🆚 F5 BIG-IP vs. Squid

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Load balancer
Caching solution

About

F5 BIG-IP is an enterprise-grade application delivery controller and full reverse proxy platform for managing, securing, and optimizing web and API traffic.

It offers programmable Layer 4-7 load balancing with advanced health checks, web application firewall protection against OWASP Top 10 threats, DDoS mitigation, and access control and authentication options including Active Directory/LDAP/RADIUS, and single sign-on.

Squid is a caching proxy for the web that supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States
Westminster, Colorado, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ❌Free 30-day trial
$3,200+/year
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Load Balancers › Rank #4
Load Balancers › Rank #17
Caching › Rank #26

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The F5 BIG-IP load balancer is 61 times more popular than Squid.
Total websites

Market share

Load Balancers

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

F5 BIG-IP is more popular than Squid in all countries.
United States
Germany
Canada
France
United Kingdom
Japan
Brazil
Turkey
Spain
Australia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

F5 BIG-IP is more popular than Squid in all market segments.
Business
Finance/Banking
Government/Military
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Health
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Public Information
Travel

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#110
#183
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Name
Rank
p-world.co.jp
#2,842
#7,402
#12,243
#18,359
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