F5 BIG-IQ vs OpenText Operations Orchestration comparison

F5 and OpenText are both solutions in the Process Automation category. F5 is ranked #29 with an average rating of 7.5, while OpenText is ranked #24 with an average rating of 8.5. F5 holds a 0.8% mindshare in PA, compared to OpenText’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of F5 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

OpenText Operations Orchestration and F5 BIG-IQ are competing in the network and IT environment automation and management category. OpenText stands out in affordability and customer support, whereas F5 BIG-IQ impresses with robust features that justify its higher price.

Features: OpenText Operations Orchestration provides comprehensive workflow automation, seamless integration capabilities, and extensive automation libraries, enhancing IT operations. F5 BIG-IQ offers advanced application delivery management, centralized management, and integration capabilities suitable for complex deployments. The core distinction is OpenText's focus on automation versus F5 BIG-IQ's emphasis on application management.

Room for Improvement: OpenText could benefit from enhanced customization capabilities, broader reporting features, and improved interface design for user engagement. F5 BIG-IQ might improve its deployment flexibility, offer more intuitive interfaces for novice users, and reduce complexity in its setup procedures.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText Operations Orchestration is noted for straightforward deployment and responsive customer service, providing excellent guidance through implementation. F5 BIG-IQ has a more complex deployment model but is backed by competent service assistance, requiring a more involved setup process.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText Operations Orchestration is viewed as cost-effective with competitive setup costs, offering favorable ROI for businesses focused on operational efficiency. F5 BIG-IQ requires a higher initial investment due to its extensive features but promises substantial ROI for enterprises needing advanced management capabilities.

To learn more, read our detailed F5 BIG-IQ vs. OpenText Operations Orchestration Report (Updated: December 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

F5 BIG-IQ

Ranking in Process Automation

29th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

OpenText Operations Orchest...

Ranking in Process Automation

24th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (21st)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of F5 BIG-IQ is 0.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Operations Orchestration is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Process Automation Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
OpenText Operations Orchestration	1.0%
F5 BIG-IQ	0.8%
Other	98.2%

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Bikale Kassu

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.

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Ahmed Salman

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.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Scalability: To move from larger boxes to smaller boxes, along with virtualization. So, we are not locked into a particular size."

"Features like AFM, the gateway, and Global DNS are the coolest features that save work for us."

"The best aspect of the solution is that we can have everything integrated with a rather large capacity in order to personalize and configure specific rules."

"The product is excellent."

"F5 BIG-IQ is a central management system for the BIG-IP."

"The backup, monitoring and logging are the best features."

"We use this solution on a daily basis, and it is very stable."

"We mainly use F5 BIG-IQ to protect our web-based applications, such as our email and website, so we use it as a web-based application firewall for those services."

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"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."

"The community is very powerful, with extensive knowledge bases available."

"The product is good functionality-wise. I am impressed with the tool's flexibility in customization."

"In my environment, if I want to shut down all tools in one shot, I can create a workflow and run the workflow to shut down all tools in one go."

"It's very stable. If you ask me for the success rate metrics, it's more than 90% for both."

Cons

"F5 BIG-IQ is a complex solution, and it cannot manage everything related to BIG-IPs."

"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."

"Integration with VAS is something that they need to work on."

"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."

"A bug caused me to lose all the configuration."

"From a hands-on experience perspective, more resources should be available on the Internet, like labs and lab preparations."

"They could use YAML or JSON if they wanted to make it a little bit easier for us."

"The solution's rSeries has been made free, and iSeries should be made free as well."

More F5 BIG-IQ cons

"The tool's UI needs to be improved. It needs to have better administration features in future releases."

"There were a lot of scalability issues that we initially faced. Whenever I tried to deploy 100-200 endpoints, it became a huge challenge. We had to actually start using other tools like Tivoli Endpoint Management in order to patch the issues."

"I would prefer the addition of ready-made workflows for common scenarios such as Oracle database switchovers or Exchange server scenarios."

"The price is an area that should be addressed because the price is high."

"Only the tool's support can be a drawback where improvements are needed."

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."

"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."

"I do not have experience with the pricing or licensing of the product."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

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Financial Services Firm

20%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Healthcare Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	20

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about F5 BIG-IQ?

F5 BIG-IQ is a central management system for the BIG-IP.

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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.

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What needs improvement with F5 BIG-IQ?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Also Known As

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Micro Focus Operations Orchestration, Operations Orchestration, HPOO, HPE Operations Orchestration

Overview

F5® BIG-IQ® Centralized Management provides a unified point of visibility and control for the entire F5 portfolio, ensuring administrators remain aware on the pulse of F5 devices, modules, and licenses and enabling them to deliver optimal application availability, performance, and security.

BIG-IQ manages policies,licenses, SSL certificates, BIG-IP images, and configurations for F5 appliances and for the following BIG-IP moduals across hardware and virtual editions:

BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM)
F5 Advanced Web Application Firewall™ (WAF)
BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager™ (AFM)
F5 SSL Orchestrator®
F5 DDoS Hybrid Defender®
BIG-IP Access Policy Manager® (APM)
F5 Secure Web Gateway Services
BIG-IP DNS

OpenText Operations Orchestration (OO) automates, integrates, and orchestrates any IT process, on cloud or off. Automate using low-code/no-code workflow authoring options. Integrate with an API rich, extensible platform. Centrally orchestrate powerful, scalable workflows.

With OO you can automate and orchestrate infrastructure automation and IT processes from service fulfillment to incident remediation, cloud service delivery, and disaster recovery.

Operations Orchestration offers the tools needed to provide enterprise wide orchestration capabilities:

Design automation workflows with a low-code/no-code designer canvas, content library, and API generator wizards.
Govern your automation in one place and centrally orchestrate powerful, scalable workflows in large, high availability environments.
Schedule workflows and make sure that SLAs are met and workflows execution happens when you need it.
Expose REST APIs to programmatically invoke orchestration from any external source.
Automate difficult interfaces with RPA robots that mimic screen based human actions.
Follow business and operational metrics to understand the value and the health of your orchestration environment.
Expose orchestration scenarios as services to your end users in an easy to use Self-Service catalog.

Operations Orchestration offers the following components:

OpenText

Sample Customers

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Casablanca INT, Internet Initiative Japan, Railway Information Systems, Samsung SDS, and Turkcell.

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