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F5 BIG-IQ vs OpenText Operations Orchestration comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

F5 BIG-IQ
Ranking in Process Automation
27th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenText Operations Orchest...
Ranking in Process Automation
20th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of F5 BIG-IQ is 0.9%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Operations Orchestration is 1.4%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenText Operations Orchestration1.4%
F5 BIG-IQ0.9%
Other97.7%
Process Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Bikale Kassu - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager for Implementation and Administration at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Has faced challenges with visibility and technical support but allows centralized management of multiple sites
The configuration part is complex for F5 BIG-IQ. The simplicity and visibility part needs improvement. The dashboard, especially the analytics part, needs to be more simple and presentable. For the security part, it is difficult to present to our management, so we have to capture it and prepare manual reporting options rather than getting them directly from the system. The automation part in F5 BIG-IQ is limited; we are still using it only for load balancing for some services. We haven't integrated it with our Accesso or implemented any automation options. The setup process for F5 BIG-IQ would rate a five out of ten.
Ahmed Salman - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance & Monitoring Supervisor at Saudi Telecom Company
Increases productivity with automation and robust orchestration capabilities
The community is very powerful, with extensive knowledge bases available. There are ready-made workflows, integration with other products, a nice user interface, and reporting. The tool is flexible, agent-based or agentless. It allows significant automation and has robust orchestration and reporting capabilities. It is easy to configure and use, leading to increased efficiency across our IT processes.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"F5 BIG-IQ is a central management system for the BIG-IP."
"Scalability: To move from larger boxes to smaller boxes, along with virtualization. So, we are not locked into a particular size."
"The reporting feature is quite good."
"F5 is a leader in this space and this is a solution that I recommend."
"The backup, monitoring and logging are the best features."
"F5 BIG-IQ reduces the propensity for error."
"The product is excellent."
"F5 BIG-IQ has always provided us with great support."
"HP provides ready to use automation libraries for almost all the IT process automation tasks with no extra cost."
"It has reduced the time taken to go to market. In the past, we were struggling with building these integrations, but now the process has sped up and there is an added advantage of quick delivery. In addition, it is an agent-less solution, which provides more flexibility in terms of multiple options."
"We have reduced the amount of time it would take to resolve an incident or to send an escalation to a customer, and it has saved us many man hours."
"The ease of use is most valuable."
"The product is good functionality-wise. I am impressed with the tool's flexibility in customization."
"It has made the implementation of our IT software policies faster."
"As an integrator of Operations Orchestration, we find that the most valuable feature is really the support that HP provides."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the sustainability and the simplicity around the usage."
 

Cons

"I had trouble with high availability deployment in my environment."
"If they had a GUI interface for creating security rules then it would make it easier."
"There are a lot of scripts available on the internet for people who know how to use them, but with a graphical interface, it would be easier for new users."
"I would like the product to be cheaper."
"The solution should improve pricing. It's expensive in comparison to other American solutions."
"F5 BIG-IQ should improve by being a complete certificate management solution because currently, it is only for Venafi. Other automation platforms, should be added."
"From a hands-on experience perspective, more resources should be available on the Internet, like labs and lab preparations."
"For stability, F5 BIG-IQ rates a two or three because currently we are integrating it with our third party as a port forwarding service. We created many VIPs, but on average, weekly, we lose three to five connections, making the troubleshooting part a headache for us."
"If you're running it in a Windows environment, you're tied to the inefficiency and quirkiness of Windows."
"It's not a perfect solution, such as with the customization prompts."
"Simple things are missing – being unable to easily capture flow inputs in an automated fashion is one (I shouldn’t have to write an SQL query for this)."
"However, if we need help with a problem on our own, it's difficult to get the right support."
"We have used technical support and we've had our ups and downs with them."
"But what I would like are more functionalities around code release."
"Customer Service: Below average, 2/10. A lot is needed to be improved upon in their customer service."
"There are automation tools out there that are more unified -- network, database, servers. Operations Orchestration doesn't do everything and you need to buy other components for other tasks."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is only one licensing fee for F5 BIG-IQ and everything is included in the price."
"I would like the product to be cheaper."
"Users have to pay an annual subscription fee for the solution's iSeries."
"F5 BIG-IQ is a cheap solution."
"I do not have experience with the pricing or licensing of the product."
"The tool is expensive. I rate the tool a six if one is cheap and ten is very expensive."
"The cost is very high compared to anything else available."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise20
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F5 BIG-IQ?
From the pricing perspective, F5 BIG-IQ rates an eight out of ten as it's reasonably priced.
What needs improvement with F5 BIG-IQ?
The configuration part is complex for F5 BIG-IQ. The simplicity and visibility part needs improvement. The dashboard, especially the analytics part, needs to be more simple and presentable. For the...
What is your primary use case for F5 BIG-IQ?
Currently for WAF, we are moving to another device, F5. We are not using Imperva. F5 BIG-IQ is the Web Application Firewall we're currently using, but regarding the Imperva products, now we are flo...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Operations Orchestration?
The pricing is medium, and the automation helps in cost and time savings, resulting in substantial value for money.
What needs improvement with Operations Orchestration?
I would prefer the addition of ready-made workflows for common scenarios such as Oracle database switchovers or Exchange server scenarios. This would save time by not starting from scratch each time.
What advice do you have for others considering Operations Orchestration?
This tool serves as a central management hub, allowing seamless control of various IT processes via one console. I rate this solution eight out of ten.
 

Also Known As

No data available
Micro Focus Operations Orchestration, Operations Orchestration, HPOO, HPE Operations Orchestration
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Information Not Available
Casablanca INT, Internet Initiative Japan, Railway Information Systems, Samsung SDS, and Turkcell.
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