Claroty Platform vs F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) comparison

Claroty and F5 are both solutions in the Remote Access category. Claroty is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.2, while F5 is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.2. Claroty holds a 0.8% mindshare in VUS, compared to F5’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Claroty users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of F5 users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 7, 2024

Claroty Platform and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) are two leading solutions in the network security and access management space. Claroty Platform excels in ease of deployment and pricing, whereas F5 BIG-IP APM outperforms Claroty in features and higher overall ROI.

Features: Claroty Platform offers robust visibility, monitoring, and threat detection features. It is user-friendly and has strong integration capabilities. F5 BIG-IP APM provides comprehensive access policies, detailed logging, and multifactor authentication features. F5 offers advanced functionality supporting complex enterprise requirements.

Room for Improvement: Claroty Platform could improve scalability, add advanced reporting features, and enhance analytics capabilities. F5 BIG-IP APM's setup process is complex, and users suggest better user documentation and more straightforward deployment.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Claroty Platform is straightforward to deploy with helpful and responsive customer service. F5 BIG-IP APM, though more challenging to deploy, receives positive feedback for customer support. Both products provide valuable assistance, but Claroty has a smoother deployment process.

Pricing and ROI: Claroty Platform is more cost-effective with a quicker ROI, making it suitable for budget-constrained organizations. F5 BIG-IP APM is more expensive but delivers higher long-term ROI due to its extensive features. Users who afford the initial investment find F5's superior functionality justifies the higher cost.

To learn more, read our detailed Claroty Platform vs. F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) Report (Updated: April 2025).

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Microsoft Intune

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Remote Access category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 9.4%, down from 11.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Claroty Platform is 0.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is 1.3%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Joseph Merusi

Collaborations engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Everything has worked better since we started using it

Sometimes the syncing is inconsistent. I'm confident that the devices are checking in every eight hours, but sometimes the devices aren't picking up the settings as quickly as I would expect. Some features haven't been updated in a while, and Microsoft doesn't seem interested in developing them. Unless you talk to an engineer, you don't know whether there will be an update. There are communication issues, so you might start working with a feature without knowing if it will be deprecated six months from now. Some reporting areas still need development. For example, I noticed that the reporting for driver updates is still confusing.

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Deevanshi Priya

Cyber Security Security at PwC

Achieve certifications with progress tracking and potential for enhanced interactivity

I was using Claroty to complete training assigned by my company. The courses were self-paced and helped me get certified in two additional certifications. I plan to use it further as I have a task list for future courses. It was primarily for certification and study materials The feature I like…

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Ashish Kumar Rai

Associate Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Offers remote access control, good GUI and easy to configure

I'd suggest improved documentation integration directly within the GUI. Right now, finding comprehensive documentation often requires going to external websites like the community portal. In the APM interface itself, they could add direct hyperlinks to relevant online documentation. This would provide easy access to admin guides and other resources when working within the GUI.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We are a remote company, and the product helps us manage the global endpoints. It helps us natively manage the endpoints in the cloud from anywhere."

"It supports end-users who tend to lock their devices quite frequently. Its conditional access policy helps us keep the users logged into their devices."

"The initial setup is not complex."

"We have a BYOD policy, and this solution helps us manage our devices."

"Being able to manage the devices remotely is most valuable. We can push security requirements through Microsoft Intune."

"The biggest thing for us is enforcing logins only from devices that are managed by Intune."

"Among the most valuable features are the Company Portal that is built into Intune, and the update rings so that we can manage what types of future updates the devices get."

"The solution has significantly improved managing a diverse range of devices. We have observed enhancements across Android, iOS, and Windows devices."

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"I like how the tool does passive and active discovery and threat detection and shows risks, recommendations, and vulnerabilities. It gives risk scores and gathers everything in one place - IP, device name, etc. We can integrate it with other tools for overall network mapping. It's useful for audits, compliance, and monitoring of all devices in the industry. It provides both monitoring and control. We also have SRA for incident response, which lets us search all alerts if we deploy the Claroty Platform."

"The platform ensures security without imposing significant delays."

"Claroty provides continuous threat protection and identifies pre-empty stuff and false positives."

"Claroty assigns a score based on how well you are doing in the course. If you skip a video, your score decreases, making it essential to watch the content attentively."

"Their SRA solution, the Secure Remote Access solution, is very useful for industrial environments."

