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Citrix ADC is scalable.
I recommend Citrix ADC to all of my friends and engineers.
I rate Citrix ADC a nine out of ten.
View full review »It is suitable for scenarios with minimal production traffic. However, in high-traffic situations, it is advisable to explore alternative solutions such as Wi-Fi or other options. Overall, I would rate it nine out of ten.
View full review »Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
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Citrix NetScaler
March 2024
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Richard Hussain
Solutions Architect, Virtualization
Every product keeps improving every day and every year. The reason this has been a big technology piece in most data centers is because of the uniqueness of what it does. It's a beast of a technology but most companies, most organizations, they only use maybe 10 percent of it. But it's very popular and it's getting even more popular now that Cisco has started using this product in their UCS.
It's a very heavy-duty product, so if you have a lot of utilization, or if you can use at least half of it, then it's worth buying. It's a very robust and solid product but it really depends upon what the use case is and, of course, the budget.
Once you set it up correctly you never have to go back to change anything ever again. It works as it's supposed to and it's very dependable.
View full review »Overall, I'd rate NetScaler a 9 out of 10. My advice to those considering it would be to ensure proper training before implementation, as learning it on your own can be challenging due to limited resources. Additionally, initial configuration should be handled by a professional to avoid potential issues.
View full review »I would tell those planning to use the solution that it is worth the money. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
View full review »I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
View full review »Whether this is a suitable solution depends on what the client's trying to achieve, the type of applications they want to publish, and the security metrics they're looking at. We provide predominantly Citrix-based solutions so if there is a use case, we would definitely recommend Citrix, not only because of its functionality, but because that's our specialization. We implement the full stack of Citrix solutions.
Because of the functionality, scalability and stability of the solution as a whole, I rate ADC eight out of 10.
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reviewer2283573
Junior System Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Overall, I would rate it eight out of ten.
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Rodrigo Martin
CEO Iberia & Latam at a recruiting/HR firm with 10,001+ employees
I'm a customer and an end-user. I don't have any special relationship with Citrix.
I'd rate the solution at a ten out of ten. We've been very happy with its capabilities overall.
I would recommend the solution to other users, departments, and companies.
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JoseFernandez
Technical Manager at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Overall, I would rate Citrix NetScaler as a seven out of ten.
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Murathan Ok
Department manager at a media company with 10,001+ employees
Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. I would definitely recommend using the solution.
View full review »We're Citrix partners.
I'm using the latest version of the solution.
We have multiple implementations of the product, including on the cloud and on-premises. When we use the cloud version, we use Azure and AWS.
I'd rate the product nine out of ten.
View full review »I am really happy with Citrix NetScaler in terms of the stability and user-friendliness of the user interface. It's easy to set up as well, and I'd rate it at nine out of ten.
View full review »I would recommend using Citrix. Overall, I would rate it an eight out of ten because every product has room for improvement. If I rated it a nine, it means there's almost no room for improvement, which is not entirely true. So, eight is a fair rating.
View full review »My recommendation would strictly be to look forward to cloud native because of the operationality, scalability, and native integration in terms of the CI/CD pipeline or DevOps pipeline. It's quite easy if you do that.
Then, if you consider using third-party tools like Citrix ADC, know that there are problems with native integration.
In terms of capability, I would rate Citrix ADC at seven on a scale from one to ten.
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Reginald Bentley
System Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
I would advise others to just go through and look at the requirements and the needs of the people you're supporting. I will always recommend doing a POC, just to make sure that the product that you're inquiring about or thinking about purchasing does what it says it does because you don't want to be oversold something and it under-delivers. I will always recommend doing some type of POC to test everything out. If it is in your budget, then I would say go with it.
It has improved the way our organization functions. I have been very impressed with the direction in which Citrix is going. I got introduced to Workspace last year, and I attended the virtual SYNERGY conference. It was very impressive to see so many upcoming things that Citrix is working on. I noticed that VMware also has its version of Workspace, so I guess that's the new hot terminology to use. The Citrix solution is called Workspace, and the VMware solution is called Workspace ONE.
I would rate Citrix ADC a nine out of ten. There's always room for improvement for any application. That's why they have different versions or a series of applications.
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Zhanat Azykeyev
IT Account Manager at Dis Group
I would rate the tool a nine out of ten.
View full review »I would tell someone considering this solution to know your use cases and get good documentation.
When we experienced an issue, we made documents and we can share those documents and share all the details to help provide others with solutions.
