We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Universal Access Gateways solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is stable."
"It performs quite well."
"The product enables us to collect logs from the systems."
"It's easy to use. Also, the deployment part is perfect."
"It's a stable solution while it's running. We don't have to work on it a lot. There are not many bugs, so it's easy to use if you deploy successfully. You can be sure of an uninterrupted solution for quite a long time. Citrix is a good product."
"The initial setup is simple."
"Most of our customers are using the load balancing feature and also the verification feature is good as well, in my experience."
"Citrix Gateway is stable once I am connected."
"Initial setup is easy and pretty standard."
"Good application firewall."
"We plan to create packages of services from which it will be possible to build comprehensive tailor-made solutions."
"The F5 GTM/BIGIP DNS (Global Traffic Manager) is a valuable feature. This feature allows for DNS load balancing, which means that high availability and load sharing can be done across services locally, as well as across datacenters with advanced capabilities."
"The combination of ADC and WAN is the most valuable feature."
"I like that F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is a product that comes with valuable features, but what stands out from all features is load balancing."
"The most valuable features are DNS, APM, and ASM. Additionally, it is easy to use and you have a lot of flexibility to use the solution within a network."
"We enjoy its overall ease of use."
"The major issue is price. I would also like them to make other aspects more accessible."
"The initial connection could be faster. That handshake takes a few seconds sometimes. That could be better and improved upon."
"If there is an increase in the customer infrastructure, it is not stable."
"Technical support could be improved."
"The dashboard or interface should be more clear in reporting issues. Integration with other applications should be more user-friendly."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"The solution has unnecessary limitations."
"The solution can be a bit pricey."
"An area for improvement in F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is that it's a high-priced product."
"BIG-IP LTM's sandboxing integration could be improved."
"There is a challenge in Pakistan. This is when there is a hardware failure. Sometimes, it takes more time to get a replacement because it is sent out from the U.S. or some other regional outpost. Thus, it takes two to three days to receive a replacement."
"The UI could be improved."
"I would like F5 to incorporate the ability to create your own custom roles and customised permissions within the product set. I have seen many customers wanting to give a certain level of access for the purposes of out-of-hours servicing to out-of-hours staff or teams that fulfill an operations type role."
"In terms of native integrations, there is a lot of instability. Also, integration is not robust with F5."
"The deployment could be simplified."
"It requires a particular skill or training before being able to manage it."
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Citrix Gateway is ranked 1st in Universal Access Gateways with 33 reviews while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Helps deliver applications to users in a reliable, secure, and optimized way". Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Ivanti Connect Secure, whereas F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and HAProxy. See our Citrix Gateway vs. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) report.
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