F5 load balancers and WAF
We are a F5 reseller: BIG-IP LTM, BIG-IP Advanced WAF, NGINX Plus, BIG-IP APM. Delivered with the settings already on it, installed where that is needed, and with a price and lead time before you decide.
What F5 makes
F5 spreads traffic across several servers so an application keeps running when one fails, and it inspects what passes on the way. The Advanced WAF is a web firewall that stops an attack on the application itself: injection, abuse of a login form, automated attempts with stolen passwords.
Why F5, and where it stops
F5 comes into play where a web application is the business itself: a customer portal, a webshop, a service customers log into. The ordinary firewall looks at the traffic and not at what the application does with it, and that difference is exactly where the attacks are. Where it stops: it is steeply priced and it is deep tooling that needs knowledge to be set up well. For a single website a web firewall at the host or Cloudflare is enough, and then you buy an instrument you do not play.
Which F5 we supply
BIG-IP LTM, BIG-IP Advanced WAF, NGINX Plus, BIG-IP APM
What the price depends on
We do not run a webshop, so there is no rate here that would not apply to your situation anyway. What is here is what the amount depends on, so you know what to send along to get one quickly.
- Model and configurationWithin one product line the gap between the entry model and the heaviest variant is large. Tell us what the device has to do and we pick the configuration that fits, rather than the most expensive one that would.
- The quantityOn a larger batch the per-device price comes down. Twenty at once is a different conversation from two, even when everything else is equal.
- What has to be on itA device delivered with your settings, software and security costs more than a box, and saves an installation day per unit. That is a choice, not a surcharge.
- Delivery and installationTo one address or to fifteen sites, with or without on-site placement, with or without taking away what was there. That difference is in the price and it is yours to steer.
- Buying or renting, and for how longThe same equipment can be a purchase or a monthly amount across three or four years. That changes not only the figure but where it lands in the books, and it is the conversation with the most in it.
What we do around F5
Supplying equipment is one thing. A network that holds on the busiest day is the work that follows.
- Design before anything is orderedThe building and the usage first, the equipment second. A quote without a design is a guess with a price on it.
- Configuration that is recordedSettings live in version control, so a replacement device runs like the old one within the hour.
- Segmentation from the startGuest network, office and equipment kept apart, so one infected device does not take the rest with it.
- Monitoring on itLines and equipment are watched, so a fault is known to us before you call.
What F5 plugs into
What it hangs together with in practice. If you already run these, the brand fits onto what is there instead of beside it.
- LDAP and Microsoft Entra ID
- SAML and SCIM
- Syslog and SIEM
Delivered worldwide
We deliver in the Netherlands, Belgium and Türkiye from our own offices, and beyond that through our distribution partners. On a larger batch the per-device price comes down.
Frequently asked
Do you supply F5 on its own, without management?
Yes. We supply and configure, and whether the management stays with us is a separate choice. What we do not do is hand over a box and leave the rest to you.
Which F5 equipment do you supply?
The business lines: BIG-IP LTM, BIG-IP Advanced WAF, NGINX Plus, BIG-IP APM. What fits follows from the number of sites, the number of devices and what is coming in the next few years.
Can you take over an existing network?
Yes, and that always starts with documenting what is there. At a handover it is usually the documentation that is missing, not the equipment.
Need F5? Ask for a price
Tell us how many and where it has to go, and a price with a lead time comes back.
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