Oracle Access Manager and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) compete in the access management category. F5 BIG-IP APM holds the upper hand due to its advanced features which users find worth the investment.
Features: Oracle Access Manager is valued for seamless integration with existing infrastructure, robust authentication options, and scalability. F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is appreciated for its dynamic access controls, granular policy management, and flexible deployment options.
Room for Improvement: Oracle Access Manager users mention the need for enhanced documentation, simplified configuration steps, and better ecosystem integration. F5 BIG-IP APM users suggest improvements in the complexity of initial setup, better troubleshooting guidance, and enhanced ecosystem integration.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Access Manager has straightforward deployment in familiar Oracle environments but mixed reviews in customer service responsiveness. F5 BIG-IP APM, despite slightly more complex deployment, receives higher marks for its dedicated support team and detailed onboarding assistance.
Pricing and ROI: Oracle Access Manager offers competitive initial pricing appealing to budget-conscious buyers. F5 BIG-IP APM, though more costly upfront, is perceived to deliver superior ROI due to its extensive feature set and robust performance.
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.
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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.
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