"The platform ensures security without imposing significant delays."

"Claroty identifies all vulnerabilities available in our environment."

"Customer service is number one and the best."

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"The tool is reliable and easy to configure."

"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."

"Stickiness is the most valuable feature of the product."

"The product allows us to create customized portals for your users."

"Our customers have never complained about the stability"

"I recommend F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) to others due to its reliability, and it is perceived as critical to security infrastructure."

"The solution is stable and reliable."

"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."

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Cons

"I also hope the cost of Remote Help will decrease because it's a much-needed Intune function."

"The add-ons must be integrated into the solution."

"Applying security recommendations can be difficult in Microsoft Intune. Sometimes, they give you recommendations, but you need a different server to manage the pieces, or you have to go to each device individually. However, it has been improving. Before, there were certain policies you could not implement directly in Intune, but now I see progress. I would like to see more improvement in policy management, similar to how we used group policies on-premises."

"There are a couple of issues with stability."

"I wanted to check if there is any provision at the Intune level to restrict certain things, such as a website, but unfortunately, that feature is available only in Microsoft Defender. Intune has web filtering capabilities, but they are only useful for protection from malicious websites, whereas we would like to be able to restrict a website. For example, YouTube is a clean website. No one would identify it as a malicious website, but if we want to stop the end-users from going to that website, we have to go for another product, such as Microsoft Defender or another third-party proxy solution. It would be great if this capability is included in Intune."

"It should be easier to define policies and comply with those policies."

"Intune's privilege management feature, while beneficial, is less intuitive than other Intune features, making it challenging to use."

"There are some issues using the solution with macOS and iOS, and it offers limited granular control with them. Intune works better on Windows and Android."

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"There should be AI security solutions implemented."

"There is room for improvement in the user interface to make it more vibrant and interactive, similar to IT tools."

"Introducing an AI chatbot to assist you when you have doubts could be beneficial."

"Claroty Platform only gives the vulnerabilities based on the make and model of the devices, so it doesn't provide any resolution or any detailed explanation of how one can resolve such issues."

"For improvement, I think the training could be more practical. We have external training, but they're mostly theoretical. I want the solution to provide hands-on lab experience to help users learn better."

"We face issues in the alert investigation area because it does not properly give the alert communication patterns."

"I've reported four bugs and three feature requests so far. The main area of focus should be on how attacks are detected. The attack vector information needs to be more detailed. For example, it's not enough to state that an SMB v1 version open can lead to a WannaCry attack. A more detailed explanation should help clients understand the various ways an attack could occur."

"The graphical user interface is quite poor."

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"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."

"The operational deployment is not great."

"The technical support’s response time must be improved."

"Regarding price, I'm not directly involved in purchasing, but our CIO thinks the product is very expensive. He's considering moving from the tool to Citrix NetScaler WAF because it's cheaper, and we already have Citrix for VDI. We got NetScaler almost free as part of our VDI deal. Three years ago, I convinced him to use the solution because it's better, but now, with budget constraints, he may want to switch."

"I'd suggest improved documentation integration directly within the GUI. Right now, finding comprehensive documentation often requires going to external websites like the community portal."

"I have had a lot of issues in the past few months with the agents, which was disappointing."

"F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) does not have a direction for SaaS."

"The price of this product can be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I have no comment on pricing of the solution."

"The pricing is good because customers are not complaining about it."

"It's a bit expensive from a licensing perspective, especially as we look to have organizations with tenants across the globe."

"The price is reasonable, but they should lower it a bit to make it more competitive. It's cheaper than AirWatch and other products, but I still feel like Microsoft can make a base version or with Exchange online or a la carte only Intune version which will be useful. A customer who doesn't want to go full-fledged E3 or E5 can take out or consume an Intune solution only for their purpose, and we want to target that customer."

"While Microsoft charges for actual usage, it lacks discount options."

"If you're ever going to buy an Office 365 environment, then pricing is reasonable given all that it does, but if you're not, then you might find the pricing expensive."

"The cost is handled through our Office 365 license, so I have yet to be able to compare it directly with other tools in its class."

"There is a license required to use this solution. However, it was part of a bundle package. Microsoft Intune is far less expensive than other solutions, such as Workspace ONE."

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"The tool is quite expensive."

"It's a bit expensive compared to other solutions."

