We performed a comparison between Barracuda Load Balancer ADC 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 price is very good, and it's not very expensive."
"Barracuda's technical support is good - whenever we have an issue, they immediately connect and resolve it."
"From a technical perspective, it is the most scalable device from Fortinet."
"Key features include SSL Offloading, VM availability, and L7 load balancing."
"The user interface is very easy and integrates with Sandbox easily."
"Ease of use in deploying and having it up and running requires minimal knowledge."
"TSL and SSL offloading are both very good features."
"I am impressed with the product's load-balancing feature."
"Fortinet FortiADC is a good product because each and every piece of content is monitored by it."
"Content caching and content compression are good features."
"The quality of the solution's performance could be improved."
"Load Balancer ADC is competitively priced, but it's not feature-rich, and its technology is not that advanced."
"The product’s price could be reduced. Also, some of its features need to be more advanced."
"The L7 Persistent load-balancing algorithm has not worked for me after having tested it many times with my customer's in-house application. I'd like to suggest that the company make sure that all load-balancing algorithms work properly with most applications, even those that are in-house apps."
"Setup could be easier. The company's homework is to redesign those menus to configure with the smallest number of steps."
"The product's stability for VMs could be better."
"I had a terrible experience with Fortinet support. I only used support once when I bought the solution. I got no response for two days. However, I believe that it's no longer the case. Fortinet solutions have problems when they're launched. For example, we had issues with Fortinet's authenticator when it came out. We also had trouble with FortiNAC in the beginning."
"Fortinet FortiADC should include an advanced-level SD-WAN."
"Technical support and documentation could both be improved."
"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."
Barracuda Load Balancer ADC is ranked 14th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 3 reviews while Fortinet FortiADC is ranked 8th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 19 reviews. Barracuda Load Balancer ADC is rated 7.4, while Fortinet FortiADC is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Barracuda Load Balancer ADC writes "Cost-effective but lacking features and integration". 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". Barracuda Load Balancer ADC is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Citrix NetScaler, Kemp LoadMaster and HAProxy, whereas Fortinet FortiADC is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Fortinet FortiWeb, Citrix NetScaler, Kemp LoadMaster and Cloudflare. See our Barracuda Load Balancer ADC vs. Fortinet FortiADC report.
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