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 of this solution is IP Intelligence."
"The most valuable feature is customization."
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP LTM is brand image and recognition and the application delivery controller."
"The most valuable feature I found is iRules."
"It is stable."
"The initial setup is easy."
"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."
"F5's attack signatures and automation are the most valuable features. The disaster recovery capabilities are also excellent. You don't need to do anything. It has automatic failover from production."
"The user interface is very easy and integrates with Sandbox easily."
"Ease of use in deploying and having it up and running requires minimal knowledge."
"Fortinet FortiADC is a good product because each and every piece of content is monitored by it."
"The most valuable feature is its simplicity."
"Simple to use and easy to integrate."
"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."
"The product has flexible and interesting licensing options."
"Because ADC is the intermediary between the servers and the end-user application, it gives thorough information about the traffic, what the problem is."
"A more intuitive interface would be helpful."
"The web interface could be better."
"An area for improvement in F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is that it's a high-priced product."
"The auto logout feature after three minutes is terrible. I wish they would make that longer, since it is not a feature that we can change."
"The user interface could be improved in F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager."
"The synchronization does works fairly well. However, if I were to make changes, I would make it easier to start the sync process."
"I would like them to have more flexible models."
"Needs to provide a visual interface to follow a customer's activity (from client to BIG-IP to SNAT IP to the chosen server, then back). Today, we are still performing packet captures."
"The product’s price could be reduced. Also, some of its features need to be more advanced."
"Fortinet has some drawbacks, and it can be a bit challenging to scale."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"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."
"I had a terrible experience with Fortinet support. I only used support once when I bought the solution. I got no response for two days. However, I believe that it's no longer the case. Fortinet solutions have problems when they're launched. For example, we had issues with Fortinet's authenticator when it came out. We also had trouble with FortiNAC in the beginning."
"The product's stability for VMs could be better."
"FortiADC is complex to configure so the interface should be improved."
"The configuration is relatively complex."
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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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