We performed a comparison between Citrix ADC vs Microsoft Azure Application Gateway based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Users give a similar rating to both solutions. Each solution has an easy deployment, similar opinions on pricing, and good technical support. However, they differ in their strengths and weaknesses in terms of features.
"High availability, performance, and security are the main pillars. It enhances the security for accessing the applications."
"I can turn on features without actually owning a license. I can test them out, I can use them for a while, and then I can be licensed up. That's awesome. I don't have to have a license immediately before I can start to deploy things rapidly, rapid deployment is a plus."
"Provides resiliency for applications that reside on servers, as well as connectivity to remote applications."
"The solution is very stable."
"The most valuable features of Citrix ADC are load balancing and application firewall."
"The load balancing feature of this solution is very good."
"The most valuable feature is load balancing."
"Easy, user-friendly setup with content switching and integrated caching features."
"I find Application Gateway’s WAF module valuable because it helps prevent layer 7 attacks."
"We chose this solution in the first place because it has access to Layer 7. I can control the requests and the content, which I can access on my network if I want to even if it's forbidden access to other external resources. If I want to monitor, for example, traffic, and apply this rule on Layer 7, I can do so. This was our main goal when implementing this application. We wanted to take advantage of the Gateway capabilities."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"Good customization; able to report and take action on alerts."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway are the policies, the data store they are using, and the cloud platform it operates on."
"The tool helps manage microservices by providing developers with a platform to conduct tests and assessments on the web application. The custom domain option is one of the most valuable features I've found. This feature is incredibly helpful for the end-users of the web application. With the custom domain feature, you can change the lengthy link to a shorter, more memorable one. For example, instead of using a lengthy default link, you can customize it to something like imail.com, which is much easier to remember and share."
"This is a SaaS product, so it is always up to date."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway gives us a lot of benefits, including domain mapping."
"Its GUI should be improved. Its CLI is powerful, but GUI needs more features."
"I will try to migrate all the tools to the cloud because there is more lab and more VPN scalability available in the cloud. It is not available on-premises."
"Too many bugs in the software and it's always difficult when you need to update."
"Citrix ADC can improve if it provides a more user-friendly interface and clear working protocols. Citrix is not working with classic RFC, it is working with Citrix RFC, which is not common in the world. If engineers of Citrix can provide us with more information on working with the classic IP networks it would be a benefit."
"Technical support could be improved."
"Overall the price of Citrix ADC could be more competitive."
"Finding relevant documentation for learning NetScaler can be challenging, especially for beginners who prefer a web interface over command-line interfaces."
"I would like to see multifactor authentication added to this solution to improve the security."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway's first deployment is complex. It needs to improve its pricing."
"The solution has many limitations. You cannot upgrade the VPN to the application gateway. So I started with version one, which has limited capabilities, and they provided version two. And unfortunately, I cannot upgrade from v one to v two like other services. So I have to decommission the version one and create a new one with version two. Also the version one was complex with the certificates uploading the SQL certificates."
"The support provided for the solution has certain shortcomings that need improvement, especially when it comes to the response time from the support team."
"The increased security that we are considering is because of some of the things that the security team has brought to our attention. They have pointed out that we would most likely require a better web application firewall than Azure Application Gateway."
"The pricing of the solution could be improved. Right now, it's a bit expensive."
"It does not have the flexibility for using public IPs in version 2."
"Implementing and standardizing the solution across the IT landscape in a heterogeneous environment is painful."
"The working speed of the solution needs improvement."
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Citrix NetScaler is ranked 2nd in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 85 reviews while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is ranked 4th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 38 reviews. Citrix NetScaler is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is rated 7.2. 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 Microsoft Azure Application Gateway writes "High stability with built-in rules that reduce alerts and are easy to configure". Citrix NetScaler is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Fortinet FortiADC, HAProxy, Loadbalancer.org and A10 Networks Thunder ADC, whereas Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is most compared with Azure Front Door, F5 Advanced WAF, AWS WAF, Cloudflare Web Application Firewall and HAProxy. See our Citrix NetScaler vs. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway report.
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