We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IQ and WorkflowGen based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Process Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Features like AFM, the gateway, and Global DNS are the coolest features that save work for us."
"We use this solution on a daily basis, and it is very stable."
"The backup, monitoring and logging are the best features."
"The most valuable features are load balancing and WAF."
"F5 BIG-IQ has always provided us with great support."
"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 GUI is fine, at least from an engineer's perspective."
"We use it a lot for creating workflows to transfer materials between plants, which is a signature part of what we do."
"I had trouble with high availability deployment in my environment."
"The shell, kernel, or Linux has something like a delay, especially with the Virtual Edition, when you are trying to implement it in the cloud and you want to access it remotely with web management. It would be great if they could improve their kernel. It was difficult for me, especially when I got started with BIG-IP. I was struggling to find which commands work with it. If you want to work with it, you have to be a Linux guy."
"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."
"The solution should improve pricing. It's expensive in comparison to other American solutions."
"Sometimes the solution does not work."
"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."
"Integration with VAS is something that they need to work on."
"This solution needs to be more customizable."
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F5 BIG-IQ is ranked 23rd in Process Automation with 12 reviews while WorkflowGen is ranked 36th in Process Automation. F5 BIG-IQ is rated 7.4, while WorkflowGen is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IQ writes "A central management system to manage and monitor a bunch of different BIG-IP devices". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WorkflowGen writes "Good for automatically triggering workflows, but needs to be more customizable". F5 BIG-IQ is most compared with ServiceNow Orchestration, whereas WorkflowGen is most compared with . See our F5 BIG-IQ vs. WorkflowGen report.
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