We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."Where we are finding the AWS version helpful is when we are trying to scale up new environments. AWS Marketplace helps here a lot."
"Good application firewall."
"I've worked a little bit with iRules and it is amazing."
"BIG-IP can do anything. It's like a Swiss Army knife."
"BIG-IP LTM is completely stable, and its performance is good."
"The most helpful thing is that it's open-source. It's very easy to program and customize."
"Secure and scalable traffic management solution for applications. Good for bigger environments."
"F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager is a stable and reliable solution."
"It is straightforward to set up."
"I like its ease of use. It has a single pane of glass for the ZIA and ZPA pieces. It is very manageable. It is also very easy to deploy for secure access, and it gives half-decent coverage for visibility in terms of what the users use and what data is being proxied through the access gateway."
"The best feature is the ability to establish the connection between your public network and automatically connect to the intranet connection."
"The most valuable features are the File Type Control and SSL bypass policies. We"
"The solution offers a simplified network infrastructure and security functions and it enables secure remote access for the users"
"The VPN is great for the stability on offer and for the cloud updates and insights you can get."
"The most valuable features of Zscaler Private Access are its ability to integrate with multiple IDPs and application segmentation."
"It does the job. What it is needed for. I can use it for VPN, I can use it for secure connections, I can use it as a firewall. So the solution does the job."
"Performance: Using the product, applications are jittery."
"Lacking in free training to help users understand the product more, so they would know how to correctly use it. Like other vendors and their products, becoming more proactive is an area for improvement."
"The GUI needs improvement."
"The deployment could be simplified."
"There are issues with F5 BIG-IP but they are minor issues not affecting production and services. Sometimes the operations and the facility systems fail. However, there is an alert action from the windows. An ordeal for the manager."
"The initial setup can be complex - it's quite flexible in terms of configuration, but the person configuring it needs to understand the application side, the network side, and the server."
"The product is expensive."
"The deployment can take some time because you can do a lot of configuring to meet the needs of the use cases for clients."
"We would like to extend the SASE applications for Zscaler."
"Users report application access or latency issues with Zscaler Private Access."
"More on-prem infrastructure is required when Zscaler Private Access is to be implemented as a single point of entry."
"We often face performance and latency issues with Zscaler SASE."
"Zscaler Private Access needs to improve its collaboration with applications without compromising security."
"There is improvement in enhancing proper manageability, policies, and logs. So, log management could be improved."
"There are latency issues with the solution. They are small, however, they are there when you compare it to other vendors."
"SCMP support would be one of the biggest improvements in my opinion. More speed improvements are also required."
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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is ranked 1st in ZTNA as a Service with 34 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2, while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is rated 8.4. 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 Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange writes "Allows for strict access control, granting access to specific applications at a URL level rather than at the physical IP level". F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and Barracuda Load Balancer ADC, whereas Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is most compared with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Axis Security, Cloudflare Access and Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.
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