We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Perimeter 81 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"This is a solution that does what it's supposed to do at the price point."
"The iRule feature is very useful for inspecting HTTP. Sometimes, we use it for modifying the headers of the HTTP."
"The combination of ADC and WAN is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the F5 LTM (Local Traffic Manager). This is the part of the product most organisations will be using most. It provides the core functionality to be able to load balance services and the means and the intelligence to be able to load balance based on advanced logic, e.g., TCL scripting."
"We enjoy its overall ease of use."
"The web application firewall feature is the most valuable and useful feature. It is a leading industry product when it comes to load balancing. Its user interface is very simple. There isn't a steep learning curve. When we initiate someone to F5, they start using it quickly."
"The configuration and integration into the AWS environment was pretty easy."
"Perimeter 81 provides a very secure and non-disruptive experience."
"It helps to quickly get access to the pages I need."
"Even after restarting, it tries to quickly reestablish connection which is very helpful."
"The benefits are really built into the underlying protocol, however, Perimeter81 makes these available in a user-friendly way."
"Providing access and security allows our company employees to work from home and remotely."
"The ease of use not only translates to quick adoption rates - it also ensures that our employees remain compliant with our cybersecurity protocols, enhancing the overall security posture of our organization."
"It keeps us all accountable and ensures secure internet connections while we all work remotely."
"The feature that I have found to be most valuable is the reputation that the company has regarding privacy. Nowadays, this is critical, especially when you do all of your work online."
"Not everything is intuitive."
"It's a very expensive solution."
"Its scalability and deployment should be better. It should be more scalable, and it should be easier to deploy."
"Fixing bugs."
"F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager could improve by having an FNI feature for a single source to multi-domain load balancing."
"I would like them to have more flexible models."
"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."
"I would like to see better integration."
"The overall UI could be improved and updated to bring a simpler feel to the application."
"A Google Chrome extension would be handy instead of logging into the app."
"Perimeter 81 could enhance its reporting and analytics capabilities to provide more detailed insights into network activity."
"There are a few areas where the solution could be improved. For instance, we sometimes encounter connectivity issues, which can be problematic. Recently, I experienced a connectivity issue while trying to move to Azure. Connectivity issues can be quite frustrating."
"What would be useful would be a notification/warning that a session is due to timeout after exceeding the default connection limit."
"The platform still lacks relevant dashboards and the ability to customize them based on our needs."
"It would be nice to have a notification sound when Perimeter81 disconnects, as I sometimes don't notice when the icon shows that it's disconnected, and I end up wasting time waiting for my browser to load a page that shows an error, usually error 404."
"I would suggest adding more networking and security features that allow more customization within their platform."
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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 5th in ZTNA as a Service with 22 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. 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 Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and A10 Networks Thunder ADC, whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Tailscale.
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