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Product	F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager by F5 View product	VMware NSX by VMware 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.	Evaluating VMware NSX? See how this Network Security tool handles microsegmentation and distributed IDS/IPS, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Line-Rate Network Firewall & DDoS Engine	Software-Defined Networking & Microsegmentation
Best for	Telecom, Financial, Enterprise, Telecommunications, Service Providers	Global Enterprise, Banking, Telecom, Healthcare, Defense
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	Cloud
Deployment details	Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud; Hardware chassis; Virtual appliance; Cloud	Software; Hypervisor-Native; Multi-Cloud; Software; Hypervisor-native; Virtual appliances
Data residency	Global; US; EU	On-premises Data Center; Multi-Cloud
Key features
What it offers	Line-rate DoS/DDoS mitigation Stateful network firewall IP intelligence BGP threat filtering Firewall / NGFW DDoS Defense	Distributed hypervisor firewall Microsegmentation Virtual routing & switching Distributed IDS/IPS Container networking Network Security Firewall / NGFW Network Segmentation
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	VMware vSphereKVMBare-metal ServersKubernetesAWSAzure
Compliance	Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2ICSA Labs	Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	F5 BIG-IPCisco ACIVMware NSXSplunk	VMware vSphereVMware Cloud FoundationKubernetesSplunkQRadar
Industries	TelecomFinancialEnterpriseTelecommunicationsService Providers	Global EnterpriseBankingTelecomHealthcareDefense
Regions	Global	GlobalUSEUAPAC
Vendor
Company	F5	VMware
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	Palo Alto, California, USA
Company size	6,000+	10,001+
Founded	1996	1998

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

by F5

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VMware NSX

by VMware

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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.

VMware NSX

Evaluating VMware NSX? See how this Network Security tool handles microsegmentation and distributed IDS/IPS, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Line-Rate Network Firewall & DDoS Engine

VMware NSX

Software-Defined Networking & Microsegmentation

Best for

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Telecom, Financial, Enterprise, Telecommunications, Service Providers

VMware NSX

Global Enterprise, Banking, Telecom, Healthcare, Defense

Pricing

Pricing model

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Contact Vendor

VMware NSX

Contact Vendor

Free trial

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

VMware NSX

Deployment

Deployment options

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

CloudOn-Premise

VMware NSX

Cloud

Deployment details

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

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

VMware NSX

Software; Hypervisor-Native; Multi-Cloud; Software; Hypervisor-native; Virtual appliances

Data residency

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Global; US; EU

VMware NSX

On-premises Data Center; Multi-Cloud

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

VMware NSX

Distributed hypervisor firewall
Microsegmentation
Virtual routing & switching
Distributed IDS/IPS
Container networking
Network Security
Firewall / NGFW
Network Segmentation

Platform & access

API access

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

VMware NSX

Single sign-on (SSO)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

VMware NSX

Role-based access (RBAC)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

VMware NSX

Multi-tenant

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

VMware NSX

Mobile app

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

VMware NSX

Supported platforms

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Data center networksEdge routersCloud VPCs

VMware NSX

VMware vSphereKVMBare-metal ServersKubernetesAWSAzure

Compliance

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2ICSA Labs

VMware NSX

Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

F5 BIG-IPCisco ACIVMware NSXSplunk

VMware NSX

VMware vSphereVMware Cloud FoundationKubernetesSplunkQRadar

Industries

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

TelecomFinancialEnterpriseTelecommunicationsService Providers

VMware NSX

Global EnterpriseBankingTelecomHealthcareDefense

Regions

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Global

VMware NSX

GlobalUSEUAPAC

Vendor

Company

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

VMware NSX

VMware

Headquarters

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Seattle, Washington, USA

VMware NSX

Palo Alto, California, USA

Company size

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

6,000+

VMware NSX

10,001+

Founded

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

1996

VMware NSX

1998