F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange comparison

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Man...

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

117

Ranking in other categories

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (1st)

Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

ZTNA as a Service (1st), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (3rd)

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category, the market share of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is 13.1% and it decreased by 20.4% compared to the previous year. The market share of Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is 0.2% and it decreased by 58.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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ZTNA as a Service

17.6%

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

10.8%

Featured Reviews

Mohammed Abdul Rahman

F5 Consultant at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Feb 3, 2023

Reliable and has good customization features

The primary use case of this solution is for reverse processing applications and services. Our organization greatly benefited from having a reliable and always-accessible F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM). The customization options have especially come in handy, and we can modify, insert or…

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S Azeem

Technology Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Oct 12, 2023

Stable product with self-maintenance capabilities and efficient remote access management

We use the product to provide secure access to our customer's environment consisting of on-premise and on-cloud applications Zscaler Private Access simplifies the process of managing remote access. It doesn't require deploying and configuring physical appliances in various locations, similar to…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It integrates with AWS WAF, which makes it easy to deploy without changes to your infrastructure."

"Stable and scalable network traffic management solution for applications. It has good performance."

"I have Big-IP change and control manager, which give me the roll back option. Therefore, I can view the last things which happened on the device."

"Tech support has been very quick to respond to all of the needs that we've had. If you want ad-hoc support. They also provide professional services that you can purchase as well."

"The solution is robust and reliable."

"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP LTM is it helps our delivery team to make policies and rules for application."

"The Local Traffic Manager (LTM) provides a simple low balance and SSL decryption, in addition to some TCP parameters, for incoming and outgoing traffic to redirect appropriate traffic patterns to appropriate servers."

"Traffic Learning is the most valuable feature."

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"It is straightforward to set up."

"The most valuable feature of Zscaler Private Access is we do not have to connect to a VPN, it is seamless. It is more convenient for us because we use one agent to cover the internet and VPN access."

"I find all Zscaler Private Access features valuable because each replaces flawed technologies, such as EPAs being replacements for VPN and PR as a replacement for PAM, so I can't mention only one valuable feature. Overall, Zscaler Private Access is a good solution."

"The product's most valuable features are cloud-based services and secure internet access. We don't have to set up any physical appliances."

"The ZPA is a unique feature which offers VPN along with all the additional security needed."

"It is easy to use."

"SASE's most valuable features are proxy and content filtering."

"The most valuable feature is its ability to establish connectivity for remote users and remote endpoints. It offers a high level of granularity compared to typical VPNs, which also encapsulate a lot of I/O."

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Cons

"We would like to have integration into encryption and PKI integration with SafeNet. That is probably the key component in using External PKIs, letting people bring their PKIs with them."

"There are issues with F5 BIG-IP but they are minor issues not affecting production and services. Sometimes the operations and the facility systems fail. However, there is an alert action from the windows. An ordeal for the manager."

"The pricing model has caused some frustration. My clients implemented the solution and later wanted to upgrade the features but the pricing structure was complicated. There are other solutions with better pricing models."

"Native support for containers should be added to future releases, as this is the future of load balancing."

"The one gap I saw was that pure LBN integration is a little tricky. The insertion of F5 in LBN is a little tricky. They need to work on something, on products by which they can insert F5 in any sort of cloud environment."

"It is a hardware load balancer, and its installation procedure is more complex than a software load balancer. There are pros and cons of using hardware load balancing. You have to have specific hardware deployed in your data center to activate this load balancer. They never came up with any software-based load balancing solution. It is all hardware-based."

"The solution is scalable."

"F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager is expensive. Pricing needs to be improved."

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"Zscaler Private Access needs to improve its collaboration with applications without compromising security."

"The pricing for Private Access seems to be on the expensive side, and I believe they should consider making it more competitive with other solutions."

"Zscaler Private Access's reporting is poor. We should have more insight into the reports regarding what is blocked and allowed."

"I can't speak to any missing features."

"Users report application access or latency issues with Zscaler Private Access."

"An area for improvement would be the ease of configuration."

"We'd like to have two-factor authentication that is quite simple."

"The granularity in blocking is not sufficient, as new domains are automatically blocked for 30 days without further information."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I found F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) an expensive product. The costs would depend on the appliance and infrastructure size. However, my company didn't have to pay extra to use additional features."

