We performed a comparison between Array APV Series, Citrix NetScaler, and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."One of the most valuable features of this solution is the server load balancing. Something that sets this solution apart from other products is that the hardware has a much higher capacity than other vendors. That's the edge of Array Networks. Their technical support services are also very good."
"Provides resiliency for applications that reside on servers, as well as connectivity to remote applications."
"The most valuable features are the VDA Delivery, Gateway Fort, and the load balancing."
"Helped us a lot with load balancing."
"The most valuable feature for us is the application firewalling in Citrix NetScaler, ensuring only valid traffic enters our environment."
"We use the solution's IP Reputation and bot protection features."
"The GSLB feature allows us to move services between data centers. We can do this in either a planned or unplanned manner. We have experienced service provider outages at our primary data center and GSLB will kick in to automatically modify DNS records to point to a secondary data center (active/passive). We also make use of GeoIP information to point clients to the closest data center for accessing applications."
"For desktop application management, I recommend the NetScaler edition. This product is like a Swiss army knife. Citrix NetScaler ADC supports the education front-end."
"The solution can scale."
"It has helped a lot to protect our organization from external attacks, especially XSS or XSRF types of attacks."
"We have multiple solutions we can deploy through the F5."
"We use F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager to balance traffic."
"ASM for WAF."
"Valuable features include Link Controller and Server Load Balancer."
"It is an easy way to build application policies (graphical)."
"The combination of ADC and WAN is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is customization."
"I would like to see more granular reporting and monitoring features, and I believe our clients want to see them as well. Also, SD-WAN would be a good addition."
"An area for improvement would be the difficulty in finding information about standard licensing costs over the internet. They should provide some reference prices on the net to be quickly referred to."
"Maybe creating policies with simple regular expressions."
"Too many bugs in the software and it's always difficult when you need to update."
"Does not include security. A web application firewall would be a nice addition."
"The solution could be more secure."
"I would like to see them make it easier to do some of the more complex things. For example, a web re-direct requires two pieces to it. You have two ports and when people want to go to a web page, they just type in the webpage that on the backend it will redirect them to a secure link. The initial setup of that is cumbersome because you have to do it twice. There are things that can be replicated. The IP address, for example, is the same. This change would go a long way. Don't make me do it twice and don't make me have to read tons of documentation to figure out how to do it. Ease of configuration for some of the more complex processes would be a good improvement."
"Technical support could be improved."
"We had some bugs in the previous firmware. These were not big issues, but more testing on the firmware would be key to happier customers."
"I would like to see F-5 implement a regular routing like in other Linux-based devices. When we try and integrate in some complex networks, we have to use some additional routing scenarios from a Layer 3 perspective, then we have some problems. It would be great if this were fixed somehow."
"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."
"BIG-IP LTM is taking a long time to mature in cloud environments. They plan to improve cloud integration in the next version, but it isn't out yet. It's essential because more companies are moving to the cloud these days and using things like Kubernetes or microservices. F5 needs to improve in that direction, and they are."
"In terms of native integrations, there is a lot of instability. Also, integration is not robust with F5."
"An expensive solution for the minimal features we use."
"This is a very expensive solution."
"Not everything is intuitive."
"In terms of pricing, it could be more competitive."
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