We performed a comparison between Citrix NetScaler and F5 VIPRION (EOL) 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 solution is very stable. We don't have any downtime or issues of that nature."
"HTTP analysis and action. We have a lot of custom web applications that sometimes require custom header insertions. Some of these custom apps are external and, via the content switching, we can use one IP and leverage various back-end web app servers."
"This solution allows the user to easily scale out application delivery, and provides secure remote access."
"The most valuable features of Citrix ADC are load balancing and application firewall."
"The load balancing feature and the fact that you can do context switching in the WAF are the most valuable. We majorly use it for load balancing, but we also use it for context switching in the WAF. It is also robust and very easy to work with and manage."
"The solution is very stable."
"It has helped us to increase the resiliency of the application and the performance."
"Load Balancing and SSL offloading are key features."
"The most valuable feature is the vertical scaling of the application infrastructure."
"There are several levels of module so a company can upgrade if necessary."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL upload."
"The solution itself is perfect. It's easy to configure and we haven't had any initial issues with the hardware or power supply."
"Technical support could be improved."
"I would like to see multifactor authentication added to this solution to improve the security."
"Should offer more flexible cost-effective licensing for small to medium sized organizations."
"An area for improvement would be the difficulty in finding information about standard licensing costs over the internet. They should provide some reference prices on the net to be quickly referred to."
"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."
"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."
"In every release - and it doesn't matter if it's a minor release or a major release - they keep moving things around and they keep changing the mechanism. So certain things can work in one version one way, and everything works really well, then when you upgrade it to the next version, it breaks everything because they have a new way of doing it."
"The tool needs to add a feature where we can access the network policy access manager."
"It's unfortunate that the network firewall isn't really a next generation firewall."
"The pricing for this solution should be reduced so that it can be more competitive."
"It's hard to scale down the solution. You need to buy another product in order to do this."
"The initial setup is complex but it is manageable."
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Citrix NetScaler is ranked 2nd in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 85 reviews while F5 VIPRION (EOL) doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC). Citrix NetScaler is rated 8.4, while F5 VIPRION (EOL) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Citrix NetScaler writes "Optimizing application delivery and ensuring robust network performance with its excellent stability and comprehensive load-balancing capabilities". 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 ". Citrix NetScaler is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiADC, HAProxy and Loadbalancer.org, whereas F5 VIPRION (EOL) is most compared with .
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