Barracuda Load Balancer ADC vs Radware Alteon comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Load Balancer ADC
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
14th
Average Rating
7.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Radware Alteon
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (10th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category, the market share of Barracuda Load Balancer ADC is 1.3% and it increased by 21.6% compared to the previous year. The market share of Radware Alteon is 4.7% and it increased by 26.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
Unique Categories:
No other categories found
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
2.0%
 

Featured Reviews

AnisKazi - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 28, 2022
Cost-effective but lacking features and integration
I mainly use Load Balancer ADC as a WAF and a load balancer Load Balancer ADC could be improved by adding integration with Oracle products. In the next release, Load Balancer ADC should include form integration, a load balancer with Oracle, and URL rewriting. I've been using Barracuda Load…
RK
Jul 25, 2023
Adds a secure layer in front of our servers, protecting them from malicious actors
We have deployed Alteon to our cluster to provide load balancing of the applications. We also utilize the security functionality, which is a WAF on top of the load balancing The solution has added a secure layer in front of the servers, protecting them from malicious actors, especially the actors…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"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."
"I am finding SSL-TLS acceleration the most valuable function, with certificate management. It is easy to generate certificates and assign them to services"
"his solution allows me to secure applications, by blocking suspicious traffic based on the signature that has been enabled for that particular application."
"I like the ADC feature and the global certificate feature."
"The UI is user-friendly."
"I found the link load balancer and server load balancer are the most valuable."
"The most valuable features of Radware Alteon are the reverse proxy functionality and the SSL offload and hardware."
"With Alteon, the load-balancing options are practically unlimited. We haven't had any issues with offloading, decryption, putting in cookies, or any other load-balancing features. We can check URLs, etc., on the back end for load balancing instead of running a TCP check. We're also doing some certificate stuff on there. Alteon covers all of the standard load-balancing techniques, and we employ most of them daily."
"I like the web GUI. It's very intuitive and easy to use."
 

Cons

"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."
"Recently our team was talking about the things you can customize in Alteon and the level of programming that doing so demands. I would like to see more information on how to customize the programming and troubleshoot."
"We are having a difficult time with the security module, and how to implement the Radware security."
"We are in the process of updating our version of the solution, so judging what should be improved is difficult. But in some cases, the visualization takes a while, especially for mapping issues."
"Load balancing needs improvement. It needs better integration. I heard f5 works as a DNS operator which is not available in this solution. It would be better if that was implemented."
"Support is very important because if we get good support, we'll be able to sell and supply more numbers."
"Support is an area that needs improvement."
"The solution could be more open to additional third-party add-ons being integrated into it."
"The service could be improved by better customer support."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Load Balancer ADC is cost-effective and is about half the price of F5."
"The price conforms to what the tool provides. It is not an inexpensive tool and not all companies can afford an ADC solution such as Alteon. However, it justifies its price with the options it offers."
"Radware Alteon is less expensive than many of the other competitors."
"It has a good price point and is more reasonable than other comparable products"
"The pricing seems reasonable to me for what the solution provides. It is within the parameters of this type of solution."
"Alteon's price is excellent compared to other solutions. F5 costs around twice as much. We still have about three years left before this hardware reaches the end of its life. We're migrating to the cloud, and phasing some of this out, but it's nice that they've given us a long window to keep their hardware in place."
"The pricing is better than the competition. It is getting more pricey as the years go on, as more people are migrating to it, and as the technology gets better."
"We have three-year contract with Radware. It is beneficial to have a longer-term contract because you can obtain more discounts. It seems to be a much cheaper alternative."
"The cost of Radware Alteon is mid-ranged."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Educational Organization
9%
Retailer
7%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Barracuda Load Balancer ADC?
The price is very good, and it's not very expensive.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Load Balancer ADC?
The price of the solution is reasonable. It costs approximately 200 million. So the price is very good, and it's not very expensive, because it's just basic WAF, but the Load Balancer is good.
What needs improvement with Barracuda Load Balancer ADC?
The quality of the solution's performance could be improved. For example, the solution's performance is high because of CPU usage when the application is in refresh mode for more than 30 seconds. A...
What do you like most about Radware Alteon?
It saves us a lot of work in terms of management since it has tasks already defined automatically. That enables us to better administer our services. It is very dynamic and easy to administer.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Radware Alteon?
We have a three-year contract with Radware. It is beneficial to have a longer-term contract because you can obtain more discounts. It seems to be a much cheaper alternative. We use their Gel Elasti...
What needs improvement with Radware Alteon?
It is a fairly complete service and it is difficult for me to think of what can be improved. A feature that I would like to see included in the next version might be better analysis when working wi...
 

Also Known As

Barracuda Load Balancer
Alteon, Radware AppWall
 

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Sample Customers

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