We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and NSFOCUS Web Application Firewall 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 has good load balancing capabilities."
"F5 Big-IP Local Traffic Manager has better modular features especially LTM, which according to the clients, is very beneficial. Most of the users opt for a combination of big IP LTM and WAF which helps them to leverage application load balancing and enhance application security many-fold."
"The feature I find the most valuable is the support infrastructure."
"What we like best about this solution is its stability. It is extremely stable."
"The solution is easy to install. It's a straightforward process."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Traffic Learning is the most valuable feature."
"F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is very easy to use, from SSL Management to enabling, disabling loads, applications, systems, and monitoring. Overall the solution keeps our application functional from a client's perspective 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
"Since we are using this tool for protection purposes we really appreciate the hybrid security abilities; the main idea here is that we powerful protection our application needs."
"They need to develop the reporting tools further."
"The price for F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager is very high. This aspect could be improved."
"A more intuitive interface would be helpful."
"If they made it easier for engineers to get F5 training then it would be better."
"The pricing model has caused some frustration. My clients implemented the solution and later wanted to upgrade the features but the pricing structure was complicated. There are other solutions with better pricing models."
"The license terms for "non-commercial" will are challenging for us."
"A more hybrid approach would be beneficial for users."
"The initial setup can take a long time."
"There is a need for expanded licensing terms and options. There's also a need for improved and more agile customization features. The user needs to be able to manage each policy as required; the functionality needs to empower the user. There should be a complete suite of desktop provider policies available to users. Overall, it needs to be more user-friendly."
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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews while NSFOCUS Web Application Firewall is ranked 41st in Web Application Firewall (WAF). F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2, while NSFOCUS Web Application Firewall is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Helps deliver applications to users in a reliable, secure, and optimized way". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NSFOCUS Web Application Firewall writes "Offers Application Protection Against Web Attacks". F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and HAProxy, whereas NSFOCUS Web Application Firewall is most compared with .
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