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

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
4.8
Antivirus for Amazon S3 improves security, boosts efficiency, enhances compliance, and reduces costs, offering significant ROI.
Sentiment score
5.7
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition enhances performance and reduces costs by improving application uptime, security, and operational efficiency.
I have definitely seen a return on investment with Antivirus for Amazon S3, including fewer employees needed and time saved.
DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The price of security is really significant, as if you do not have security, the cost of it is much greater than the cost of you actually doing it.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The return on investment for Antivirus for Amazon S3 is strong because it reduces security risk and eliminates the need for custom infrastructure.
FullStack Developer at EnactOn Technologies
Overall, I can say the ROI includes a twenty-five to thirty percent cost reduction, with some areas achieving forty percent cost reduction in our expenses.
Network Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
There is a significant performance improvement in the website and website speed.
IT consultant at Beginning Solutions IT
With F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition, we have not faced any RMAs, which has made a positive operational impact.
Senior Network And Security Engineer at Mobily
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
4.6
Antivirus for Amazon S3 offers timely, effective support with knowledgeable guidance, high satisfaction, and seamless AWS integration.
Sentiment score
6.5
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition support is effective and knowledgeable, though off-hour delays and access issues occasionally occur.
We could contact their expert when required while setting it up.
Senior Manager at Deloitte
We have a golden standard and receive immediate support responses whenever we have any issues.
DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Customer support for Antivirus for Amazon S3 gets a ten out of ten.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I would rate the customer support on a scale of one to ten as a perfect ten based on all of the experience I have had so far.
Senior Network And Security Engineer at Mobily
I rate customer support a 10 out of 10, as they are knowledgeable and provide straightforward troubleshooting.
Network Engineer at Thryv
Customer support for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is excellent.
IT consultant at Beginning Solutions IT
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.1
Antivirus for Amazon S3 offers impressive scalability and reliability, efficiently handling high upload volumes and diverse storage needs.
Sentiment score
6.7
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition offers scalable, flexible resource expansion, supporting high availability and adaptability for increased traffic and demand.
Antivirus for Amazon S3's scalability is impressive as it was able to scan one TB plus 10 TB of data easily.
DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
For scalability metrics, we have implemented security measures to handle spikes in uploads without additional operational overhead.
configuration and management deployment at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The scanning process remained consistent with no noticeable delays, even when handling thousands of files in a short time window.
Assistant Professor, Technical Trainer at DIEMS Chh.Sambhajinagar
It is the most scalable and reliable system.
Cybersecurity Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Within ten minutes of time, we can scale and boot as many virtual machines as needed in the environment.
Network Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Being a virtual edition, we were able to scale resources such as CPU, memory, and throughput based on our demand without major architectural changes.
Network Security Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Antivirus for Amazon S3 is highly reliable with no downtimes, stable performance, and consistent operation under high loads.
Sentiment score
8.4
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is highly stable, offering strong performance and security, with minimal downtime apart from updates.
Due to a major malfunction, the system may become entirely inaccessible until a full reboot is performed.
configuration and management deployment at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
In terms of performance, overall functionality, and features, it is very stable in terms of deployment and taking updates.
Security Engineer at LTI Mindtree
Antivirus for Amazon S3 is very stable, especially AWS-managed solutions.
FullStack Developer at EnactOn Technologies
The load balancing module still performed admirably.
Sr network engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
The performance increased significantly and the response times of the application improved.
Senior Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The uptime improvements with F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition are almost close to 100%, as it only goes down if a failover happens.
Sr. Consutant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Antivirus for Amazon S3 needs enhanced file handling, integration, analytics, AI features, user-friendliness, and cost-effective solutions.
F5 BIG-IP VE requires interface upgrades, better microservices support, improved logging, clearer licensing, easier upgrades, and enhanced Azure integration.
Allowing us to configure an entire loop from detecting a malicious upload to contacting the uploader and taking corrective action.
Senior Manager at Deloitte
Overall, Antivirus for Amazon S3 is reliable and effective for securing S3 environments.
Team Lead, Technical Content Security at Valuepoint Systems
Granular controls represent another area for improvement. The current scanning policies apply bucket-wide. More fine-grained controls, such as scanning only certain file types, prefixes, or user uploads, would reduce unnecessary scans and improve efficiency.
Assistant Professor, Technical Trainer at DIEMS Chh.Sambhajinagar
The primary concern I noted regarding F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is its scalability during high-load situations.
Sr network engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
It is a somewhat expensive solution, and the price needs to be improved based on what our customers have told us.
IT consultant at Beginning Solutions IT
With FortiWeb, we have a dashboard where I can check the policy status with just one click, and everything is easily accessible.
Senior Network And Security Engineer at Mobily
 