I would rate it a six out of ten.
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Flight9875
Works at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I would rate it an eight out of ten because nobody is a ten. I would give it a nine if it was a little easier to pick up. Out of the box it's easy. Anybody who's an engineer can usually pick it up or if they've had previous load balancing experience, it's easy. Obviously, not everybody has that kind of experience.
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Letarik Terefe
IT Project Management /Research & Development Team Leader at Ethiopian Roads Administration
I'd rate Citrix Netscaler around 7.5 out of 10. For remote connectivity, I highly recommend it for its ease of use. As for analytics and reporting, it helps in decision-making. The main area for improvement is stability, which could be better.
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reviewer2354034
Senior Systems Engineer at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Citrix NetScaler has many features. The solution's basic features, like load balancing and Gateway, are pretty easy to use. It becomes complicated very, very quickly in large environments because it has many features. I would recommend the solution to other users.
There are much cheaper alternatives if you just need the solution for basic load balancing. There are no alternatives to Citrix NetScaler if you want to use it as a Gateway and access it from the public network. Integrating Citrix NetScaler with the existing infrastructure and applications is pretty straightforward once you get the hang of things.
Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
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reviewer1987287
General Manager & founder at a engineering company with 11-50 employees
Having a robust load balancer like Citrix NetScaler is essential for our infrastructure. While there are other options like F5 and Azure load balancers, NetScaler stands out with its comprehensive features beyond just basic traffic routing, offering advanced functionalities like security controls, content switching, and application firewalling.
Citrix NetScaler enhances our application delivery by intelligently directing traffic to healthy servers and services. It ensures that even if a server is up, but its services are down, traffic is rerouted to functioning servers, preventing downtime and ensuring a smooth user experience. With built-in probes, it continuously monitors the health of services, identifying issues and optimizing traffic flow accordingly.
The SSL upload feature in Citrix NetScaler has significantly improved our security by encrypting traffic and ensuring data integrity. Additionally, the global server load balancing capability allows us to efficiently host multiple services behind a single static IP address, streamlining deployment and reducing the need for multiple certificates and IP addresses.
The analytics and reporting capabilities of Citrix NetScaler have improved significantly in the past year.
For those considering Citrix NetScaler, my advice is to research its capabilities thoroughly to understand which features align with your needs. Start by experimenting with one feature at a time and learn as you go to maximize its potential for your organization.
Overall, I would rate Citrix NetScaler as a nine out of ten.
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Mohammed Shamseldin Hassan
Manager - Cybersecurity & Cloud Solutions at Paramount Computer Systems
I would advise doing proper sizing and proper configuration to get the maximum benefits of this solution.
I would rate Citrix ADC an eight out of ten. Everything is very good in this solution.
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PradeepKumar11
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We're a customer and an end-user.
I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. I've been very happy with its capabilities.
I would recommend the solution to others.
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Vitor Arruda
IT Infrastructure Analyst at WEG
Customers need to look to the future and purchase the right model for their necessities. A new license can be purchased, rather than additional boxes.
I would rate this solution nine out of ten.
View full review »I recommend the solution to others and rate it as a ten.
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reviewer1987287
General Manager & founder at a engineering company with 11-50 employees
I give the solution a nine out of ten.
We currently have 40 - 45 people using the solution.
I recommend using an integrator that knows what they're doing. You need to validate the integrator's capabilities.
I think it's a really, really solid, well-run, nice solution.
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Vitor Arruda
IT Infrastructure Analyst at WEG
Be careful in the choice of a partner to implement this product.
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Kumar Murugesan
Technical Support Engineer at Greenware Technologies LLC
I give the solution an eight out of ten.
The maintenance of the solution is not complex.
Citrix NetScaler is the best Application Delivery Controller on the market and I recommend it to others.
View full review »I rate this solution a nine out of ten.
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Artem Mikryukov
System Engeneer at CROC
Our company is partners with Citrix and F5 BIG-IP.
I would rate Citrix ADC an eight out of ten.
View full review »I would recommend it depending on the use case. If you have a use case for an application controller for load balancing, web application firewall, or virtual infrastructure, you can straight away go for this solution.
I would rate Citrix ADC a nine out of 10.
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Hemant Upreti
Sr. Technical Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
I would recommend this solution to potential users because most are working from home in today's scenario.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give Citrix ADC a seven.
View full review »I would rate the NetScaler a nine out of 10. It is a fantastic platform to work with and the features/functionality are top-notch. The only ding would be for the documentation, but the user community is fantastic.
