We performed a comparison between Array APV Series and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."One of the most valuable features of this solution is the server load balancing. Something that sets this solution apart from other products is that the hardware has a much higher capacity than other vendors. That's the edge of Array Networks. Their technical support services are also very good."
"We enjoy its overall ease of use."
"It is stable."
"Routing and load balancing are its most valuable features."
"It helps us recognize sessions from certain IPs that are authorized to manage the application. This is a function we haven't found anywhere else."
"F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is very easy to use, from SSL Management to enabling, disabling loads, applications, systems, and monitoring. Overall the solution keeps our application functional from a client's perspective 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
"We like is how they integrate nicely with the Oracle PeopleSoft application."
"The solution could improve the ease of use, the management could be simplified. Other solutions are easier to use."
"The most valuable feature I found is iRules."
"I would like to see more granular reporting and monitoring features, and I believe our clients want to see them as well. Also, SD-WAN would be a good addition."
"Currently, the product offers everything we need. I can't recall any features that may be lacking."
"Needs to provide a visual interface to follow a customer's activity (from client to BIG-IP to SNAT IP to the chosen server, then back). Today, we are still performing packet captures."
"To improve the product, they could add more load balancing solutions in Kubernetes."
"It is a hardware load balancer, and its installation procedure is more complex than a software load balancer. There are pros and cons of using hardware load balancing. You have to have specific hardware deployed in your data center to activate this load balancer. They never came up with any software-based load balancing solution. It is all hardware-based."
"The user interface of F5 BIG-IP LTM is old and could improve."
"One area for improvement with F5 BIG-IP LTM could be its pricing, which some may find on the higher side."
"In terms of native integrations, there is a lot of instability. Also, integration is not robust with F5."
"BIG-IP LTM is taking a long time to mature in cloud environments. They plan to improve cloud integration in the next version, but it isn't out yet. It's essential because more companies are moving to the cloud these days and using things like Kubernetes or microservices. F5 needs to improve in that direction, and they are."
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Array APV Series is ranked 17th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 1 review while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews. Array APV Series is rated 0.0, while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Array APV Series writes "High-capacity, easy to deploy solution with a very knowledgeable technical support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Helps deliver applications to users in a reliable, secure, and optimized way". Array APV Series is most compared with Radware Alteon, Citrix NetScaler and Fortinet FortiADC, whereas F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and A10 Networks Thunder ADC.
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