We performed a comparison between Citrix NetScaler, HAProxy, and Radware LinkProof based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."The most valuable feature is load balancing."
"The web application firewalling component is a powerful feature."
"High availability, performance, and security are the main pillars. It enhances the security for accessing the applications."
"Content Redirection and SSO integration with Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop. The GUI was wonderful."
"The program is easy to install and to set up."
"I like app flows and custom flows. They integrate with multiple flows."
"Load balancing, cache redirection, content switching, all connected with traffic management."
"It is a stable solution. It crashed only once, four years ago...There is a return on investment using the solution."
"Software defined load balancing allows us to dynamically adjust and codify routing decisions. This speeds up development."
"I have found HAProxy very helpful in replicating production environment architecture in a development and testing environment."
"Stability is number one."
"Load balancing is valuable, and we are also using the WAF feature."
"It reduced the load on our main load balancers."
"The most valuable feature of HAProxy is that its open source."
"The technical support has been, in one word, perfect. Every time I call, I’m on the phone with a representative within five minutes who is highly skilled and willing to help, whether in the case of critical issues or simple advice."
"It solves a problem for me where I can build files, not based on the health of the check, but rather the speed of the check."
"The most valuable feature of Radware LinkProof is that it supports link load balance."
"The performance and stability are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature of Radware LinkProof for traffic distribution is its DNS management capability."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"Provides good performance and scalability."
"Currently, the support team's responsiveness is lacking, and the technical personnel on calls often seem unfamiliar with the issues or inadequately trained."
"It can be difficult to setup."
"The security is okay, but the monitoring and reporting need improvement."
"I feel that Citrix NetScaler's customer support needs to improve."
"The WAF component needs to be simplified so that it is easier to use."
"Reducing the overhead required for AppFlow data collection, specifically for HDX Insight, would be a huge improvement."
"I would like to see more integration for single sign-on."
"I think there is always room for improvement in this type of solutions. For example, I think the GUI should be easy to understand."
"The solution can be improved by controlling TCP behavior better and mandating to clients what the expected outcome must be in order to avoid receiving contestant timeout logs."
"The logging functionality could use improvement, as it is a little cryptic."
"Sometimes it's challenging to get through the log, and you need a log to understand what is going on. It isn't easy to map the logging with the documentation, and every time I read the log, I have to pull out the documentation to understand what I'm reading."
"We need to handle new connections by dropping, or queuing them while the HAProxy restarts, and because HAProxy does not handle split config files."
"There is no standardized document available. So, any individual has to work from scratch to work it out. If some standard deployment details are available, it would be helpful for people while deploying it. There should be more documentation on the standard deployment."
"Improving the documentation with multiple examples and scenarios would be beneficial. Most users encounter similar situations, so having a variety of scenarios readily available on the tool's website would be helpful. For instance, if I were part of the HAProxy team, I'd create a webpage with different scenarios and provide files for each scenario. This way, users wouldn't have to start from scratch every time."
"Dynamic update API. More things should be possible to be configured during runtime."
"There is room for improvement in HAProxy's dynamic configuration."
"The solution lacks HA configuration."
"Radware LinkProof’s customer support could be improved."
"Could have more customizations on the dashboard."
"Radware LinkProof's marketing efforts need improvement to raise awareness about its capabilities and compete effectively in the market."
"There are certain features I would like to see in the next release."
