F5 is a multicloud application delivery and security provider that helps enterprises, governments, and service providers optimize and secure applications and APIs across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments. The company offers three primary product families: F5 Distributed Cloud Services (a SaaS and managed services platform for web application and API protection, and secure multicloud networking), F5 NGINX (lightweight, cloud-native solutions for modern and containerized applications), and F5 BIG-IP (feature-rich solutions for legacy and monolithic applications). F5 generates revenue through multiple deployment and consumption models including perpetual software licenses, subscription and usage-based SaaS offerings, managed services, hardware systems, and support services such as maintenance, consulting, and training.