We are excited to announce that F5 Distributed Cloud Services has been recognized as a Leader and Fast Mover in the 2025 GigaOm Radar for Cloud Networking, highlighting F5 as one of the most innovative and mature cloud networking companies.
“"What differentiates F5 … is its global private fiber network backbone and comprehensive set of networking functions, which allow [F5] full control over the performance and delivery of services without dependencies on third parties. F5’s cloud networking solutions provide integrated services from Layer 3 all the way to Layer 7.—GigaOm Radar for Cloud Networking”
This recognition underscores our continuing commitment to provide best-in-class cloud, hybrid, and service networking solutions to support the increasingly complex networking demands of our customers. In particular, the report highlights our security services and network segmentation capabilities, observability, and application-to-application networking as key strengths for organizations looking for a networking solution.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services is a Leader and Fast Mover in the 2025 GigaOm Radar for Cloud Networking.
What sets F5 apart?
The GigaOm report recognized F5 as a top performer in several areas:
- Security traffic and segmentation: F5 scored highly for our segmentation capabilities, as well as our ability to provide security for both networks and applications. By combining network segmentation with integrated security services like network and web application firewalls, API protection, and DDoS mitigation, F5 Distributed Cloud Services provides multi-layered network protection at layers 3, 4, and 7. F5 can help stop threats before inbound traffic is routed, further safeguarding your network and your applications.
- Observability and optimization: F5 also scored highly for our ability to provide end-to-end visibility throughout your network, wherever a Distributed Cloud Customer Edge is deployed. Our solutions allow you to identify and troubleshoot any issues related to the health of your network, and we integrate these with application health metrics so you have a complete view of your network, applications, and security services. Our centralized control plane ensures that you can optimize your network and applications from a single console.
- Application-to-application connectivity: F5 was a top performer here for our ability to create direct connections between applications, containers, and other microservices, without needing to rearchitect existing networks. While many cloud networking companies focus solely on the network, we go beyond the network layer to ensure layer 7 connectivity.
Looking ahead
F5 Distributed Cloud Services is a key pillar for our platform, and the cloud networking capabilities highlighted by GigaOm are a foundational building block for any organization looking to deliver and secure applications operating on the infrastructure of today and tomorrow. They are also key components of the new F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform.
The platform brings application and API security together with high-performance application delivery and networking on a single platform. It meets you where you are without forcing you to change how you work. It ensures all applications, no matter where they’re deployed, run as intended—meaning they’re always secure, always optimized, and always delivering the best end-user experience.
As F5 continues to innovate and evolve our platform, we remain committed to enhancing our cloud networking solutions with cutting-edge capabilities. This recognition from GigaOm is a testament to our dedication to supporting a better digital world, and we’ll keep enhancing our capabilities to best meet the needs of our customers. Stay tuned as we continue to lead the way in application delivery.
Get the full report here and learn more about F5 Distributed Cloud Services or see it in action via this interactive demo.
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