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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs Sangfor SSL VPN comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Man...
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
118
Ranking in other categories
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (2nd)
Sangfor SSL VPN
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
SSL VPN (7th), Enterprise Infrastructure VPN (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Sangfor SSL VPN aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is designed for Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) and holds a mindshare of 15.0%, down 16.1% compared to last year.
Sangfor SSL VPN, on the other hand, focuses on SSL VPN, holds 2.7% mindshare, down 3.1% since last year.
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
SSL VPN
 

Featured Reviews

Richard Polyak - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 21, 2022
Reduces maintenance downtime and has a strong user community
Our primary use cases for F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager are high availability for applications and SSL offload certificates F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager helps reduce our downtime for maintenance purposes. It also offers us ease of use for the deployment of certificates onto a central…
Wajeeh Ul Hasan . - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 12, 2023
A secure and user-friendly solution that is simple to implement and configure
We used Sangfor SSL VPN to access our servers from home during COVID-19 in case of emergency Sangfor SSL VPN has secured our organization, and we haven't faced any attacks. Sangfor SSL VPN is a secure and user-friendly solution. The other valuable features of the solution include web access…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The occasion in which we needed technical support, we didn't have problems with them, because they always answered our questions without any trouble."
"It integrates with AWS WAF, which makes it easy to deploy without changes to your infrastructure."
"it has TCP LAN and WAN optimization features. It has has caching."
"The most valuable feature I found is iRules."
"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."
"It is a very good, flexible solution. It helps us to catch up on flaws in our partner solutions on top of its load balancing feature."
"Currently, it's distributing the load perfectly, as per my understanding of our requirements."
"F5 has many capabilities for load balancing and web application firewall features."
"The platform is easy to use."
"Sangfor SSL VPN provides secure encryption for communication."
"It is a stable solution...The initial setup of the product is very easy."
"The most valuable feature is our ability to limit access by user, IP address, or MAC address."
"Sangfor SSL VPN is a secure and user-friendly solution."
"Sangfor SSL VPN has a user-friendly user interface."
 

Cons

"The SharePoint SSO part has some room for improvement."
"I would like them to have more flexible models."
"Improvements should enable customers to build a tailor-made solution in the future through a service portal."
"Initial setup is tricky, if you do not understand the design of this product."
"I would like to see better integration."
"BIG-IP LTM's sandboxing integration could be improved."
"F5 could improve the rule-setting capabilities in the GUI, and they need to simplify web management. For example, the menus in the Citrix GUI are easier to navigate, with a clean structure and layout."
"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."
"No solution is perfect, so there is room for improvement."
"I think Sangfor can provide a web-based SSL VPN version."
"Sangfor SSL VPN should provide advanced protection against ransomware and better data analysis."
"In redundancy mode, when the firewall goes off, the VPN should be able to connect to the secondary firewall automatically."
"The solution's integration with other firewall vendors could be improved."
"The technical support team takes around two months to respond to queries. It is very time-consuming."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is quite expensive if we compare it with the competition."
"This product is costly from a licensing perspective considering its competitors."
"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was good. We chose to go through the AWS Marketplace because everything that we needed was a soft appliance. We needed something to work in Amazon, and this product was available there."
"It is cheaper than the average on the market."
"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was very simple. The main reason that we went this way was the simplicity of buying it there. It is maintained and upgraded for us, and this makes it easy to stay current."
"The licensing pricing seems relatively easy enough to get your head around. I would advise anyone to ensure that you have a conversation with an F5 consultant before purchasing, as you would with most products."
"It's fair, it's not too expensive. Maybe just a little high."
"The price is high."
"Sangfor SSL VPN is a cheap solution."
"The product is inexpensive."
"The pricing is good and the standard license allows for 30 users."
"My company has a three-year license for Sangfor SSL VPN."
"The first 30 licenses are free, and you have to purchase the rest if required."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
23%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with F5 BIG-IP?
Price is an area of the tool where improvements are required. I want to see CDN capabilities in the product.
What needs improvement with Sangfor SSL VPN?
The solution's integration with other firewall vendors could be improved. Its interoperability matrices and different configurations with other vendor products also need improvements. Our client ha...
 

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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Sample Customers

Riken, TransUnion, Tepco Systems Administration, Daejeon University, G&T Bank, Danamon, CyberAgent Inc.
Investcorp, Central Bancorp, Griffiths & Armour
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