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Product	F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager by F5 View product	PingAccess by Ping Identity View product
Overview
What it is	F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager offers SSL VPN, SAML SSO, federated identity and identity-aware proxy. Use it for Access Management. See IAM alternatives.	Looking for IAM software? PingAccess by Ping Identity provides SSO sync and legacy app header translation for legacy web access. Compare features and alternatives.
Product type	Application Access & Identity Gateway	Context-Aware Web & API Access Gateway
Best for	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Finance, Government, Healthcare	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud; Hardware appliance; BIG-IP Virtual Edition; Cloud	On-premises; Virtual; Cloud; Software gateway; Container; On-premises; Cloud VMs
Data residency	Global; US; EU	On-premises or customer cloud
Key features
What it offers	Context-aware zero-trust access SSL VPN SAML SSO Federated identity Identity-aware proxy Access Management IAM Zero Trust	Context-aware web & API gateway Attribute-based policy enforcement Legacy app header translation SSO sync Context-aware API security Legacy web access Zero-trust policy gateway
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Enterprise networksHybrid cloudApplications	Web ApplicationsREST APIsGateways
Compliance	Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2	OAuth 2.0OIDCSAMLISO 27001
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Active DirectoryEntra IDOktaPing Identity	PingFederatePingOneOAuth 2.0OIDCSAMLApacheNGINX
Industries	Cross-industryEnterpriseFinanceGovernmentHealthcare	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	F5	Ping Identity
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	Denver, Colorado, USA
Company size	6,000+	1,500+
Founded	1996	2002

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

by F5

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PingAccess

by Ping Identity

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Overview

What it is

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager offers SSL VPN, SAML SSO, federated identity and identity-aware proxy. Use it for Access Management. See IAM alternatives.

PingAccess

Looking for IAM software? PingAccess by Ping Identity provides SSO sync and legacy app header translation for legacy web access. Compare features and alternatives.

Product type

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Application Access & Identity Gateway

PingAccess

Context-Aware Web & API Access Gateway

Best for

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Cross-industry, Enterprise, Finance, Government, Healthcare

PingAccess

Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government

Pricing

Pricing model

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Contact Vendor

PingAccess

Contact Vendor

Free trial

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

PingAccess

Deployment

Deployment options

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

CloudOn-Premise

PingAccess

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud; Hardware appliance; BIG-IP Virtual Edition; Cloud

PingAccess

On-premises; Virtual; Cloud; Software gateway; Container; On-premises; Cloud VMs

Data residency

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Global; US; EU

PingAccess

On-premises or customer cloud

Key features

What it offers

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Context-aware zero-trust access
SSL VPN
SAML SSO
Federated identity
Identity-aware proxy
Access Management
IAM
Zero Trust

PingAccess

Context-aware web & API gateway
Attribute-based policy enforcement
Legacy app header translation
SSO sync
Context-aware API security
Legacy web access
Zero-trust policy gateway

Platform & access

API access

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

PingAccess

Single sign-on (SSO)

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

PingAccess

Role-based access (RBAC)

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

PingAccess

Multi-tenant

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

PingAccess

Mobile app

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

PingAccess

Supported platforms

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Enterprise networksHybrid cloudApplications

PingAccess

Web ApplicationsREST APIsGateways

Compliance

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2

PingAccess

OAuth 2.0OIDCSAMLISO 27001

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Active DirectoryEntra IDOktaPing Identity

PingAccess

PingFederatePingOneOAuth 2.0OIDCSAMLApacheNGINX

Industries

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Cross-industryEnterpriseFinanceGovernmentHealthcare

PingAccess

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment

Regions

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Global

PingAccess

Global

Vendor

Company

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

PingAccess

Ping Identity

Headquarters

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Seattle, Washington, USA

PingAccess

Denver, Colorado, USA

Company size

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

6,000+

PingAccess

1,500+

Founded

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

1996

PingAccess

2002