We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and Sophos Network Access Control based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Access Control (NAC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This is a product that is easy to install and integrate, and it is simple to use."
"F5 BIG-IP APM is relatively easy to use."
"The tool is reliable and easy to configure."
"Stickiness is the most valuable feature of the product."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The performance of the solution is valuable."
"The product allows us to create customized portals for your users."
"Our customers have never complained about the stability"
"The pricing is very reasonable and you can negotiate on the price."
"Sophos' technical support is great, very fast and responsive, and they always know how to fix the problem."
"The scalability of the system and the performance of the system and the solution's most valuable features."
"I am very satisfied with this solution overall. All of the features that we use have been working successfully."
"I found all Sophos Network Access Control features valuable, but IP blocking is the most useful."
"The installation is very straightforward."
"What Sophos has done is integrate almost the entire OSI layer infrastructure. It gives me visibility across my infrastructure. It gives me visibility into all the mobile devices that are on my network and into the security I have on those mobile devices."
"There is really good visibility for the appliance."
"The initial setup was complex."
"In my opinion, the GUI side needs some improvement based on my usage. Sometimes, it doesn't work as efficiently as the CLI side."
"The solution is quite costly."
"Cloud services are something that F5 Access Policy Manager could do better"
"The operational deployment is not great."
"The solution’s GUI looks very old."
"We do not have knowledgeable support teams locally."
"The technical support’s response time must be improved."
"In order to provide better management, it would be ideal with they offered better plugins for their firewall."
"The interface on the cloud could be a bit better - just to give more performance on it."
"The user interface, in terms of managing the product, could be better."
"The solution could increase the integration with other platforms or other systems. This would be very useful."
"Sophos Network Access Control requires a lot of resources to work, which is an area for improvement. Pricing could also be improved because it's costly."
"I would like more details on the incoming connection, like what is the download speed and how it fluctuates. If Sophos can give that information, it would be really good."
"I would like to see mobile administration capabilities in the next release so that we can administer the device from a mobile device."
"The difficult thing was finding the metrics."
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F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is ranked 8th in Network Access Control (NAC) with 13 reviews while Sophos Network Access Control is ranked 7th in Network Access Control (NAC) with 18 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is rated 8.2, while Sophos Network Access Control is rated 8.6. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Network Access Control writes "An affordable solution that provides web protection, URL filtering, and application filtering". 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, whereas Sophos Network Access Control is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform and Ruckus Cloudpath. See our F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) vs. Sophos Network Access Control report.
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