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 tech support we got from F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager directly was pretty good."
"It is a stable product from a stable company. Recently, they have been more focused on security as well."
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP LTM is it helps our delivery team to make policies and rules for application."
"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."
"It is very intuitive, easy to deploy, and manage."
"Bandwidth optimization and capacity awareness of the bandwidth are valuable features. Its video streaming capabilities are also very useful."
"Secure and scalable traffic management solution for applications. Good for bigger environments."
"The solution provides high-level services such as availability, redundancy, and load balancing between servers."
"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."
"TSL and SSL offloading are both very good features."
"The main feature that we use is GSLB (Global Server Load Balancing). GSLB makes the customer's network more reliable by scaling applications across multiple datacenters. GSLB as a disaster recovery solution can direct traffic based on site availability."
"Although FortiADC has multiple features that I like, the global DNS is the most helpful. It is primarily useful for customers with huge environments and at least two data centers. FortiADC can act as your DNS server. It can check which data center has the lowest latency, and route traffic to that one. It's an intelligent DNS."
"From a technical perspective, it is the most scalable device from Fortinet."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL offloading capacity."
"I like the solution's load balance with DNS intelligence."
"Fixing bugs."
"I would like to see better integration."
"F5 BIG-IP LTM can improve on the SSL loading which includes the authentication of certificates. Although, most of these issues have been solved there are still some issue that persists."
"The web interface could be better."
"The pricing model has caused some frustration. My clients implemented the solution and later wanted to upgrade the features but the pricing structure was complicated. There are other solutions with better pricing models."
"It's a very expensive solution."
"Technical support could be faster. It's something I'd like to see them work on in the future."
"The SharePoint SSO part has some room for improvement."
"The solution's WAF needs an upgrade because it is not as good as FortiWeb, VMware, F5, or Imperva."
"Fortinet FortiADC should include an advanced-level SD-WAN."
"Because it is so generic, the documentation requires special attention. A person who has not worked on Fortinet FortiADC or a similar product will struggle to understand what the document is trying to say. The documentation could be more specific, and more detailed."
"The user interface could be more friendly and CLI could be more like that of Fortigate."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"The configuration is relatively complex."
"I think it would be helpful if Fortinet put more video examples on their cookbook site."
"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, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and HAProxy, whereas Fortinet FortiADC is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Citrix NetScaler, Kemp LoadMaster, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and HAProxy. See our F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs. Fortinet FortiADC report.
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