We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), OpenVPN Access Server, and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."F5 Big-IP Local Traffic Manager has better modular features especially LTM, which according to the clients, is very beneficial. Most of the users opt for a combination of big IP LTM and WAF which helps them to leverage application load balancing and enhance application security many-fold."
"The load balancing function, the monitors that you can create, and iRules programmability are most valuable."
"If I were to choose one key feature in particular, perhaps it would be the iRule feature. It’s a really versatile tool."
"It is a stable product from a stable company. Recently, they have been more focused on security as well."
"The tech support we got from F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager directly was pretty good."
"It makes the publishing of applications to the Internet safer."
"The most helpful thing is that it's open-source. It's very easy to program and customize."
"Users can see a remarkable performance difference from a qualitative sense."
"The features I have found to be most valuable are the levels of encryption I can enact and the compression I can apply to improve throughput."
"The setup is easy."
"The most valuable feature is that I can access my local network remotely and avoid doing all the port forwarding and redirections, and so on."
"The solution is secure and user-friendly."
"I like that it's easy to use, easy to download, and not hard to manage."
"OpenVPN Access Server allows us to establish a secure connection to an IP address that would otherwise be inaccessible without using a VPN."
"OpenVPN Access Server provides remote secure access."
"The product’s adaptability is valuable."
"The stacked policies, event policies, and routing policies are easy to understand for someone with general knowledge."
"The scalability of the solution is excellent."
"The most valuable feature is the zero-trust part of this solution."
"It's very stable. Sometimes after installing the boxes, we leave them for one or two years. We would just touch the box in the case of the customer needing new requirements or changes to the setup."
"The performance is good."
"Its hands-off security and the fact that we don't have to maintain it are the most valuable features."
"To quarantine and clean a malware file provides a lot of security."
"The remediation process is easy compared to other platforms."
"Security and Reporting."
"Cloud native integration should be provided."
"One area for improvement with F5 BIG-IP LTM could be its pricing, which some may find on the higher side."
"Reporting could be improved and configuration made easier."
"The auto logout feature after three minutes is terrible. I wish they would make that longer, since it is not a feature that we can change."
"The GUI needs improvement."
"There is a need for a more modular version to concentrate on the current monolithic structure of both the virtual and hardware versions."
"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."
"It is not scalable."
"OpenVPN does not have the ability to selectively terminate connections."
"If someone's key is not working, or if we had to remove someone's permission from it, or maybe an employee left the company and we had to take their key out, that seemed a little bit more complicated than it had to be."
"The upgrade path from older versions was more difficult than we wanted to tackle, so we ran an older version of the software for longer than I wanted. Patching, updating, and migrating to newer versions was a problem for us. That said, we were on a rather old version that I inherited yet it worked rock solid."
"There could be an easier way to set up the solution. However, if you use the provided information that comes with the solution there should not be a problem."
"I would be more happy with the idea of licensing to have a reduced price with longer, grouped, annual fees. We have a lot of other software that does the same thing. It's a little higher price if you're going with a shorter stint, but there's a reduction in price for three- and five-year contracts."
"Open VPN Access Server could be more user-friendly."
"There sometimes is an incompatibility between some VPNs."
"While Palo Alto has understood the essence of building capabilities around cloud technology and have come up with a CASB offering, that is a very new product. There are other companies that have better offerings for understanding cloud applications and have more graceful controls. That's something that Palo Alto needs to work on."
"The BGP filtering options on Prisma Access should be improved."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required. The solution's price should be lowered."
"One thing that would help is if we could get a guide. With Cisco, for example, you can just type the problem regarding your Cisco product and you will easily get your solution. In Palo Alto, however, it's not easy to find the solutions."
"It would be nice to manage Prisma Access through the cloud instead of through Panorama. You can use the cloud version to monitor Prisma Access, but it doesn't have all the features yet, and it's not 100% done."
"Dependencies of applications sometimes is a bit confusing."
"My clients would like to see a more feature-rich product."
"Palo Alto Prisma 10 came out over a year ago. Palo Alto added this identity management feature. The legacy way Palo Alto selected which user is sitting on an IP address it passes through has been clunky."
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