Antivirus for Amazon S3 vs F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition comparison

The compared Cloud Storage Security (CSS) and F5 solutions aren't in the same category. Cloud Storage Security (CSS) is ranked #25 in Anti-Malware Tools , with an average rating of 8.3, and holds a 0.5% mindshare in the category. F5 is ranked #7 in ADC , with an average rating of 9.1, and holds a 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cloud Storage Security (CSS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of F5 users who would recommend it.

Antivirus for Amazon S3

Read 5 Antivirus for Amazon S3 reviews

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Read 28 F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition reviews

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

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Categories and Ranking

Antivirus for Amazon S3

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Anti-Malware Tools (25th)

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

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Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (7th)

Mindshare comparison

Antivirus for Amazon S3 and F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Antivirus for Amazon S3 is designed for Anti-Malware Tools and holds a mindshare of 0.5%, down 0.5% compared to last year.
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition, on the other hand, focuses on Application Delivery Controllers (ADC), holds 0.9% mindshare.

Anti-Malware Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Antivirus for Amazon S3	0.5%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	7.8%
F-Secure Total	3.6%
Other	88.1%

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Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition	0.9%
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)	14.3%
NetScaler	12.7%
Other	72.1%

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)

Featured Reviews

Kalpesh Potghante

Senior Manager at Deloitte

Secure file sharing has protected global storage and improves confidence with external partners

The best features Antivirus for Amazon S3 offers include that it is really a built-in feature which is really great, as you don't have to do anything extra, there's no operational complexity or cost overhead associated with it, and because it's a managed solution, it's easy for us to configure policies as S3 buckets are created globally and make sure they have the necessary virus protection as needed. The simplicity and ease of policy configuration have helped my team day-to-day because, as it is part of the AWS ecosystem, I don't need to really hire a separate skill set to configure this service, and moreover, if I use the console, all the features are available to me at a click, and I can also programmatically control it, making configuring the antivirus part of setting S3 objects rather than setting up a separate service altogether on top of S3.

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reviewer2800392

Network Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Cloud deployment has simplified traffic distribution and now supports flexible multi-zone DR

Regarding F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition's improvement areas, the current dashboard is very useful, but I believe the registration process should be simplified in the virtual edition. Especially in the Azure environment, many features are not currently aligned and working with Azure. We need to make efforts to ensure it is well integrated with Azure. Currently, if we want to integrate route tables with the virtual F5 edition, we need to deploy scripting inside the virtual F5 instances, and then that script performs the virtual IP route table changes in the Azure environment. This feature should be auto-configured, and efforts are needed to ensure the virtual edition is very much aligned with the Azure environment. I am expecting this improvement in the next edition. The failover capability is also not as good as it should be. We have tested the failover functionality, and sometimes we have observed that failover fails. F5 does not successfully fail over to other instances perfectly, so that also needs to be improved. Security should also be enhanced, as in the past I have seen some security loopholes. Tightening of security should be included in the new software. These improvements should be present in near future editions.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"Antivirus for Amazon S3 is a great tool that is reliable and easy to integrate, adding an essential security layer for S3-based workflows which may be subject to malicious attacks and protecting the overall infrastructure while also reducing the burden of checking those files on your own."

"Antivirus scanning has a clear positive impact on security, automation, and developer velocity in my organization."

"In my experience, the best feature Antivirus for Amazon S3 offers is increased security."

"Antivirus for Amazon S3 has positively impacted my organization by giving us the confidence that we can really expose our S3 buckets to the external world without having to worry about security, and from a developer standpoint, we know that at any point in time globally if S3 buckets are created, we have templates that will automatically enforce the antivirus policies there, improving our overall security posture rather than compromising it because we do have a large footprint on S3."

"Antivirus for Amazon S3 offers some of the best features including deployment using Terraform, the ability to scan new and existing objects, very quick setup time, multiple engine support such as Sophos, CIS Premium, and CIS Secure, and extensive vendor support through many marketplaces."

"F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition has positively impacted my organization at the State of Oregon by streamlining operations, delivering significant time savings, reducing errors, and giving me a clearer overview of which features each customer has, which minimizes mistakes during operations and enhances our overall efficiency."

"I would highly recommend F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition to everyone because we have had a phenomenal experience using this device."

