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Product	F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager by F5 View product	Versa NGFW by Versa Networks View product
Overview
What it is	Looking for Firewall software? F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager by F5 provides IP intelligence for firewall / NGFW and DDoS Defense. Compare features and alternatives.	Versa NGFW by Versa Networks is a next-generation firewall. Key features include anti-malware. Compare deployment, integrations and top Firewall alternatives.
Product type	Line-Rate Network Firewall & DDoS Engine	Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
Best for	Telecom, Financial, Enterprise, Telecommunications, Service Providers	Cross-industry, Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare, Service Providers
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud; Hardware chassis; Virtual appliance; Cloud	Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Firewall as a Service; Physical appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud; Firewall as a Service
Data residency	Global; US; EU	Customer-controlled or selected Versa cloud gateways
Key features
What it offers	Line-rate DoS/DDoS mitigation Stateful network firewall IP intelligence BGP threat filtering Firewall / NGFW DDoS Defense	Single-pass inspection Application identification User and device-aware policies Intrusion prevention Anti-malware URL and DNS filtering SSL/TLS decryption AI-based threat detection
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	Data center networksEdge routersCloud VPCs	Versa appliancesVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud
Compliance	Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2ICSA Labs	FIPS 140-2 (select platforms)
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	F5 BIG-IPCisco ACIVMware NSXSplunk	Versa ConcertoVersa DirectorMicrosoft Entra IDOktaAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudSIEM tools
Industries	TelecomFinancialEnterpriseTelecommunicationsService Providers	Cross-industryRetailFinancial ServicesHealthcareService Providers
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	F5	Versa Networks
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	Santa Clara, California, USA
Company size	6,000+	1,000+
Founded	1996	2012

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

by F5

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Versa NGFW

by Versa Networks

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Overview

What it is

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Looking for Firewall software? F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager by F5 provides IP intelligence for firewall / NGFW and DDoS Defense. Compare features and alternatives.

Versa NGFW

Versa NGFW by Versa Networks is a next-generation firewall. Key features include anti-malware. Compare deployment, integrations and top Firewall alternatives.

Product type

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Line-Rate Network Firewall & DDoS Engine

Versa NGFW

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

Best for

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Telecom, Financial, Enterprise, Telecommunications, Service Providers

Versa NGFW

Cross-industry, Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare, Service Providers

Pricing

Pricing model

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Contact Vendor

Versa NGFW

Contact Vendor

Free trial

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Versa NGFW

Deployment

Deployment options

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

CloudOn-Premise

Versa NGFW

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud; Hardware chassis; Virtual appliance; Cloud

Versa NGFW

Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Firewall as a Service; Physical appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud; Firewall as a Service

Data residency

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Global; US; EU

Versa NGFW

Customer-controlled or selected Versa cloud gateways

Key features

What it offers

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Line-rate DoS/DDoS mitigation
Stateful network firewall
IP intelligence
BGP threat filtering
Firewall / NGFW
DDoS Defense

Versa NGFW

Single-pass inspection
Application identification
User and device-aware policies
Intrusion prevention
Anti-malware
URL and DNS filtering
SSL/TLS decryption
AI-based threat detection

Platform & access

API access

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Versa NGFW

Single sign-on (SSO)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Versa NGFW

Role-based access (RBAC)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Versa NGFW

Multi-tenant

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Versa NGFW

Mobile app

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Versa NGFW

Supported platforms

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Data center networksEdge routersCloud VPCs

Versa NGFW

Versa appliancesVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud

Compliance

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2ICSA Labs

Versa NGFW

FIPS 140-2 (select platforms)

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

F5 BIG-IPCisco ACIVMware NSXSplunk

Versa NGFW

Versa ConcertoVersa DirectorMicrosoft Entra IDOktaAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudSIEM tools

Industries

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

TelecomFinancialEnterpriseTelecommunicationsService Providers

Versa NGFW

Cross-industryRetailFinancial ServicesHealthcareService Providers

Regions

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Global

Versa NGFW

Global

Vendor

Company

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Versa NGFW

Versa Networks

Headquarters

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Seattle, Washington, USA

Versa NGFW

Santa Clara, California, USA

Company size

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

6,000+

Versa NGFW

1,000+

Founded

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

1996

Versa NGFW

2012