Setup Cost

Antivirus for Amazon S3 offers cost-effective, scalable pricing at $49/month for 100GB, streamlining costs via AWS Marketplace.
Enterprise users appreciate F5 BIG-IP VE's ROI and scalability, but licensing costs and pricing transparency remain concerns.
Generally in this case, the more we consume, the better the pricing gets with time.
Sr. Enterprise Architect at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees
Compared to traditional endpoint antivirus licensing, this approach saved us fifty thousand rupees annually in overhead.
Assistant Professor, Technical Trainer at DIEMS Chh.Sambhajinagar
This leads to an average of 200 to 300 notifications of malware per month globally, which gives us confidence that the antivirus is working.
Senior Manager at Deloitte
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition's pricing structure was significantly more advantageous and aligned with our budgetary considerations.
Sr network engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
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.
Analyst at Accenture
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition solves a very significant problem of high availability and performance.
IT consultant at Beginning Solutions IT
 

Valuable Features

Antivirus for Amazon S3 offers automated malware detection, real-time scanning, and compliance support, enhancing security and efficiency.
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition boosts user experience and efficiency with load balancing, security features, high availability, and cost reduction.
It adds an essential security layer for S3-based workflows which may be subject to malicious attacks and protects the overall infrastructure.
Dev Ops Engineer at a construction company with 11-50 employees
The fact that the scanning occurs within the AWS account means data never leaves your AWS account, which is also a good security feature.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Event-driven scanning stands out because it makes the entire workflow real-time and automatic.
configuration and management deployment at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition helped our customers increase the high availability and performance of their applications, specifically their web applications.
IT consultant at Beginning Solutions IT
If ten thousand, fifty thousand, or even a million people want to access the application simultaneously, we have configured auto-scalability.
Network Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition has impacted my organization positively with cost savings by saving public IP addresses, and its performance and stability, which give almost 100% uptime for the application because we have high availability.
Sr. Consutant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Antivirus for Amazon S3
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Anti-Malware Tools (9th)
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (6th)
 

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 0.6%, up 0.4% compared to last year.
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition, on the other hand, focuses on Application Delivery Controllers (ADC), holds 1.3% mindshare.
Anti-Malware Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Antivirus for Amazon S30.6%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint6.9%
VirusTotal3.1%
Other89.4%
Anti-Malware Tools
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition1.3%
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)13.0%
NetScaler12.1%
Other73.6%
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
 

Featured Reviews

Kalpesh Potghante - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
reviewer2800392 - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
24%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise19
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Antivirus for Amazon S3?
The deployment and the pricing are very good. I take the services for a longer time period, so the vendor worked in an easy and cooperative way in deployment.
What needs improvement with Antivirus for Amazon S3?
I would definitely say that if the solution gets updated on a day-to-day basis so that the cloud signature gets updated for all AWS account holders during the scanning, and if the deployment of upd...
What is your primary use case for Antivirus for Amazon S3?
My primary use case for Antivirus for Amazon S3 is protecting the data and files stored in the S3 bucket from malware or viruses. The solution scans the files to ensure they are safe.Antivirus for ...
What needs improvement with F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition?
Improvements for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition could include a more straightforward process for major updates where we could pre-schedule upgrades to avoid downtime.
What advice do you have for others considering F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition?
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition did not impact anything positively, as during core network activities, backend servers stopped responding due to being legacy servers, which may create issues. F5 BIG-IP V...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition?
Regarding pricing, I believe it is high, but the setup cost is low and licensing is fine, though I do not have the complete analysis from our sales team. I understand that F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition...
 

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