View full review »We would rate this solution a six out of ten.
View full review »I would suggest that you use Citrix ADC, but you may need to watch out a bit for possible latency issues when you use some of their virtualization solutions. However, it's still good, compared to some other products.
I would rate Citrix ADC at seven on a scale from one to ten.
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reviewer1282383
Owner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
My experience with the support is not good. Owing to its poor technical support, I rate the solution seven out of ten.
View full review »I would not recommend this solution to others.
I rate Citrix NetScaler an eight out of ten.
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Abel Camarillo
Gerente Divisional at Tecnologia Especializada Asociada de México, S.A. De C.V
My rating for this solution is ten out of ten. I think it is the best product ever.
My recommendation is for customers here in Mexico to try it. I feel it is the best solution in the market, at least here in Mexico. My message to customers here is to try it and they'll never be disappointed with this magic box.
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Eseoghene Charles-Adeoye
Head, Network Design at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
We're just customers.
I would recommend this solution to other organizations as it's quite easy to use. There's so much that you can do, compared to F5, for example. With F5, you have to do a lot of tweaking to be able to achieve certain things.
With Citrix, due to the infrastructure, we run very very easily. We run on ECA infrastructure and it's a great thing. It's very very straightforward. With F5, it's not as good.
That said, it has some flaws that need to be corrected.
On a scale of one to ten, I would rate it at an 8.
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reviewer1187169
Senior Server Administrator at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
My advice to anyone who is looking at implementing Citrix ADC is if they need flexibility, it's a stable product. It's one of the better appliances that I have used, even in a virtual environment, it's working great. I can recommend it.
I would rate Citrix ADC a nine out of ten.
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reviewer2289105
Programator at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
I don't know about the maintenance part of the solution since the server we use in our company is operated from some other location.
The global server load balancing feature of Citrix NetScaler has improved our company's application availability.
I can recommend the product to those who plan to use it.
I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.
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MURAT DEMIREL
Founder at ASSISTA
I would rate this solution as eight out of ten.
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Michael Ewhe
Enterprise Server and Storage Administrator at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
You need to understand the infrastructure first before delving into it. If you don't have proper knowledge about it, you might run into problems while managing it. Not everyone has the skill to manage Citrix ADC. So, I advise everyone to get proper training and education before implementing it. It is very important.
I would rate Citrix ADC a nine out of ten.
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AdedolapoBadaru
Network Support Officer at Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc
We have the option of configuring the workspace or the receiver for clients to connect, or they can use the URL option and then login. I prefer using the URL that is on the web.
This is a solution that I have used for years and I recommend it.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
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Eseoghene Charles-Adeoye
Head, Network Design at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
I would recommend this solution. It is cloud-ready. It can be deployed on the cloud as well as on-premises.
I would rate Citrix ADC an eight out of ten. There are some flaws that need to be corrected.
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reviewer1323054
Principal IT Consultant at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
If anyone wants to implement this solution, it's important to be clear about your use case in order to grow with the product. Functionality always depends on the underlying networking. If there is trouble in the underlying networking, then you'll always have problems with NetScaler.
I would rate this product a three out of 10.
View full review »It's one of the best application delivery controllers available in the market and it requires very minimal administrative effort to manage it.
I would rate it a ten out of ten.
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Syed Basha
IT Cyber Security / IT-DR / BC Specialist at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Citrix ADC is a product that I can recommend, without any doubt or hesitation.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
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ChiragMehta
Network & Security Lead at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
I would rate NetScaler as a seven out of 10 for good technical support on routine issues, but any issues that needed the development team's involvement took a long time.
If you don't have very specific requirements such as the ASM that F5 offers, this would do almost all tasks as far as load-balancing is concerned (geo load-balancing as well).
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reviewer1220262
Customer Service Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
My advice for anybody who is considering this product is that it works best for small-scale industry. I would recommend this for a small business, but not for larger organizations. It works quite well for 1,000 or 2,000 users, but I would not recommend more than that.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
View full review »We are using Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop, but we are planning to now expand into the same product.
Most important criteria when selecting a vendor:
- Cost
- Performance
- Stability
- Scalability
- High availability.
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JacquesBodenstein
Senior Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
This solution gets a ten out of ten rating from me. My advice to others is that they need to be clear of what they want to actually achieve and plan before they deploy. They should make sure that it actually meets the business requirements or the use case that they are trying to fix or sell.
