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Learn what your peers think about F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM). Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: January 2026.
Cyber Security Solution Architect at a tech consulting company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Aug 19, 2020
Recently, they have simplified their licensing. Two years ago it was much more complex. It's very simple for our customers to understand; however, the cloud is not simple because it's per consumption, so you don't know in advance how much you're going to pay.
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) is an access management proxy solution for managing global access to the enterprise networks, cloud providers, applications, and application programming interfaces (APIs). Through a single management interface, BIG-IP APM consolidates remote, mobile, network, virtual, and web access.
BIG-IP APM can also serve as a bridge between modern and classic authentication and authorization protocols and methods. For applications which are unable to support...
F5 products are more expensive than other solutions but are valued for their quality and reliability, akin to purchasing a Bentley as opposed to an Audi.
I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten.
The tool is a little bit expensive. I rate the pricing a six out of ten.
The product is very expensive.
I would prefer not to disclose numbers, but on a scale of one to five, I would give F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager a four for cost.
The solution is expensive. It's not a cheap product. You do need to pay extra for certain features and services.
Recently, they have simplified their licensing. Two years ago it was much more complex. It's very simple for our customers to understand; however, the cloud is not simple because it's per consumption, so you don't know in advance how much you're going to pay.