster recovery.

    Operations Orchestration offers the tools needed to provide enterprise wide orchestration capabilities:

    • Design automation workflows with a low-code/no-code designer canvas, content library, and API generator wizards.
    • Govern your automation in one place and centrally orchestrate powerful, scalable workflows in large, high availability environments.
    • Schedule workflows and make sure that SLAs are met and workflows execution happens when you need it.
    • Expose REST APIs to programmatically invoke orchestration from any external source.
    • Automate difficult interfaces with RPA robots that mimic screen based human actions.
    • Follow business and operational metrics to understand the value and the health of your orchestration environment.
    • Expose orchestration scenarios as services to your end users in an easy to use Self-Service catalog.

    Operations Orchestration offers the following components:

    Sample Customers
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    Casablanca INT, Internet Initiative Japan, Railway Information Systems, Samsung SDS, and Turkcell.
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Insurance Company8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider21%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Insurance Company7%
    Healthcare Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm28%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Government6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business58%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise17%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise75%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise4%
    Large Enterprise79%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise76%
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    F5 BIG-IQ is ranked 24th in Process Automation with 12 reviews while OpenText Operations Orchestration is ranked 17th in Process Automation with 24 reviews. F5 BIG-IQ is rated 7.4, while OpenText Operations Orchestration is rated 7.8. 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 OpenText Operations Orchestration writes "HP OO blows away the competition, but has its fair share of flaws". F5 BIG-IQ is most compared with ServiceNow Orchestration, whereas OpenText Operations Orchestration is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Control-M, Camunda, BigFix and Microsoft System Center Orchestrator.

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