"The licensing for physical devices is cheap, but the software version is expensive. The software version costs around 26-28 dollars. I was surprised and even double-checked. It was shocking."

"The product is very expensive."

"I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten."

"Recently, they have simplified the licensing"

"The tool is a little bit expensive."

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

19%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

16%

Computer Software Company

14%

Energy/Utilities Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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Also Known As

Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager

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F5 Access Policy Manager

Overview

Microsoft Intune provides centralized management of mobile devices and applications, ensuring security, compliance, and productivity through integration with Microsoft services like Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory.

Organizations use Intune for managing mobile devices and applications, enhancing security and compliance across platforms. With features like single sign-on, conditional access, and zero-touch deployment via Autopilot, it facilitates efficient operations. Intune's scalability, easy enrollment, and capabilities such as remote wipe support diverse device management, offering robust data protection and efficient operation. Despite its features, improvement areas include reporting, compatibility with non-Microsoft devices, and better support for macOS and Linux devices.

What are the key features of Microsoft Intune?

Seamless Integration: Works with Microsoft 365, Azure Active Directory, and System Center for streamlined management.
Conditional Access: Enhances security with policies that restrict access based on conditions.
Autopilot: Provides zero-touch deployment for setting up new devices efficiently.
Mobile Device Management: Enables control over both personal and corporate devices.
Application Deployment: Facilitates app delivery across a range of devices.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Centralized Management: Reduces complexity by managing devices and applications in one place.
Security Enhancement: Protects data with features like remote wipe and compliance monitoring.
Improved Productivity: Enhances efficiency with seamless integration and automation features.
Device Scalability: Supports diverse device management for growing business needs.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and education, Microsoft Intune is implemented to ensure secure and compliant device management. Companies leverage its capabilities to deploy security policies and manage both corporate-owned and BYOD environments, facilitating a unified approach to data protection and compliance.

Microsoft

The Claroty Platform is tailored for monitoring and securing industrial control systems. It offers deep visibility into OT networks, enabling effective anomaly detection and vulnerability assessments. Its user-friendly interface and robust reporting tools facilitate easy management and compliance, enhancing organizational efficiency and cybersecurity posture in industrial environments.

Claroty

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is an access management proxy solution for managing global access to the enterprise networks, cloud providers, applications, and application programming interfaces (APIs). Through a single management interface, BIG-IP APM consolidates remote, mobile, network, virtual, and web access.

BIG-IP APM can also serve as a bridge between modern and classic authentication and authorization protocols and methods. For applications which are unable to support modern authentication and authorization protocols, like SAML and OAuth with OIDC, but which do support classic authentication methods, BIG-IP APM converts user credentials to the appropriate authentication standard supported by the application.

BIG-IP APM Benefits:

Ease of use
Flexibility
Ability to integrate with other systems
Security features
Granular access control
Responsive and helpful support team

BIG-IP APM Features:

Support for Identity Aware Proxy (IAP) enabling Zero Trust application access
Context-based authorization with dynamic L4/L7 ACLs
Integration with third-party MFA solutions
DTLS 2.0 mode for delivering and securing applications
SAML 2.0 identity federation support
Support for OAuth 2.0 authorization protocol
SSO support for classic authentication (Kerberos, header- based, etc.), credential caching, OAuth 2.0, SAML 2.0, and FIDO2 (U2F)
AAA server authentication and high-availability
Integration with leading IAM vendor products (Microsoft, Okta, Ping Identity)
BIG IP Edge Client and F5 Access integrate with VMware Horizon ONE (AirWatch), Microsoft Intune and IBM MaaS360
Risk-based access leveraging third-party UEBA and risk engines (HTTP Connector)

Reviews from Real Users

Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by BIG-IP APM users.

Mahmmoud Rabie, Senior Site Reliability Engineer, writes that BIG-IP APM is "A highly stable solution for load balancing, but the initial setup is complex."

Clyde Livingston, Senior Process Specialist at Telstra, says that BIG-IP APM is "Easy to use, useful access remotely, but lacking stability."

Chris Lam, Senior Solution Consultant at Macroview Telecom Limited, states that BIG-IP APM is "Useful for remote access VPN and VPI integration with VMware.

Sample Customers

Mitchells and Buzzers, Callaway

Rockwell Automation

City Bank, Ricacorp Properties, Miele, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office

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