We performed a comparison between Citrix NetScaler and HAProxy 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 best feature of Citrix is its track record of stability in its features."
"I would say the rewriting and redirection functions are must-have's for us."
"This solution allows the user to easily scale out application delivery, and provides secure remote access."
"One of its most valuable features is fundamental load balancing, supporting both basic load balancing and database teams."
"Global load balancing between data centers."
"Scalability is great. One of the best features of NetScaler is that it can scale out."
"The MAS integration for HDX Insight has provided teams with significant visibility into network performance of the user's connection."
"We use the solution's IP Reputation and bot protection features."
"It is scalable."
"Reliability. HAProxy is the most reliable product I have ever used."
"The technical support has been, in one word, perfect. Every time I call, I’m on the phone with a representative within five minutes who is highly skilled and willing to help, whether in the case of critical issues or simple advice."
"It improves our scalability and responsiveness services to meet our demanding customer requirements."
"The support for all major Linux distros makes running and testing a breeze."
"It is a crucial tool in ensuring smooth service provision without any interruptions."
"The ability to handle a sequence of front- and back-ends gives the user the opportunity to send traffic through different services."
"Software defined load balancing allows us to dynamically adjust and codify routing decisions. This speeds up development."
"Scripting and writing expressions need to be improved by putting logic behind the rules and improve policies involving some of the scripting part, which is a tedious task to do."
"The licensing model and technical support of the solution could be improved."
"The WAF component needs to be simplified so that it is easier to use."
"The solution can improve their support and send tickets directly to a Citrix ADC engineer in order to avoid having to escalate each support call."
"I feel that Citrix NetScaler's customer support needs to improve."
"We would like to see some fairly large scale improvement in the configuration process for this solution."
"An area for improvement would be the difficulty in finding information about standard licensing costs over the internet. They should provide some reference prices on the net to be quickly referred to."
"There are some features which are missing."
"We need to handle new connections by dropping, or queuing them while the HAProxy restarts, and because HAProxy does not handle split config files."
"There is room for improvement in HAProxy's dynamic configuration."
"We've changed solutions as it doesn't fit with our current needs."
"Documentation could be improved."
"HAProxy could improve by making the dashboards easier to use, and better reports and administration tickets."
"The basic clustering is not usable in our very specific setup. The clustering is mainly a configuration replication and is great in a case of active-passive usage. In the case of an active-active (or with more than two nodes) where the configuration is not fully identical, it cannot be used as-is."
"Sometimes it's challenging to get through the log, and you need a log to understand what is going on. It isn't easy to map the logging with the documentation, and every time I read the log, I have to pull out the documentation to understand what I'm reading."
"The reconfigurability in terms of the tooling could be improved and maybe an editor plugin can be added."
Citrix NetScaler is ranked 2nd in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 85 reviews while HAProxy is ranked 3rd in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 41 reviews. Citrix NetScaler is rated 8.4, while HAProxy is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix NetScaler writes "Optimizing application delivery and ensuring robust network performance with its excellent stability and comprehensive load-balancing capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HAProxy writes "Useful for for small and quick load-balancing tasks". Citrix NetScaler is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiADC, Loadbalancer.org and A10 Networks Thunder ADC, whereas HAProxy is most compared with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus, Kemp LoadMaster, Envoy and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM). See our Citrix NetScaler vs. HAProxy report.
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