"Before F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition, we were dealing with recurring service interruptions, sometimes multiple incidents in a month or a week, and after moving to F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition, those dropped to very rare occurrences, with outages happening once in a blue moon."

"F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition has positively impacted my organization by simplifying management, as we previously had to manage hardware boxes, and now with the virtual edition it is easy to use and reliable, and we have been working with it for the last three to four years without a single issue reported, making it a very reliable and stable product."

"The advanced web application firewall protection and SSL offloading capabilities of F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition have been utilized in my organization; these features are contributing to our application security and compliance posture."

"It has DoS layer 7 protection, which not many vendors have."

"I have a specific issue with the network interface connector, the NIC. We're limited to a maximum of two NICs in a virtualized environment. It's a limitation of the tool."

"The tool's investment is less than a physical device."

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Cons

"I think Antivirus for Amazon S3 can be improved by including patches over time and adding forensic analysis of data to show where viruses may have been incorporated."

"Antivirus for Amazon S3 could be improved by addressing that it is a little bit complicated to set up because you have to deploy it via CloudFormation or Terraform, and it can be a little bit difficult trying to troubleshoot the image or container issues."

"The reporting part could be a bit more detailed."

"Integration, support, and documentation are areas where Antivirus for Amazon S3 has room to improve."

"I think Antivirus for Amazon S3 could be improved by slightly further automating the process; beyond just the ability to send notifications, if an email could be crafted or if communication through any channel could be established with the person or team who uploaded the file, that level of automation could be avoided on our end, allowing us to configure an entire loop from detecting a malicious upload to contacting the uploader and taking corrective action, which I think would be really cool."

"The improvement points I can suggest are that F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition tends to be highly resource-intensive, as we often encounter issues with high CPU, RAM, and storage utilization, particularly with ASM and LTM modules."

"It's expensive and could be cheaper."

"I have a specific issue with the network interface connector, the NIC. We're limited to a maximum of two NICs in a virtualized environment. It's a limitation of the tool."

"To improve F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition, specifically LTM, I believe that when creating an LDAP server, there is only one option to add an LDAP."

"From a pricing perspective, F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is somewhat high compared to others, and the licensing is provided as annual-based licenses rather than perpetual licenses."

"The tool has limitations with respect to code and RAM."

"My experience with pricing and setup costs for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition was mixed, as they do not have an option for 10 gig licensing, which was costly for us."

"I feel that F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition could be improved because overall, it is a pretty good product, but the licensing is rather costly."

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"I would rate the pricing a three out of ten, with ten being expensive."

"F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is an expensive solution, but it's worth the price."

"My company's customers need to make payments for the licensing charges attached to the product. It is an expensive product."

"The pricing is standard."

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Construction Company

36%

Comms Service Provider

10%

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Construction Company

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Antivirus for Amazon S3?

Since using Antivirus for Amazon S3, we have been able to detect malicious files, and we have configured AWS EventBridge to notify us whenever such an incident occurs, leading to an average of 200 ...

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What needs improvement with Antivirus for Amazon S3?

The reporting part could be a bit more detailed. A summary of all the scans in a better way would be beneficial. This part could be improved or enhanced.

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What is your primary use case for Antivirus for Amazon S3?

My main use case for Antivirus for Amazon S3 is to automatically scan objects as soon as they're uploaded into S3 buckets. It's mostly used in buckets where files are uploaded by external users or ...

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What do you like most about F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition?

The integration capabilities of the product are easy to use, and there is no complexity involved in it.

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What needs improvement with F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition?

Improvements for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition should include training for newcomers. If they are not aware, it can be beneficial for them to learn. In authentication, there is currently a single metho...

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What advice do you have for others considering F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition?

I would definitely recommend F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition to others so they can opt for this option.

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Overview

Antivirus for Amazon S3 is an automated security solution that discovers and scans data in Amazon WorkDocs as well as Amazon S3 buckets for threats using multiple virus detection engines.
Built on the cloud for the cloud, it enables customers to identify and remediate problem files without the need to purchase an expensive data security platform or deal with the hassles of configuring their own malware solutions.

Cloud Storage Security (CSS)

When you need to move faster than hardware allows, BIG-IP Virtual Editions (VEs) deliver the application services you need in a more agile and flexible form factor. Get the scalability, security, and automatability BIG-IP products are known for—all in software designed for use in single-, hybrid-, or multi-cloud architectures.

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