We performed a comparison between Citrix Intelligent Traffic Management and NGINX Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."We use the HDX protocol, a high-performing component of the Citrix solutions. We also use provisioning to generate VM and NetScaler ADC solutions to propose access to applications for our customers."
"The robust software architecture allows for it to be scalable and very stable."
"It performs very well. That's one of the primary reasons we use NGINX."
"Its versatility and capabilities make it invaluable for implementing patches and fixes when necessary."
"Its most valuable features are load balancing and application delivery. This is the most efficient application for these features because of stability and its efficiency."
"Valuable features include authentication, caching, reverse proxy routing, and load balancing."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is simple to configure."
"When you use NGINX, you have more options and power."
"I think installation only took a couple of minutes — no more than 10 minutes."
"We discussed problems with the network products with the Indian teams. The support center for network products is located in India. There are language barriers and issues with the time difference, so we sometimes face restrictions when dealing with this team."
"The biggest room for improvement would be to allow NGINX Core machines to cluster for memory zones in some way with a plug and play module. "
"NGINX Plus is moderately priced, but it could give better value for money."
"The solution must improve its performance."
"Only improvement needed that I would point to is scalability. With it, I mean clusterized organisation on a low level. At the moment, the best alternative is RHEL HA."
"The center management system could be improved."
"Improvement needed in NGINX Plus could focus on optimizing memory usage for users."
"NGINX is a very basic load balancer and cannot do as many customizations as F5."
"The solution's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
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Citrix Intelligent Traffic Management is ranked 19th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) while NGINX Plus is ranked 5th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 28 reviews. Citrix Intelligent Traffic Management is rated 8.0, while NGINX Plus is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Citrix Intelligent Traffic Management writes "It's a robust and proven solution that we've been working with for many years". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX Plus writes "Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation". Citrix Intelligent Traffic Management is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, whereas NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Apache Web Server.
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