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."The most valuable feature I found is iRules."
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP LTM is brand image and recognition and the application delivery controller."
"I like that F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is a product that comes with valuable features, but what stands out from all features is load balancing."
"We have found the consistency of the application always being the way it is supposed to be as its most valuable feature."
"The web application firewall feature is the most valuable and useful feature. It is a leading industry product when it comes to load balancing. Its user interface is very simple. There isn't a steep learning curve. When we initiate someone to F5, they start using it quickly."
"The v11 clustering is a new technology they have brought in that does not require improvement. They are the leader in it."
"It is an easy way to build application policies (graphical)."
"We always use technical support and the team helps us very well. They're able to effectively find and fix issues and they respond very quickly."
"The main feature that we use is GSLB (Global Server Load Balancing). GSLB makes the customer's network more reliable by scaling applications across multiple datacenters. GSLB as a disaster recovery solution can direct traffic based on site availability."
"Fortinet FortiADC is a good product because each and every piece of content is monitored by it."
"The most valuable feature is its simplicity."
"From a technical perspective, it is the most scalable device from Fortinet."
"The user interface is very easy and integrates with Sandbox easily."
"TSL and SSL offloading are both very good features."
"I like the solution's load balance with DNS intelligence."
"I am impressed with the product's load-balancing feature."
"Internet and cloud support could be improved."
"The synchronization does works fairly well. However, if I were to make changes, I would make it easier to start the sync process."
"Cloud native integration should be provided."
"F5 has another solution to load balance servers on the cloud, which they got after the purchase of NGINX. It is deployed as Kubernetes or something like that, but the problem now is that they have two solutions for two situations. They should make F5 deployable on the cloud."
"F5 BIG-IP LTM can improve on the SSL loading which includes the authentication of certificates. Although, most of these issues have been solved there are still some issue that persists."
"They need to develop the reporting tools further."
"LTM would be improved with the inclusion of signature-based blocking."
"There are not very many areas for improvement, but the price is high."
"Fortinet has some drawbacks, and it can be a bit challenging to scale."
"The user interface could be more friendly and CLI could be more like that of Fortigate."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"Because it is so generic, the documentation requires special attention. A person who has not worked on Fortinet FortiADC or a similar product will struggle to understand what the document is trying to say. The documentation could be more specific, and more detailed."
"There is a mismatch between the number of features they are offering and the device capacity on how much it can handle."
"The product’s price could be reduced. Also, some of its features need to be more advanced."
"Fortinet FortiADC should include an advanced-level SD-WAN."
"The product's stability for VMs could be better."
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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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