We performed a comparison between Barracuda Load Balancer ADC and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) 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."Barracuda's technical support is good - whenever we have an issue, they immediately connect and resolve it."
"The price is very good, and it's not very expensive."
"What we like best about this solution is its stability. It is extremely stable."
"One of the best features of the solution is the operating system."
"The capability is at a seven or eight out of ten."
"It provides first-tier firewalling, for you application. And it provides server load-balancing, it provides optimization, and it provides a proxy feature, where your users cannot directly access your server. It acts as a fully proxy architecture. It has client-side and server-side connections, both, and they're separate."
"LTM."
"The support from F5 BIG-IP LTM is good."
"F5's attack signatures and automation are the most valuable features. The disaster recovery capabilities are also excellent. You don't need to do anything. It has automatic failover from production."
"BIG-IP LTM is completely stable, and its performance is good."
"Load Balancer ADC is competitively priced, but it's not feature-rich, and its technology is not that advanced."
"The quality of the solution's performance could be improved."
"If they made it easier for engineers to get F5 training then it would be better."
"The license terms for "non-commercial" will be a challenge for us."
"It requires a particular skill or training before being able to manage it."
"A more hybrid approach would be beneficial for users."
"It reaches a point where scaling is no longer possible."
"The deployment can take some time because you can do a lot of configuring to meet the needs of the use cases for clients."
"The solution is scalable."
"Implementing whitepapers with a lot more applications could easily be added."
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Barracuda Load Balancer ADC is ranked 14th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 3 reviews while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews. Barracuda Load Balancer ADC is rated 7.4, while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Barracuda Load Balancer ADC writes "Cost-effective but lacking features and integration". 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". Barracuda Load Balancer ADC is most compared with Fortinet FortiADC, Citrix NetScaler, Kemp LoadMaster and HAProxy, whereas F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and OpenVPN Access Server. See our Barracuda Load Balancer ADC vs. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) report.
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