We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: F5 BIG-IP comes out on top in this comparison. It is powerful and flexible with a proven ROI. Azure Application Gateway does come out on top in the pricing and ease of deployment categories, however.
"There is a lot of documentation available."
"It is the perfect solution when you have high workloads in your IT environment."
"The setup is pretty easy."
"In terms of stability, it is stable."
"I've worked a little bit with iRules and it is amazing."
"The F5 GTM/BIGIP DNS (Global Traffic Manager) is a valuable feature. This feature allows for DNS load balancing, which means that high availability and load sharing can be done across services locally, as well as across datacenters with advanced capabilities."
"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."
"The tech support we got from F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager directly was pretty good."
"I find Application Gateway’s WAF module valuable because it helps prevent layer 7 attacks."
"We use the product in front-end and back-end applications to do the load balancing smartly."
"The simplicity of the solution and its ability to integrate easily with others are its most valuable aspects."
"In my experience, Microsoft products have a smooth integration and facilitate easy management and monitoring. Using Azure Application Gateway allows us to efficiently handle the system loads."
"This is a SaaS product, so it is always up to date."
"I rate Microsoft Azure Application Gateway's scalability a ten out of ten. My company has more than 1000 users who use it daily."
"Using policies to link and manage these URL-based routing configurations is also valuable."
"We can control what rules should be used and what should be disabled."
"Its scalability and deployment should be better. It should be more scalable, and it should be easier to deploy."
"Currently, the product offers everything we need. I can't recall any features that may be lacking."
"I would like to see improvement in the manageability and easier setup."
"An expensive solution for the minimal features we use."
"Its price can be better. It is a bit expensive."
"If they made it easier for engineers to get F5 training then it would be better."
"The pricing of the product is a bit too high."
"A more hybrid approach would be beneficial for users."
"We have encountered some issues with automatic redirection and cancellation, leading to 502 and 504 gateway errors. So, I experienced some trouble with containers."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high. The solution should offer different pricing systems."
"The support can be improved when you are configuring the system rules. The Disaster Recovery feature can be added in the next release. The price of the solution can be reduced a bit."
"One of the challenges we faced was the solution does not support any other PCP protocols apart from HTTP and HTTPS."
"The support provided for the solution has certain shortcomings that need improvement, especially when it comes to the response time from the support team."
"I want the solution's support to improve. The tool is also expensive."
"Implementing and standardizing the solution across the IT landscape in a heterogeneous environment is painful."
"It could be easier to change servicing."
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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is ranked 4th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 40 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is rated 7.2. 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 Microsoft Azure Application Gateway writes "High stability with built-in rules that reduce alerts and are easy to configure". F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, NGINX Plus, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and HAProxy, whereas Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is most compared with AWS WAF, Citrix NetScaler, F5 Advanced WAF, Azure Front Door and Imperva Web Application Firewall. See our F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway report.
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