F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack vs. Salesforce Lightning Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
A solution to deploy and orchestrate applications on a managed Kubernetes platform with centralized, SaaS-based management of distributed applications with a single pane of glass and rich observability. Simplified by managing deployments as one across on-prem, cloud, and edge locations.N/A
Salesforce Lightning Platform
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Salesforce Platform is designed for building and deploying scalable cloud applications with managed hardware provisioning and app stacks. It provides out-of-the-box tools and services to automate business processes, integrate with external apps, and provide responsive layouts and more.
$25
Per User Per Month
Pricing
F5 Distributed Cloud App StackSalesforce Lightning Platform
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Starter
$25.00
Per User Per Month
Plus
$100.00
Per User Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
F5 Distributed Cloud App StackSalesforce Lightning Platform
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Container Management
Comparison of Container Management features of Product A and Product B
F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
6.1
4 Ratings
24% below category average
Salesforce Lightning Platform
-
Ratings
Security and Isolation6.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Container Orchestration5.83 Ratings00 Ratings
Cluster Management5.83 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Allocation and Optimization5.83 Ratings00 Ratings
Discovery Tools5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Update Rollouts and Rollbacks6.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Healing and Recovery6.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging6.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
-
Ratings
Salesforce Lightning Platform
7.5
39 Ratings
6% below category average
Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings5.739 Ratings
Scalability00 Ratings8.837 Ratings
Platform management overhead00 Ratings7.333 Ratings
Workflow engine capability00 Ratings7.035 Ratings
Platform access control00 Ratings8.836 Ratings
Services-enabled integration00 Ratings9.036 Ratings
Development environment creation00 Ratings7.233 Ratings
Development environment replication00 Ratings7.231 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings7.234 Ratings
Issue recovery00 Ratings6.431 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings7.736 Ratings
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User Ratings
F5 Distributed Cloud App StackSalesforce Lightning Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
6.8
(4 ratings)
6.8
(39 ratings)
Usability
5.5
(1 ratings)
7.4
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(3 ratings)
8.1
(15 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
F5 Distributed Cloud App StackSalesforce Lightning Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
F5
F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack is quite straightforward with the UI and you can expose the features you want. This simplifies the experience for non-admins
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Salesforce
We use Salesforce Lightning Platform in everyday business as sales coordinators. By using this tool, we are able to send new requests to clients and communicate regarding pending proposals in real-time. This also tool holds many of our client accounts where we are able to monitor their sales and revenue.
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Pros
F5
  • Kubernetes
  • Cloud
  • Ease of use
  • Value
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Salesforce
  • Reporting and Dashboards are thorough and can show a wealth of important data to inform and scale processes. It's helpful in a high volume sales cycle to be able to quickly identify weak points in performance and productivity so that adjustments can be made.
  • Highly customizable. We are able to customize just about everything which allows us to track very specific things and in theory create better efficiency.
  • Parent/Child account hierarchy exists which is helpful.
  • Contact records can be associated with multiple accounts and opportunities. This, in theory, should minimize duplicates and mismanagement of contacts.
  • Console helps a lot with data nesting. Having a fairly comprehensive look at an account without searching through various tabs and sections speeds up an otherwise cumbersome platform.
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Cons
F5
  • It's still a little early so the app feels foreign to our ops teams
  • I would like to customize the UI so I can visually see if I'm in Prod or Dev based on background colors
  • Templates are a little awkward to create
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Salesforce
  • Can be cumbersome: takes multiple clicks to get where you need to go
  • Lightning is slower than original Salesforce, and it is very noticeable
  • The UI change means sometimes I can't find what I need, so I have to switch back to the Classic version to find it
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Usability
F5
Wowza, keep going this direction.
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Salesforce
UI can be quite complex, but the more that is required will bring more complexity. Can handle complexity and variety very well, but makes ground-level views harder when not knowing full extent of functionality. Finding new functionalities can be difficult to pinpoint on some pages
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Support Rating
F5
generally support is fast
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Salesforce
Salesforce's support is top-notch. They have subject-matter experts that are accessible at all times to address needs as they come up. They let you know in advance when there are system updates and enhancements so that you are prepared for upcoming changes. I've never had an issue that wasn't addressed immediately when reaching out for support.
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Implementation Rating
F5
F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack's partner provided services are excellent
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
F5
F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack is much more robust and feature rich than Agile Fleet
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Salesforce
We were previously using an older version prior to it becoming Salesforce Lightning Platform so we were well adverse on the advantages of using a CRM, to begin with. It made sense to convert to Salesforce Lightning Platform after we were given a free trial of the platform. Certain reps were chosen to experiment with it and from there a decision was made to move forward. We've been customers ever since.
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Return on Investment
F5
  • We are able to consolidate with F5, eliminating Cloudflare.
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Salesforce
  • Better visibility of Accounts and Contacts interactions makes it easier to maintain during employee transitions.
  • Tracking of current jobs and relating them to past jobs is very useful.
  • More efficient use of Sales Reps time.
  • Sales Managers have good visibility into how their people are working.
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