Unfortunately, I do not have any examples that demonstrate improvements in security posture with F5 automated threat detection, as I did not investigate it on the technical side. Given my extensive experience with F5 technologies, I have no piece of advice or recommendation that I can share with other organizations considering F5 Distributed Cloud Services. 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. Other organizations do not need to keep anything specific in mind, as I have no specific advice to share before they consider moving to F5 Distributed Cloud Services. I have given this review an overall rating of 8.5 out of 10.
Tech Lead and Senior DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 5
Sep 4, 2026
I would rate F5 Distributed Cloud Services seven out of ten overall. F5 Distributed Cloud Services still does not have the same flexibility as BIG-IP. It does not have iRules. It has service policies that are a way of scripting, but they are not on the same level as BIG-IP. F5 Distributed Cloud Services uses Envoy proxy in the background, which is open-source. For their real-time intelligence feature, I would rate it seven and a half out of ten. There is room for improvement. Regarding the load-balancing feature, I rate it seven out of ten, as mentioned. It is similar to the general platform because it does not have the same iRule capabilities. It has some scripting with a service policies feature, but it is not at the level of F5 iRules on BIG-IP. F5 Distributed Cloud Services has helped improve my traffic management efficiency overall because it is cheaper than Silverline. In that respect, it is better than Silverline. IRule support is definitely needed. Speaking of the interface, the GUI is not the greatest, but I would rate it eight out of ten. It is a modern GUI. It is much newer. It is not ten years old like BIG-IP. It is approximately three or four years old. My overall rating for F5 Distributed Cloud Services is seven out of ten.
Information Security at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
Jul 4, 2026
F5 Distributed Cloud Services offers a bundle of use cases which are certainly good for a WAF and API. Regarding F5 Distributed Cloud Services's AI capabilities, I think their governance and security are good. I note that they are working on AI but have not yet released anything; they are combining something from AI and working in the backend, so I would say it is progressing well.I rate F5 Distributed Cloud Services an eight out of ten overall.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services is a very nice solution to migrate the application already in Mexico. This solution in Mexico is growing very well. I have a nice relationship with the F5 team in Mexico. I think this is the strength of F5 Distributed Cloud Services. I gave this review a rating of nine.
Whenever feedback is given, whether positive or negative, F5 takes it as a serious note and then fixes it. A lack of functionalities is not an issue. At the earlier stage when F5 Distributed Cloud Services was purchased two years ago, there was a lot of technology that was not able to be deployed. For example, there were three to four different applications from different companies, and they could not be seen in a single dashboard. It was necessary to go to each and every dashboard and collect the centralized access management part. Now F5 has fixed it, and it is working fine. Overall, I would give F5 Distributed Cloud Services a rating of 8 out of 10.
For those who want to use Azure Cloud Services, consider implementing it. It's pretty good. From my point of view, it's easy to set up and offers strong functionalities. The overall product rating is nine out of ten.
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Senior Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 5
Oct 21, 2024
I recommend the solution for its features like multi-cloud networking and easy integration with DevOps tools. However, cost comparisons with other services show a significant difference. I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services excel in enhancing security, optimizing web application delivery, and ensuring robust network performance. Users value its integrated Web Application Firewall, DDoS protection, global server load balancing, and intuitive management interface. It boosts organizational efficiency, reduces operational costs, and scales seamlessly, making it essential for businesses operating in distributed environments.
Unfortunately, I do not have any examples that demonstrate improvements in security posture with F5 automated threat detection, as I did not investigate it on the technical side. Given my extensive experience with F5 technologies, I have no piece of advice or recommendation that I can share with other organizations considering F5 Distributed Cloud Services. 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. Other organizations do not need to keep anything specific in mind, as I have no specific advice to share before they consider moving to F5 Distributed Cloud Services. I have given this review an overall rating of 8.5 out of 10.
I would rate F5 Distributed Cloud Services seven out of ten overall. F5 Distributed Cloud Services still does not have the same flexibility as BIG-IP. It does not have iRules. It has service policies that are a way of scripting, but they are not on the same level as BIG-IP. F5 Distributed Cloud Services uses Envoy proxy in the background, which is open-source. For their real-time intelligence feature, I would rate it seven and a half out of ten. There is room for improvement. Regarding the load-balancing feature, I rate it seven out of ten, as mentioned. It is similar to the general platform because it does not have the same iRule capabilities. It has some scripting with a service policies feature, but it is not at the level of F5 iRules on BIG-IP. F5 Distributed Cloud Services has helped improve my traffic management efficiency overall because it is cheaper than Silverline. In that respect, it is better than Silverline. IRule support is definitely needed. Speaking of the interface, the GUI is not the greatest, but I would rate it eight out of ten. It is a modern GUI. It is much newer. It is not ten years old like BIG-IP. It is approximately three or four years old. My overall rating for F5 Distributed Cloud Services is seven out of ten.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services offers a bundle of use cases which are certainly good for a WAF and API. Regarding F5 Distributed Cloud Services's AI capabilities, I think their governance and security are good. I note that they are working on AI but have not yet released anything; they are combining something from AI and working in the backend, so I would say it is progressing well.I rate F5 Distributed Cloud Services an eight out of ten overall.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services is a very nice solution to migrate the application already in Mexico. This solution in Mexico is growing very well. I have a nice relationship with the F5 team in Mexico. I think this is the strength of F5 Distributed Cloud Services. I gave this review a rating of nine.
Whenever feedback is given, whether positive or negative, F5 takes it as a serious note and then fixes it. A lack of functionalities is not an issue. At the earlier stage when F5 Distributed Cloud Services was purchased two years ago, there was a lot of technology that was not able to be deployed. For example, there were three to four different applications from different companies, and they could not be seen in a single dashboard. It was necessary to go to each and every dashboard and collect the centralized access management part. Now F5 has fixed it, and it is working fine. Overall, I would give F5 Distributed Cloud Services a rating of 8 out of 10.
For those who want to use Azure Cloud Services, consider implementing it. It's pretty good. From my point of view, it's easy to set up and offers strong functionalities. The overall product rating is nine out of ten.
I recommend the solution for its features like multi-cloud networking and easy integration with DevOps tools. However, cost comparisons with other services show a significant difference. I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.