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F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] vs Smile Digital Health comparison

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F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
471st
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
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Smile Digital Health
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
26th
Average Rating
9.4
Number of Reviews
3
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Featured Reviews

Dimitrov Nikolay - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Lead and Senior DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Advanced automation and powerful traffic controls have improved application security
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 support is something that definitely could be improved in F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]. I mean HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 protocol support, as well as security for them too. For F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] to have better support for them would include load balancing, but also better WAF (Web Application Firewall) support for these two protocols. Improving the mentioned HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 support and the GUI would be beneficial. If they improve those things and add machine learning and AI, I want it to have some kind of AI on the box because everyone is going to AI, and they have to add some AI security to be able to check the traffic using AI models. HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 protocol support, AI, the GUI to be changed, and inline AI where the device downloads pre-built AI models from a SaaS cloud to check the traffic for security is something I think is very needed because using AI models as a replacement for signatures will be better. I think WAF signatures are a thing of the past. I would also like to see HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 in the future as additional features, and anything else I would improve would definitely include HTTP/2 and HTTP/3.
EK
Software Engineer at GigaTECH
Structured FHIR workflows have enabled me to focus on interoperability and business logic
In terms of improvements for Smile Digital Health, there was not anything major that stood out as broken or missing for my use case or the company's needs. Most of what we required was handled well. If I had to nitpick, I would say sometimes the learning curve and visibility into what is happening under the hood could be tricky, especially when debugging across multiple systems. A bit more straightforward observability or clearer error messaging would have made troubleshooting faster. However, I did not find anything that prevented us from accomplishing our tasks, and I was very satisfied.If I had to add something about needed improvements, it would relate to documentation. The platform itself is solid, but when working across multiple systems, it was not always obvious where an issue originated—whether it was from our Java services, an external system, or how Smile Digital Health interpreted a FHIR resource. Clearer guided troubleshooting or examples in the documentation could have helped with those edge cases. However, integration-wise, it worked fine for what we needed; during tricky moments, I sometimes had to dig deeper to understand where and what went wrong.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] data plane is very powerful; traffic is processed very quickly."
"F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] is the best option on the market without any question."
"F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] is an application delivery controller that does what it says on the tin, and we use it as a firewall, routing device, WAF, and more, leveraging a full set of its capabilities."
"From what I saw, the positive impact of Smile Digital Health on my organization is that it reduced the amount of custom infrastructure we had to build."
"If you are a small or medium-sized company that needs a clinical data repository, Smile Digital Health is definitely the cheaper alternative for those looking into using a clinical data repository."
"Smile Digital Health offers excellent features including their health data platform, Omni, which can perform 250,000 transactions a second, making it beneficial for getting data ready for analysis, regardless of the type of analysis needed."
 

Cons

"F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] is expensive; it is very expensive, but they are the leader, so everyone buys F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]."
"I am not sure whether putting all eggs in one basket is a good thing."
"I think F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] can be improved, particularly on the metric side."
"If I had to nitpick, I would say sometimes the learning curve and visibility into what is happening under the hood could be tricky, especially when debugging across multiple systems."
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]?
F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only] is the market leader, and I would generally recommend it. I have worked with others such as Citrix NetScaler, which is not a bad product, but the support is awful. F5...
What needs improvement with F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]?
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 support is something that definitely could be improved in F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]. I mean HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 protocol support, as well as security for them too. For F5 BIG-I...
What is your primary use case for F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]?
I work with F5 and my primary focus at the moment is F5 BIG-IP [Private Offer Only]. I have been a customer of F5 many times, have been a partner, and have even been part of F5 Professional Service...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Smile Digital Health?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Smile Digital Health is that they are very reasonable, with the partner training making the implementation and setup a turnkey process.
What needs improvement with Smile Digital Health?
Smile Digital Health’s offerings are mature and reliable. Continued investment in implementation accelerators, expanded preconfigured mappings, automated validation, and user-friendly configuration...
What is your primary use case for Smile Digital Health?
My primary use case is Smile Digital Health’s Omni platform for standards-based processing of healthcare data using FHIR. We use its FHIR-based capabilities to transform disparate healthcare data i...
 

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