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OMKaewsaenchai
Total Solution System Engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Citrix NetScaler already has tons of features, already too many. We want any new advanced features that they release. One thing that scares me is that with existing products, Citrix does not have detailed documentation ready before they release. Otherwise, it would be better. From my experience, when Citrix launches something new there are a lot of bugs, a lot of errors, required patches, and no documentation. You have to get help.
Citrix needs to create better documentation. Sometimes when I enable NetScaler, it makes the box crash randomly. I have to wait for three or four release cycles to fix it. The introduction of new features from Citrix for NetScaler always has a lot of problems.
I would rate Citrix NetScaler eight or nine out of 10. To make the product better, Citrix needs to provide full documentation for each user with video tutorials. Configuration scenarios and demos would also be helpful. We have a lot of customer demand for this better documentation and setting up Citrix NetScaler is really complicated.
View full review »It is important, almost crucial, to have some network knowledge. Have the technical design made, it is very simple to overcomplicate when using this product.
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reviewer786540
System Administrator at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
I would give the product a nine out of 10. The product is solid and truly is a Swiss army knife. However, getting to use some of the advanced tools, even with the assistance of Citrix support, can be challenging.
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reviewer1331604
Infrastructure Project Manager and Architect at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
My recommendation would depend on the company's needs. In my former job, we used to have f5 for load balancing and we used to have NetScaler for ICA reverse proxy for access gateway and we used the two of them in conjunction. In my current job, we have Fortinet for firewalling and we have ADC for reverse proxy for access gateway. My opinion is that you have to choose the best solution for every functionality you need.
I would rate it an eight out of ten. Not a ten because of the user interface.
View full review »You need to have somebody who understands application delivery controllers and all their features. If you don't have someone, I would highly recommend training in professional services to help out with it.
We are sort of in the evaluation process of replacing everything with one solution.
View full review »Yes, two pieces of advice
- Do the official training; and
- Use the Citrix documentation
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reviewer1010148
Security Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
If they are going to use it with the VDI, it is a very good product, but it has weaknesses in application firewall development. So if they are going to only do load balancing in an SMB solution, it is a good product. But if they're consulting as an enterprise product and in a very large scale deployment enterprise, Citrix is not a complete solution. But for an SMB product and a basic cloud balance, it is a good product.
On a scale of one to ten, I would give Citrix ADC a seven. It does what it does. It is a product for some simple tasks, but just not suitable for the complex tasks.
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reviewer1263516
Technical Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
This is definitely a solution that I recommend.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
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Olayinka Adetijanwa
Solution Architect at ReDoy Corporation
I would recommend the solution to people who need the services and features provided by Citrix. It's a wonderful product. We've never had any downtime on our NetScaler solution. I'm pretty happy with it.
I'd rate it nine out of ten.
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reviewer1270815
Business Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Citrix ADC is one of the main elements of the SEA approach that Garner has released. Users can manage their applications, as well as monitor and improve all the security that they need.
I rate this solution 10 out of 10.
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Overall I would recommend Citrix NetScaler, just be careful with newer versions of the code.
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reviewer1263516
Technical Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
I have five hundred to six hundred clients using Citrix NetScaler.
I recommend the solution to other people who want to use it.
My rating for Citrix NetScaler is eight out of ten.
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Maksim Sataev
network specialist at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It's a good choice for ADC; no marketing.
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reviewer898881
Security Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees
I give it a nine out of 10 because there have been no problems since 2015, from a security point of view.
View full review »Implement it fully, utilizing all of its features.
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I worked with Netscaler in my previous company. Overall, I recommend it. Its innovative TriScale architecture and SSL offloading capability are on par with some of the best products available. It’s a very user-friendly system that is easy to configure and use for a variety of deployment scenarios
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reviewer1140936
Business Consultant. at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. It's pretty good, but the issues surrounding the certificates make it a difficult system for us.
In terms of advice, I would give to others, I'd say that they should read the manual before implementing the solution. Also, be sure to have someone on your team who knows Citrix very well. If you do not understand all processes when you deploy this solution, you will have issues.
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Kumar Murugesan
Technical Support Engineer at Greenware Technologies LLC
This solution can be deployed on-premises, public cloud, and private cloud. It's hybrid.
It's a good product and I recommend it.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
View full review »Check the solution provided by Citrix twice and get a PoC done.
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Citrix NetScaler
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Citrix NetScaler. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.