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We performed a comparison between Akamai Ion and F5 VIPRION (EOL) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"Akamai is easy to use and very effective."

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"The most valuable feature is the vertical scaling of the application infrastructure.""The solution itself is perfect. It's easy to configure and we haven't had any initial issues with the hardware or power supply.""There are several levels of module so a company can upgrade if necessary.""The most valuable feature is the SSL upload."

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Cons
"The product must provide more flexibility."

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"The initial setup is complex but it is manageable.""The pricing for this solution should be reduced so that it can be more competitive.""It's unfortunate that the network firewall isn't really a next generation firewall.""It's hard to scale down the solution. You need to buy another product in order to do this."

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  • "The price of this solution can be quite high, and it is determined based on the size that is required for the environment."
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    Top Answer:Akamai is easy to use and very effective.
    Top Answer:I rate the pricing a four out of ten. The tool is expensive. The pricing must be optimized.
    Top Answer:The product must provide more flexibility. There are not too many permutations and combinations that we could do using Ion. The product used to provide Image Compression before. It is not a bundled… more »
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    Overview

    Ion, Akamai’s flagship performance solution, is a suite of intelligent performance optimizations and controls that helps deliver superior web, iOS, and Android app experiences. Built on the SLA-backed availability of the globally distributed Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform, Ion continuously monitors real user behavior — applying best-practice performance optimizations automatically — and adapting in real time to content, user behavior, and connectivity changes.

    At F5, we give our customers the freedom to securely deliver every app, anywhere—with confidence. All F5 products are highly programmable and integrate into any environment, whether on premises or in any cloud. To date, 48 of the Fortune 50 companies rely on F5 to deliver apps that customers and employees can securely access at any time, on any device, from any location.

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    Eurail, Boston Scientific
    City Bank, Ricacorp Properties, Miele, American Systems, Bangladesh Post Office
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    Akamai Ion is ranked 15th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 1 review while F5 VIPRION (EOL) doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC). Akamai Ion is rated 7.0, while F5 VIPRION (EOL) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Akamai Ion writes "Helps optimize the content delivery network, but doesn’t provide much flexibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 VIPRION (EOL) writes "Excellent for internal business core applications and has the ability to scale up as necessary ". Akamai Ion is most compared with NGINX Plus, whereas F5 VIPRION (EOL) is most compared with .

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