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We were previously using an open-source server load balancing engine, but we switched to FortiADC because of the web filtering, web features, and application delivery, such as pay caching.
I previously used Engine X as a load balancer. You cannot compare an open-source product to a commercial product.
FortiADC now includes web and other features. If I'm talking about load balancing, Engine X will do the same thing that FortiADC does, but the issue is scalability. FortiADC is more scalable than Engine X and similar technologies.
View full review »The initial plan was to have FI as a global load balancer, but given the cost factor, we switched to FortiADC.
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VinothKumar12
Senior Cyber Security Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
I've had minimal experience with F5 which has more features and I think most people would go for F5. In cases where customers are using other Fortinet products they will prefer to go with FortiADC because of the SOAR feature on the FortiAnalyzer and automatic incident response on other things.
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reviewer1721355
Security Technical Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
I have used Brocade, which is now obsolete and the company did not release a similar product. Brocade was a good product with good performance, but I need new firmware and I can't upgrade it. It is restricted to TLS version 1.0 only, whereas I need to use TLS 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3. TLS 1.0 has weak encryption.
The initial setup of Brocade was complex and the company could not make the configuration easier. You needed experience because it is mostly operated through the command-line interface. It is similar to a Cisco product in this way. I was able to complete the setup on my own by reading the documentation that was available on the internet.
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Engenhard7ba
Engenharia de Pré-Vendas
I’m a F5 engineer as well and, to be honest, I do prefer BIG-IP, but as I’ve worked at Fortinet partners I had to deploy some of these. Before FortiADC, I deployed a FortiBalancer (the old ADC); it was a great improvement from FortiBalancer to FortiADC.
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