F5 Volterra vs Google Compute Engine comparison

F5 and Google are both solutions in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category. F5 is ranked #15 with an average rating of 9.0, while Google is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.6. F5 holds a 0.1% mindshare in ISI, compared to Google’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of F5 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Google users who would recommend it.

F5 Volterra

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100% willing to recommend

Google Compute Engine

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93% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

F5 Volterra

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

15th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

3.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Google Compute Engine

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

10th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of F5 Volterra is 0.1%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Compute Engine is 0.9%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Ossama ElGedawy

IT Security Senior Manager at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has integrated protection with effective mitigation of DDoS attacks

The valuable features include its API Security, anti-bot protection, and web application firewall. It has greatly improved the security posture of my applications, web applications, and also effectively mitigates DDoS attacks. Before implementing the DDoS protection on F5 Volterra, there were about three successful DDoS incidents. Afterward, I did not experience a single incident for eight months.

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WahyuKurniawan

Head of Software Engineering at Abarobotics.com

Reasonably priced and offers high availability features

The synchronization between two tools, meaning if I have another server outside Google Cloud, as far as I know, I cannot mimic the server in Google Cloud to another server outside Google Cloud. I don't know if Google has the above-mentioned features or not, and if it does have them, then maybe Google can help us set things right and how to make a server mimic either of the servers outside Google. With the hot swap features or if Google Cloud itself is down, we can replace the services with another server. Right now, I have another server outside Google as a backup of a production server. There should be synchronization between servers inside Google and those outside it. The high availability features in Google are only available in Google Compute Engine in different regions. If I have another server outside Google, the high availability features in Google cannot synchronize with such a server.

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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

"It has greatly improved the security posture of my applications, web applications, and also effectively mitigates DDoS attacks."

"The valuable features include its anti-PDUs, anti-bot protection, and web application firewall."

"Everything is simple and useful. The initial setup is not challenging."

"One of GCE's best features is the managed instance groups."

"The solution is readily available, and software engineers can provision it. It is scalable and allows self-service."

"The initial setup is reasonably straightforward. It's a handful of networks and a handful of computers."

"The overall product rating is nine out of ten."

"The solution helps to direct SSH into the machine at the click of a button. It also helps to deploy container images right from the UI. There is no need to manage the containers on the machine. I also like the tool’s Spot provision model."

"From a feature perspective, I find API integration, automation capabilities, and features like preemptive and Spot instances valuable. Migration tools have also been useful."

"I recommend the tool to others since it has high availability features, scalability, and stability."

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Cons

"The reporting needs improvement in Volterra. I do not have many options to create a customized report."

"The reporting needs improvement in Volterra."

"I rate the product's stability around five to six out of ten."

"Google Compute Engine needs to have multi-region support. It would also be nice to have a tracking mechanism."

"Google Compute Engine does not have many options at a lower tier level. If they had more options it will be better. For example, Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure, have more options and different types of instances, of VMs we can select."

"The licensing process is not a very straightforward process."

"Google has a lack of focus on their products."

"The high availability features in Google are only available in Google Compute Engine in different regions. If I have another server outside Google, the high availability features in Google cannot synchronize with such a server."

"Sometimes support takes time to reply."

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"Google Compute Engine is not the least expensive solution. Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft One, are offering a less expensive solution. The price is based on usage. Whenever we use it, we have to pay for only usage. It is a pay-as-you-go model."

"Google is providing money for learning Google Compute Engine. They offer a $300 free trial to new customers. Any beginner can easily get started."

"In terms of improvement, one is definitely the licensing piece. So there is a feature, the BYOL (Bring Your Own License) licensing piece, to bring your own license. It is not that straightforward. It requires some support from Google to get it sorted, access those licenses, and configure those licenses."

"Google Compute Engine's pricing is flexible and the best of all other alternatives."

"The tool is reasonably priced, considering its scalability features. If we want to extend the server's capacity, we can do it, and I think it's reasonable."

"I rate GCE's pricing a five out of ten since it's affordable."

"It's $60,000 to $70,000 a month to replace about $10,000 a month in data center costs."

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F5 Volterra?

It is not high and not low. It is a fair price.

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What needs improvement with F5 Volterra?

The reporting needs improvement in Volterra. I do not have many options to create a customized report.

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What is your primary use case for F5 Volterra?

I am hosting about twenty applications. They are behind F5, Volterra.

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What do you like most about Google Compute Engine?

Everything is simple and useful. The initial setup is not challenging.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Compute Engine?

Google resources are cheaper compared to AWS and Microsoft Azure. Among the three, Google is the cheapest option.

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What needs improvement with Google Compute Engine?

Google has a lack of focus on their products. They have many products in various areas of the market, but they do not productize or appeal to the market effectively. They should concentrate on prod...

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Overview

Volterra is a distributed cloud platform to deploy, connect, secure, and manage applications and data across multiple clouds and at edge locations. Volterra’s global Application Delivery Network (ADN) allows you to secure cloud applications and put critical transactions and workloads closer to end users for a faster and safer digital experience.

Volterra’s solutions solve for:

Multi-Cloud

Consolidate networking, security, and application delivery across cloud providers
Advanced Kubernetes gateway with integrated security and API services across one or more clusters
Globally distributed application gateway to deliver fast performing SaaS apps

Network Cloud

Secure and accelerate private, hybrid or multi-cloud web applications and APIs
Network-hosted workloads to improve end user static and dynamic content experiences
DDoS, advanced security, and IP transit services for private or hybrid clouds

Edge Cloud

Cloud-native compute, storage, network, and security services across edge sites
Secure edge gateway to consolidate SDWAN, security, and API gateways
Volterra’s global network to securely connect distributed edge sites to cloud providers

Volterra assists DevOps and NetOps teams ease operations, security, and performance challenges with two primary products:

VoltMesh™ – SaaS-based offering consolidating networking and security services across cloud and edge sites along with the ability to offload applications to Volterra’s global network.

VoltStack™ – SaaS solution automating deployment, security, and operations of distributed apps and infrastructure across edge, public/private clouds and Volterra’s global application delivery network.

Volterra helps NetOps and DevOps teams improve the performance and security of their critical apps – both modern microservices-based and distributed ones, as well as traditionally designed web apps. Volterra’s architecture and solutions provide the operational simplicity, visibility, and infrastructure abstraction requires by today’s faster IT organizations.

Google Compute Engine delivers virtual machines running in Google's innovative data centers and worldwide fiber network. Compute Engine's tooling and workflow support enable scaling from single instances to global, load-balanced cloud computing.

Compute Engine's VMs boot quickly, come with persistent disk storage, and deliver consistent performance. Our virtual servers are available in many configurations including predefined sizes or the option to create Custom Machine Types optimized for your specific needs. Flexible pricing and automatic sustained use discounts make Compute Engine the leader in price/performance.

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Allthecooks, BetterCloud, Bluecore, Cosentry, Evite, Ezakus, HTC, Infectious Media, iStreamPlanet, Mendelics, SageMathCloud, Sedex, Treeptik, Wibigoo, Wix, zulily, Zync

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