We performed a comparison between Citrix ADC vs Microsoft Azure Application Gateway based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Users give a similar rating to both solutions. Each solution has an easy deployment, similar opinions on pricing, and good technical support. However, they differ in their strengths and weaknesses in terms of features.
"The most valuable feature of Citrix NetScaler was the seamless integration. Additionally, the UI is good."
"Helped us a lot with load balancing."
"The maintenance of the solution is not complex."
"The load balancing is one of the most valuable features."
"I can turn on features without actually owning a license. I can test them out, I can use them for a while, and then I can be licensed up. That's awesome. I don't have to have a license immediately before I can start to deploy things rapidly, rapid deployment is a plus."
"Its customer support service is good."
"For NetScaler, our major use cases are database load balancing, PowerVPN VPN access gateway, WAF (Web Application Firewall), and content switching."
"I find all of it to be valuable, because of the flexibility that is built into this product."
"The solution was very easy to configure. It wasn't hard at all to adjust it to our needs."
"The solution's integration is very good."
"Load balancing and web application firewall features are the most valuable."
"We use the product in front-end and back-end applications to do the load balancing smartly."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway are the policies, the data store they are using, and the cloud platform it operates on."
"Using policies to link and manage these URL-based routing configurations is also valuable."
"In my experience, Microsoft products have a smooth integration and facilitate easy management and monitoring. Using Azure Application Gateway allows us to efficiently handle the system loads."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway gives us a lot of benefits, including domain mapping."
"Citrix ADC can improve if it provides a more user-friendly interface and clear working protocols. Citrix is not working with classic RFC, it is working with Citrix RFC, which is not common in the world. If engineers of Citrix can provide us with more information on working with the classic IP networks it would be a benefit."
"Getting to use some of the advanced tools, even with the assistance of Citrix support, can be challenging."
"The solution should be able to scale more effectively than it does."
"The SLB could be better, and they should improve it."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"The only thing customers told me that could be improved is that they would like to be able to purchase and receive the products in one box, rather than two boxes. This is something related to marketing, though."
"Its GUI should be improved. Its CLI is powerful, but GUI needs more features."
"If one device or switch fails, the failover to another device is not seamless which is painful."
"The support provided for the solution has certain shortcomings that need improvement, especially when it comes to the response time from the support team."
"The working speed of the solution needs improvement."
"We have encountered some issues with automatic redirection and cancellation, leading to 502 and 504 gateway errors. So, I experienced some trouble with containers."
"Needs easier integration with the existing SIAM."
"The product could be easier to use and implement."
"Application Gateway’s limitation is that the private and the public endpoint cannot use the same port."
"The solution should provide more security for certificate-based services so that we can implement more security on that."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway's first deployment is complex. It needs to improve its pricing."
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Citrix NetScaler is ranked 2nd in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 85 reviews while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is ranked 4th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 41 reviews. Citrix NetScaler is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Citrix NetScaler writes "Optimizing application delivery and ensuring robust network performance with its excellent stability and comprehensive load-balancing capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway writes "High stability with built-in rules that reduce alerts and are easy to configure". Citrix NetScaler is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Fortinet FortiADC, HAProxy, Loadbalancer.org and A10 Networks Thunder ADC, whereas Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, AWS WAF, Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, Azure Front Door and HAProxy. See our Citrix NetScaler vs. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway report.
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