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Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) vs. F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricCisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

by Cisco

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

by F5

Overall rating4.54.1
Review count6318
Ease of use8.38.9
Ease of setup8.010.0
Quality of support9.18.9
Meets requirements9.48.9
NPS67.30769233.333333
Small Business9.5%0.0%
Mid-Market38.1%23.5%
Enterprise52.4%76.5%
Total page views1,248161
Total LLM citations10,973248

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a comprehensive network access control (NAC) solution that serves as the cornerstone of a zero-trust security framework. It enables organizations to enforce security policies, manage endpoints, and ensure that only trusted users and devices can access network resources. By integrating intelligence from across the network stack, ISE provides real-time contextual information, allowing for precise control over who and what connects to the network.

Pros

    F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

    F5® BIG-IP® Access Policy Manager® (APM) is an access management proxy solution managing global access to user's network, cloud providers, applications, and application programming interfaces (APIs). F5 BIG-IP APM consolidates authentication for remote users and systems, mobile devices, distributed networks, virtual environments, and web access. BIG-IP APM also bridges modern and classic authentication and authorization protocols and methods.

    Pros