We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and OpenVPN Access Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are the WAF and the big IP."
"BIG-IP LTM's most valuable feature is that it allows you to seamlessly add more servers without impacting your application's configuration."
"This is a solution that does what it's supposed to do at the price point."
"It improves the overall performance of applications by decreasing the burden on servers associated with managing and maintaining applications and network sessions, as well as by performing application-specific tasks."
"The most valuable feature is being able to manipulate the iRules, so you can send traffic to different avenues."
"We like is how they integrate nicely with the Oracle PeopleSoft application."
"It provides first-tier firewalling, for you application. And it provides server load-balancing, it provides optimization, and it provides a proxy feature, where your users cannot directly access your server. It acts as a fully proxy architecture. It has client-side and server-side connections, both, and they're separate."
"If I were to choose one key feature in particular, perhaps it would be the iRule feature. It’s a really versatile tool."
"The features I have found to be most valuable are the levels of encryption I can enact and the compression I can apply to improve throughput."
"I would recommend this solution to other people."
"The most valuable thing about OpenVPN Access Server is its ease of use."
"The initial setup was easy."
"It is very easy to look at the quality of the connection and the bandwidth and do an investigation if there are problems on the network."
"The best thing is that it is open source and free of cost."
"It allows us to give access to our office network in a safe and secure way to users, no matter which computing platform they use. "
"I like that it's easy to use, easy to download, and not hard to manage."
"Security and Reporting."
"Based on my experience using F5 and by only taking into consideration the last seven years, I have found that the reporting mechanism is bad."
"They need to improve the interface and some of the functionalities."
"F5 has another solution to load balance servers on the cloud, which they got after the purchase of NGINX. It is deployed as Kubernetes or something like that, but the problem now is that they have two solutions for two situations. They should make F5 deployable on the cloud."
"A more hybrid approach would be beneficial for users."
"The web interface could be better."
"The one gap I saw was that pure LBN integration is a little tricky. The insertion of F5 in LBN is a little tricky. They need to work on something, on products by which they can insert F5 in any sort of cloud environment."
"The analytics should provide insight into latency across various traffic routes and virtual servers."
"I would like to see a simpler interface, so that we can make the connection between the local network using the LAN IP."
"It could be faster. It could also be more stable."
"The product’s connectivity is very slow. It could be faster."
"Needs a better GUI."
"It requires some experience of Linux server configuration to set it up."
"The interface could be a little bit better in future iterations."
"The stability of the solution could improve."
"We occasionally have internet issues which affect stability."
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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 45 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Reduces maintenance downtime and has a strong user community". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenVPN Access Server writes "An easy-to-use tool with which its users can access networks from home or external locations". F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway and NGINX Plus, whereas OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks. See our F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs. OpenVPN Access Server report.
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