We performed a comparison between Barracuda Web Application Firewall, Citrix NetScaler, and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon, Microsoft, F5 and others in Web Application Firewall (WAF)."It allows us to scale out to multiple phase servers."
"Has a good dashboard."
"The volumetric DDoS defense is very good because I had a problem with a lot of volumetric DDoS attacks on my servers. After using Barracuda, those attacks have stopped and all the traffic is going smoothly to my servers and the system is working really well."
"There is no one special feature, but the WAF itself is valuable: user-friendly protection against web attacks etc., authentication, reporting, accountability, alerting, and hardened OS."
"We only need one subscription to be protected against both active DDoS and offline DDoS attacks."
"The solution has been quite stable. It's reliable."
"The solution offers multiple security features. There are machine learning features and great URL encryption. It also offers multi-protocol support against DDoS attacks."
"It's very simple and predictable, because Barracuda provides a vision of the current state of your application. It gives you an understanding of what is happening on your site and any attempts against you at your source. This is the main value that Web Application Firewall provides our company. These aspects are also the main reason for this documentation process."
"The best feature of Citrix is its track record of stability in its features."
"What I like most about Citrix NetScaler is its stability, and I didn't see a lot of issues with it."
"My clients use it for load balancing."
"From a security standpoint, It is a comprehensive solution in a single box."
"We appreciate that this solution facilitates our access to Citrix internet."
"Citrix NetScaler offers robust security features, including SmartAccess and customizable policies, making it a reliable choice for safeguarding user data."
"Compared to other solutions, Citrix ADC is much more robust in terms of the native integration to cloud platforms. It is far more robust from an operational point of view as well."
"Most of the functions are user-friendly and great."
"Tech support has been very quick to respond to all of the needs that we've had. If you want ad-hoc support. They also provide professional services that you can purchase as well."
"I like that F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is a product that comes with valuable features, but what stands out from all features is load balancing."
"The scalability of the solution depends on the sizing of the network. Generally, the scalability is quite good."
"Initial setup was straightforward. We were up and running in three hours."
"One of the best features of the solution is the operating system."
"We like is how they integrate nicely with the Oracle PeopleSoft application."
"One of the greatest things about F5 Load Balancer is that it provides additional capability for handling huge workloads and routing them to an SAP or non-SAP application. It is capable of supporting a large amount of user workload and application connectivity workload. This was the main reason why we chose F5."
"We use F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager to balance traffic."
"If you know nothing about networks, then you can't set it up."
"I have found F5 more stable than Barracuda Web Application Firewall. They should improve the stability."
"I would like to see a native multi-cloud cover."
"The GUI needs to be improved because it sometimes hangs and needs to be restarted."
"I would suggest that someone implementing this product is knowledgeable in the IT field, and with the network needs. It is complex."
"We encountered a few glitches while implementing API security features into the product."
"This product could easily progress to be among the industry leaders. I think they need to improve enterprise level automation. It integrates with a small number of vulnerability scanners, so report results should be imported manually; same for SIEM integration."
"It is not stable nor mature."
"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."
"Should offer more flexible cost-effective licensing for small to medium sized organizations."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"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."
"We would like to see some fairly large scale improvement in the configuration process for this solution."
"We would like the licensing model for this product to be improved, as it isn't currently very transparent. There isn't a standard package available, and each extra feature creates an additional cost."
"The setup for Citrix NetScaler has room for improvement. It could be easier."
"The solution is a bit more expensive than some of the available solutions in this region. One solution in particular that I noticed was cheaper was Kemp."
"LTM would be improved with the inclusion of signature-based blocking."
"We would like to see load balancing between the cloud and the on-premise, a straightforward deployment feature."
"The ASM administration is quite complex. The topic itself is pretty complex, so it is not easy to provide a nice, clean interface. There are a lot of references and dependencies in-between the different subareas."
"I would like F5 to incorporate the ability to create your own custom roles and customised permissions within the product set. I have seen many customers wanting to give a certain level of access for the purposes of out-of-hours servicing to out-of-hours staff or teams that fulfill an operations type role."
"The initial setup can be complex - it's quite flexible in terms of configuration, but the person configuring it needs to understand the application side, the network side, and the server."
"Based on my experience using F5 and by only taking into consideration the last seven years, I have found that the reporting mechanism is bad."
"I would like to see better integration."
"Implementing whitepapers with a lot more applications could easily be added."
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