We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Universal Access Gateways solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Provides good performance and speed."
"What I find most valuable about this solution, is that it runs seamlessly."
"Just creating that gateway to the storefront for Citrix is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"Providing our organization the ability to work remotely was the most valuable feature of Citrix Gateway. I also enjoy that they are always adding features."
"It's easy to use. Also, the deployment part is perfect."
"The most valuable feature is that it is secure."
"It is easy to set up and is stable. It is scalable as well, depending on the model."
"The session monitoring capability is good."
"The solution could improve the ease of use, the management could be simplified. Other solutions are easier to use."
"The F5 interface is easy to use."
"The product is quite flexible."
"The scalability of the solution depends on the sizing of the network. Generally, the scalability is quite good."
"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."
"The v11 clustering is a new technology they have brought in that does not require improvement. They are the leader in it."
"We have multiple solutions we can deploy through the F5."
"It integrates with AWS WAF, which makes it easy to deploy without changes to your infrastructure."
"The dashboard or interface should be more clear in reporting issues. Integration with other applications should be more user-friendly."
"Technical support could be improved."
"I would like to see improved logging because it doesn't keep much information for the session monitoring or historical sessions."
"It would be nice if they offered easier setups and implementation wizards."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"The product should be more secure."
"When it comes to the VDA environment, making it additionally stable is important."
"The load balancing could be improved."
"To improve the product, they could add more load balancing solutions in Kubernetes."
"Internet and cloud support could be improved."
"We would like to have integration into encryption and PKI integration with SafeNet. That is probably the key component in using External PKIs, letting people bring their PKIs with them."
"For a future release, I would like to see more features in the cloud."
"The UI could be improved."
"Logging is a bit of a problem. Logging and monitoring are only in plain text. You have to search and you have to know what you are searching for to find anything. So of course, monitoring and getting alerts for abnormal situations is hard. There are no tools for monitoring and alerts"
"The user interface of F5 BIG-IP LTM is old and could improve."
"The user experience for dashboards and reports can be improved. They should make dashboards and the reporting system easier for users. They need to add more reports to the dashboard. Currently, for complicated reports, I have to do the customization. It should have more integration with network firewalls to be able to gather all the information required for traffic management."
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Citrix Gateway is ranked 1st in Universal Access Gateways with 33 reviews while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". 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". Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, 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. See our Citrix Gateway vs. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) report.
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