We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Fortinet FortiADC 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 is a scalable solution."
"We're able to do load balancing and global load balancing. When you marry those two products together, you can do a lot more. We're able to deliver our applications more securely and faster. It has improved our deliverability where we have more service across the shared data centers. We can intelligently reach all of those client connections across all of the servers and do it fairly quickly. It has helped improve our application delivery and performance."
"Load balancing generally brings high availability and a bigger ability to scale out. In some cases, it brings security, depending on how it is configured."
"Initial setup was straightforward. We were up and running in three hours."
"The detail that you have available when setting up iRules."
"BIG-IP LTM is completely stable, and its performance is good."
"Traffic Learning is the most valuable feature."
"This is a solution that does what it's supposed to do at the price point."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL offloading capacity."
"Fortinet FortiADC is a good product because each and every piece of content is monitored by it."
"The solution provides high-level services such as availability, redundancy, and load balancing between servers."
"Content caching and content compression are good features."
"Key features include SSL Offloading, VM availability, and L7 load balancing."
"I am impressed with the product's load-balancing feature."
"From a technical perspective, it is the most scalable device from Fortinet."
"I like the solution's load balance with DNS intelligence."
"A lot of functions that are attributed to iRules can actually be simple profile changes. iRules do have a certain performance impact. Therefore, instead of writing simple iRules, they can create certain profiles for classes that will perform the same function."
"The user interface could be improved in F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager."
"They could improve the product's ease of use. There is some confusion how to operate it."
"The price for F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager is very high. This aspect could be improved."
"While the licensing is good through the AWS Marketplace, it is more expensive than what you could buy yourself."
"The solution could improve the documentation."
"The management interface is unclear, complex, and not concise. I would like a better user interface."
"The solution's initial setup process was quite complex. I"
"Issues with SSL and encrypted traffic."
"The L7 Persistent load-balancing algorithm has not worked for me after having tested it many times with my customer's in-house application. I'd like to suggest that the company make sure that all load-balancing algorithms work properly with most applications, even those that are in-house apps."
"The configuration is relatively complex."
"I think it would be helpful if Fortinet put more video examples on their cookbook site."
"There is a mismatch between the number of features they are offering and the device capacity on how much it can handle."
"FortiADC is complex to configure so the interface should be improved."
"The product’s price could be reduced. Also, some of its features need to be more advanced."
"The user interface could be more friendly and CLI could be more like that of Fortigate."
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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews while Fortinet FortiADC is ranked 8th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 19 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiADC is rated 7.8. 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 Fortinet FortiADC writes "High-level load balancing and routing protocols but scalability is limited to 200 gigabits". F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and HAProxy, whereas Fortinet FortiADC is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, Citrix NetScaler, Kemp LoadMaster, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and HAProxy. See our F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs. Fortinet FortiADC report.
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