Linode vs NetScaler comparison

"The most valuable feature is that they are flexible and easy to get ahold of if I need something."

"The ability to fire up a virtual machine, use it, and then kill it, is quite a valuable feature for me."

"The solution integrates easily."

"Because of the way that their pricing model is set up, I can scale up or down the size of a customer's server very easily. It makes life very easy for me when they run out of space, need more speed or RAM, etc. I can very easily pay the difference and reboot the machine, and now I have the upgrade that I wanted. That just makes it extremely simple."

"The cloud management panel is nice."

"We can scale up and down as we require."

"Generally speaking, I have not found any faults using Linode. For what we wanted, they provided a complete solution."

"It has helped to minimize the risk and scale services at large in virtually no time."

"It is a very stable solution."

"The web application firewall is one feature I found valuable in the solution."

"I can turn on features without actually owning a license. I can test them out, I can use them for a while, and then I can be licensed up. That's awesome. I don't have to have a license immediately before I can start to deploy things rapidly, rapid deployment is a plus."

"I would say the rewriting and redirection functions are must-have's for us."

"SSL Offload"

"One of the most beneficial features for application delivery is its integration with Citrix Storefront, facilitating user logins and ensuring continuity during data center outages."

"It is a stable solution. It crashed only once, four years ago...There is a return on investment using the solution."

"The load balancing feature and the fact that you can do context switching in the WAF are the most valuable. We majorly use it for load balancing, but we also use it for context switching in the WAF. It is also robust and very easy to work with and manage."

"The only improvement in this aspect of the service which I can think of is perhaps a pool of developers who could be hired for those cases where the need goes beyond the support offered."

"There is no notification from the company regarding upgrades."

"They are already working on the firewalls and VLANs, which need improvement, and are now in beta. I am on the beta program for the firewalls, but I can't use it yet because they are only in Mumbai and Australia, and I am not in those data centres. This is the one thing that I have been waiting for almost since the day that I joined them, so it is nice that they are doing that. The VLANs will be an improvement as well, and I am keen and waiting for that."

"One thing that I'd really like to see is auto-scaling node pools for their Kubernetes. I don't think that they have that. That's a huge one and would be very helpful. Specifically, what I would like is auto-scaling node pools that would scale down to zero nodes, which is tricky. That's very important for certain use cases."

"Before they changed the dashboard, I found some of the more granular options easier to find."

"Right now, they don't have multiple data centers. They have limited data centers. I am currently using the Singapore and Mumbai data centers, but I am looking for data centers in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. They need to improve the availability of their data centers and partnership engagements with cloud Panda solution providers, like us."

"They recently changed the web interface and although the older one did not look as good, the new one is less responsive."

"Because they are a smaller company, they do not have, for example, all of the ways for authentication that Amazon or Azure has."

"The SLB could be better, and they should improve it."

"I will try to migrate all the tools to the cloud because there is more lab and more VPN scalability available in the cloud. It is not available on-premises."

"I would like to see support for scripting, like "iRule", which gives you the option to implement any configuration which is not available out of the box."

"We are looking for some in-depth monitoring and analytics and more information that Citrix Director doesn't provide. ControlUp has insights that not only give you an overview but also allow you to do some drill-down troubleshooting for what's going on in your environment. We are looking for some more analytical and monitoring data to be able to monitor the environment better, not only from an application standpoint but also from the standpoint of the infrastructure to everything it sits on. They can provide more data to the administrators about what's going on within the application. They can provide data not only on the application side but also about what the application sits on. They're making strides with Citrix Analytics in regards to that."

"Too many bugs in the software and it's always difficult when you need to update."

"The licensing model and technical support of the solution could be improved."

"Scripting and writing expressions need to be improved by putting logic behind the rules and improve policies involving some of the scripting part, which is a tedious task to do."

"Technical support could be improved."

"It is quite affordable, which makes it a great choice."

"Compared to other service providers, like AWS and Google, the cost of services are much less and more affordable. We are saving about 90 percent by going with Linode versus other cloud providers."

"is a little cheaper than Google or Amazon, more or less on par with the other competitors."

"There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees to include things like extra public IPs and backup services."

"The monthly cost depends on your requirements."

"The solution is neither cheap nor expensive."

"There might be something a little bit cheaper but I find it very fair and competitive, and nothing to complain about."

"The pricing model is simple."

"Licensing is adequate. I wanted to have a more prominent license, but until I do they don't give enough support. The additional cost would be too much."

"The solution is undoubtedly very good, but it is expensive."

"We are quite happy with price. It's not too high."

"After deployment, Citrix Netscaler shifted to a subscription-based license scheme for support, which is slightly more expensive."

"The licenses for this product are payable as a yearly subscription, and carry a high price-point. The subscription scheme is quite complicated, and costs will increase with each additional feature that is required, outside of the basic setup."

"Its price is comparable to others and affordable."

"NetScaler does the same thing as an F5 and it's cheaper."

"The firewall license is included by default, with no additional costs."