F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) vs. F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) | F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| Review count | 15 | 11 |
| Ease of use | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| Ease of setup | 7.6 | 8.3 |
| Quality of support | 8.7 | 8.4 |
| Meets requirements | 9.0 | 8.7 |
| NPS | 13.333333 | 54.545455 |
| Small Business | 13.3% | 54.5% |
| Mid-Market | 33.3% | 18.2% |
| Enterprise | 53.3% | 27.3% |
| Total page views | 197 | 135 |
| Total LLM citations | 349 | 77 |
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is a high-performance, full-proxy network security solution designed to protect networks and data centers against incoming threats that enter the network. Built on F5’s industry-leading BIG-IP hardware and software platforms, BIG-IP AFM provides a scalable platform that delivers the flexible performance and control needed to mitigate aggressive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and protocol attacks before they overwhelm and degrade applications and infrastructure availability.
F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management
F5® BIG-IQ® Centralized Management provides an application-centric and unified point of visibility and control for F5 BIG-IP products and features. BIG-IQ Centralized Management significantly eases the burden of managing the BIG-IP system and offers value to NetOps, DevOps, and SecOps users with automated workflows, intelligent device management, role- and user-specific GUIs and dashboards, and tight third-party integrations.