We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and OpenVPN Access Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It supports APIs and virtual additions for cloud and VMware."
"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."
"One of the best features of the solution is the operating system."
"We are using Application Security Manager (ASM) as a web application firewall, where there is a security signature to avoid a web level breach."
"It is a scalable solution."
"You can create multiple virtual servers on F5 BIG-IP technology, and within multiple virtual servers you can have multiple nodes, where a node equals two application servers."
"Initial setup was straightforward. We were up and running in three hours."
"The tech support we got from F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager directly was pretty good."
"I would recommend this solution to other people."
"It can securely do remote product updates... just as if it was on our LAN."
"You can do local subnet blocking."
"OpenVPN Access Server is cheap, and we get to use it ourselves. It is also a stable solution."
"Its most valuable feature is that it is open source."
"The product’s adaptability is valuable."
"OpenVPN Access Server allows us to establish a secure connection to an IP address that would otherwise be inaccessible without using a VPN."
"OpenVPN Access Server is very stable."
"The auto logout feature after three minutes is terrible. I wish they would make that longer, since it is not a feature that we can change."
"Technical support could be improved."
"If one virtual portion is unavailable, it can cause issues."
"Based on my experience using F5 and by only taking into consideration the last seven years, I have found that the reporting mechanism is bad."
"Performance: Using the product, applications are jittery."
"F5 could improve the rule-setting capabilities in the GUI, and they need to simplify web management. For example, the menus in the Citrix GUI are easier to navigate, with a clean structure and layout."
"There are issues with F5 BIG-IP but they are minor issues not affecting production and services. Sometimes the operations and the facility systems fail. However, there is an alert action from the windows. An ordeal for the manager."
"The deployment could be simplified."
"I'd like the solution to have more access points and more speed."
"It requires some experience of Linux server configuration to set it up."
"If we had to create something for someone who was not necessarily tech savvy, I had to set that up on their computer, I had to write "read me's" and other things so that they could install their client and then connect to the VPN by themselves. So it was hard to set up for people who are not tech savvy."
"They may have this already, but it would be nice to be able to get more notifications if a site drops unexpectedly."
"I think right now the GUI part of it is locked out behind the pay wall. It could use something that gives it a very basic, minimal, graphic interface for logging in, for the community version. That would probably be a good step forward."
"There is always room for more security features."
"The product’s connectivity is very slow. It could be faster."
"There could be an easier way to set up the solution. However, if you use the provided information that comes with the solution there should not be a problem."
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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 44 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. 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 OpenVPN Access Server writes "An easy-to-use tool with which its users can access networks from home or external locations". F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway and NGINX Plus, whereas OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks. See our F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs. OpenVPN Access Server report.
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