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F5 Distributed Cloud Services pros and cons

Vendor: F5
4.3 out of 5

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PROS

F5 Distributed Cloud Services is known for being easy to use and effective, allowing immediate configuration of policies with quick results.
Return on investment includes at least a 30% reduction in infrastructure and compute costs, 20 to 30% engineering time saved, and 85% reduction in support desk overheads.
It offers comprehensive Web App Security, covering DDoS, web application firewall, API protection, and bot mitigation.
It provides a single unified console for security operations, network operations, and DevOps across all environments.
Elastic environments feature allows migration of on-premises environments to the Distributed Cloud, ensuring strong security for apps.

CONS

F5 technical support is not particularly fast in replying, but it is effective.
A downtime of 30 minutes was experienced across F5 Distributed Cloud console last year.
Integration issues exist with other F5 components, like on-premise WAF, due to implementation challenges.
The pricing could be adjusted for regions like Poland, where it is considered too expensive.
API security in F5 Distributed Cloud Services can be improved.
 

F5 Distributed Cloud Services Pros review quotes

Mohan Janarthanan - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President at Novac Technology Solutions
Feb 3, 2026
Technical support from F5 is good compared to Cisco and HP.
RickyMakkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security Consultant at NTT DATA
Feb 26, 2026
F5 Distributed Cloud Services provides a single unified console for security operations, network operations, and DevOps across all environments.
FS
Engineer Solutions Architect at SCitum
Apr 17, 2026
Elastic environments are the most valuable features because I can pull these apps and migrate the on-premises environment to the Distributed Cloud environment, and this capability is very strong and the security regarding the apps is really very powerful.
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Dimitrov Nikolay - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Lead and Senior DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Sep 4, 2026
F5 Distributed Cloud Services has helped improve my traffic management efficiency overall because it is cheaper than Silverline.
AhmedEl Kayal - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Solutions Architect at BMB
Sep 7, 2026
Overall, I would recommend it; it is very easy to use and effective, and you can immediately configure the policies and configurations you need, with results appearing in seconds.
reviewer2868081 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 4, 2026
I appreciate the UI of F5 Distributed Cloud Services and the backend cost, alongside the actual value proposition that they provide with the load balancer, which is excellent.
GF
IT System Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Sep 7, 2026
In my opinion, the best features F5 Distributed Cloud Services offers are that the complexity is very low, it is simple to use and gives the opportunity to do whatever I want, basically.
FM
IT Analyst at Atlas.cz, a.s.
Jan 22, 2025
In a multi-cloud or distributed cloud, there are many protection possibilities from data to web application or API protection, including bot mitigation.
reviewer2586870 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Oct 21, 2024
F5 is known for being the best load balancer in the market. Customers with an existing module can easily adopt additional modules without investing in new hardware.
 

F5 Distributed Cloud Services Cons review quotes

Mohan Janarthanan - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President at Novac Technology Solutions
Feb 3, 2026
Last year there was a downtime of 30 minutes across the cloud distributed console, and that was the only impact observed.
RickyMakkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security Consultant at NTT DATA
Feb 26, 2026
For small players, it is completely not worth it.
FS
Engineer Solutions Architect at SCitum
Apr 17, 2026
The worst experience is that with so many solutions available, it is very complicated to know all of the solution modules, and the offers from F5 Distributed Cloud Services are vast.
Learn what your peers think about F5 Distributed Cloud Services. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: September 2026.
913,806 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Dimitrov Nikolay - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Lead and Senior DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Sep 4, 2026
F5 Distributed Cloud Services still does not have the same flexibility as BIG-IP. It does not have iRules.
AhmedEl Kayal - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Solutions Architect at BMB
Sep 7, 2026
I would evaluate F5 technical support as not particularly fast in replying, but it is effective.
reviewer2868081 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 4, 2026
One area where F5 Distributed Cloud Services can be improved is in API security, which can be enhanced.
GF
IT System Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Sep 7, 2026
Sometimes this does not work and I go import them manually.
FM
IT Analyst at Atlas.cz, a.s.
Jan 22, 2025
The main issue is integration with other parts or products of F5, like on-premise WAF. There are some problems, mainly from the perspective of implementation and customer expectations, which sometimes differ from reality.
reviewer2586870 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Oct 21, 2024
The pricing could be adjusted to better meet the needs of typical customers in regions like Poland, where the product is considered too expensive.