We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Fortinet FortiADC 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 detail that you have available when setting up iRules."
"The web application firewall feature is the most valuable and useful feature. It is a leading industry product when it comes to load balancing. Its user interface is very simple. There isn't a steep learning curve. When we initiate someone to F5, they start using it quickly."
"Along with load balancing, we perform a lot of packet inspections, URL rewriting, and SSL interceptions via iRule."
"We plan to create packages of services from which it will be possible to build comprehensive tailor-made solutions."
"Users can see a remarkable performance difference from a qualitative sense."
"it has TCP LAN and WAN optimization features. It has has caching."
"iRules are very valuable. In addition to that, the way profiles are depicted by the LTM is also very good."
"I was able to simply and quickly set up the WAF rules and security, and also set up easily complex policies and rules which gave me some great features to redirect."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL offloading capacity."
"The most valuable feature is its simplicity."
"Fortinet FortiADC is a good product because each and every piece of content is monitored by it."
"Content caching and content compression are good features."
"I am impressed with the product's load-balancing feature."
"TSL and SSL offloading are both very good features."
"It's a good product because it supports all the features that ADC solutions in the market can support, like F5 solutions, for example, such as the LTM of F5."
"The product has flexible and interesting licensing options."
"The initial setup can take a long time."
"We would like to see load balancing between the cloud and the on-premise, a straightforward deployment feature."
"There are not very many areas for improvement, but the price is high."
"The auto logout feature after three minutes is terrible. I wish they would make that longer, since it is not a feature that we can change."
"It requires a particular skill or training before being able to manage it."
"My only point of contention would be that it is a little pricey."
"Currently, the product offers everything we need. I can't recall any features that may be lacking."
"If one virtual portion is unavailable, it can cause issues."
"The solution's WAF needs an upgrade because it is not as good as FortiWeb, VMware, F5, or Imperva."
"The configuration is relatively complex."
"There is a mismatch between the number of features they are offering and the device capacity on how much it can handle."
"The solution should improve finding false positives and false negatives. There are a lot of false positives."
"Setup could be easier. The company's homework is to redesign those menus to configure with the smallest number of steps."
"I had a terrible experience with Fortinet support. I only used support once when I bought the solution. I got no response for two days. However, I believe that it's no longer the case. Fortinet solutions have problems when they're launched. For example, we had issues with Fortinet's authenticator when it came out. We also had trouble with FortiNAC in the beginning."
"Fortinet FortiADC should include an advanced-level SD-WAN."
"The product’s price could be reduced. Also, some of its features need to be more advanced."
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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews while Fortinet FortiADC is ranked 8th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 19 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiADC is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Helps deliver applications to users in a reliable, secure, and optimized way". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiADC writes "High-level load balancing and routing protocols but scalability is limited to 200 gigabits". F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus, HAProxy and A10 Networks Thunder ADC, whereas Fortinet FortiADC is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Citrix NetScaler, Kemp LoadMaster, HAProxy and A10 Networks Thunder ADC. See our F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs. Fortinet FortiADC report.
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