We performed a comparison between Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about TeamViewer, Microsoft, Citrix and others in Remote Access."The ability to have all the connection information in one location saves so much time from trying to manage the same information across different applications."
"Devolutions's team is constantly making improvements to their products. If you submit a feature request, they are usually quick to implement it."
"By integrating all our connections previously spread across multiple locations, a lot of time has been saved."
"Being able to store my credentials makes connecting a breeze."
"One credential can be used to access VPN, RDS, and more."
"Makes me instantly more focused on resolving the issue rather than getting to the issue."
"With the integrated VPN providers you are able to link the VPN entry directly to the session or entire folders, so you no longer have to configure the VPN manually on the machine."
"Allows us to configure limited access to resources with the security-based role feature (which we use for trainees and new employees)."
"The load balancing features are valuable."
"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."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"Our customers have never complained about the stability"
"Stickiness is the most valuable feature of the product."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the virtual IP creation. It's our most frequently used feature."
"F5 BIG-IP APM is relatively easy to use."
"The filing system of connections is a little clunky, but is completely functional."
"Maybe some clipboard functions could be added along with integration of different software."
"The RDM client (.NET issue, actually) can stall or lock up while it clears communication threads to the server."
"There are always bugs to squash, beyond that, it is really kind of difficult for new users to discover and use many of the features due to the bewildering array of choices and ways to do things."
"If there was a way to streamline the process, it would make it nice."
"Sometimes when updating, the install window is on top of the prompt to close the application."
"Sometimes the manual inventory of some entries hangs, and RDM must be closed via task manager."
"Security roles could be improved, especially by enabling renaming of a role."
"Integrating identity providers and single sign-on solutions can simplify user authentication and access control."
"The technical support’s response time must be improved."
"F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager has room for improvement in integration with other products."
"The price of this product can be improved."
"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 my opinion, the GUI side needs some improvement based on my usage. Sometimes, it doesn't work as efficiently as the CLI side."
"Cloud services are something that F5 Access Policy Manager could do better"
"The solution’s GUI looks very old."
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Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is ranked 24th in Remote Access while F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is ranked 12th in Remote Access with 13 reviews. Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is rated 9.8, while F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager writes "Best remote connection manager you can use today". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) writes " Facilitates packet inspection, modification, and offloading and offers visibility and troubleshooting capabilities, allowing for pre-production server testing". Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, TeamViewer, VNC Connect and BeyondTrust Remote Support, whereas F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is most compared with Citrix Gateway, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Ivanti Connect Secure.
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