"It is the best solution, but that comes with an increased price."

"It's not a cheap product, but there are no other replacements for what we do with it."

"The cost that they have with AWS are almost prohibitive. I'm being forced to use F5 WAF. I would not simply use it based on cost. I agree that they have some great features, but for me, cost is key in terms of AWS."

"It is quite expensive as a product. Because it is very stable, it is also expensive."

"Try to negotiate all the software features that you require upfront."

"I would recommend that the cost be lowered."

"It is sort of a commodity product. A load balancer is a load balancer. What will be, at the end of the day, the cheapest option or have the best performance, that is what it will come down to."

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"The solution is expensive."

"The pricing is quite high, especially when it comes to the gateway."

"The cost is expensive. It depends on the number of users."

"The technical support is good."

"Zscaler Private Access can be an expensive solution, depending on the license type you will purchase."

"Zscaler SASE software is quite expensive compared to other solutions"

"Pricing for Zscaler Private Access is moderate. It's acceptable, though I can't give you the exact price currently. It's not too expensive, and on a scale of one to five, I would rate it a four out of five in terms of pricing."

"It has been relatively reasonable for what it does. Some of the additional license costs based on the advanced next-generation firewall functions are quite high, and they should have certain features ready and available as a baseline rather than having to purchase additional licenses for it. Overall, the cost seems reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about F5 BIG-IP?

The support from F5 BIG-IP LTM is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F5 BIG-IP?

There are a few licensing options available for F5 BIG-IP LTM. You can have a perpetual license which is a lifetime license. You then only need to renew the support, if you choose to open a ticket ...

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What needs improvement with F5 BIG-IP?

The pricing must be more flexible. We get billed for firewalls based on the usage. It will be helpful if the solution provides such flexibility.

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What is the better solution - Prisma Access or Zscaler Private Access?

We looked into Prisma Access before choosing Zscaler Private Access (ZPA). Palo Alto’s Prisma Access is a secure access service edge (SASE) designed to deliver network security in a cloud-deliver...

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What do you like most about Zscaler SASE?

The most valuable features of Zscaler Private Access are reliability, scalability, and availability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zscaler SASE?

Zscaler SASE is quite expensive compared to other solutions. The price is not fixed and it does not include all of the features, so my advice for organizations would be to evaluate their specific n...

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Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 19% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

F5 BIG-IP, BIG-IP LTM, F5 ASM, Viprion, F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition , Crescendo Networks Application Delivery Controller, BIG IP

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Overview

F5 BIG-IP LTM optimizes the speed and reliability of your apps via both network and application layers. Using real-time protocol and traffic management decisions based on app and server and connection management conditions, and TCP and content offloading, BIG-IP LTM dramatically improves application and infrastructure responsiveness. BIG-IP LTM's architecture includes protocol awareness to control traffic for the most important applications. BIG-IP LTM tracks the dynamic performance levels of servers and delivers SSL performance and visibility for inbound and outbound traffic, to protect the user experience by encrypting everything from the client to the server.

BIG-IP LTM provides enterprise-class Application Delivery Controller (ADC). You get granular layer 7 control, SSL offloading and acceleration capabilities, and advanced scaling technologies that deliver performance and reliability on-demand. The highly optimized TCP/IP stack combines TCP/IP techniques and improvements in the latest RFCs with extensions to minimize the effect of congestion and packet loss and recovery. Independent testing tools and customer experiences show LTM's TCP stack delivers up to a 2x performance gain for users and a 4x increase in bandwidth efficiency.

The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange enables fast, secure connections and allows your employees to work from anywhere using the internet as the corporate network. Based on the zero trust principle of least-privileged access, it provides comprehensive security using context-based identity and policy enforcement.

The Zero Trust Exchange operates across 150 data centers worldwide, ensuring that the service is close to your users, co-located with the cloud providers and applications they are accessing, such as Microsoft 365 and AWS. It guarantees the shortest path between your users and their destinations, providing comprehensive security and an amazing user experience.

Sample Customers

Riken, TransUnion, Tepco Systems Administration, Daejeon University, G&T Bank, Danamon, CyberAgent Inc.

Siemens, AutoNation, GE, NOV

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