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Radware Alteon vs VMWare Avi Load Balancer comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.3
Radware Alteon offers quick implementation, affordability, robust threat blocking, boosting performance and satisfaction with immediate return on investment.
Sentiment score
4.4
VMWare Avi Load Balancer offers mixed ROI, with benefits in security, cost savings, and efficiency, but varied financial impacts.
VMWare Avi Load Balancer has created a smoother failover process without issues, keeping the state normal, where typically there would be manual intervention.
Senior Database Engineer, SRE at Interswitch Group
I have not found any return on investment so far, as it does not really lend itself to that; it is more about not having to stand up another data center for redundancy.
Vdi Consultant at Garbutt Ltd
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.5
Radware Alteon support is praised for responsiveness and Spanish assistance but criticized for delays and specific regional challenges.
Sentiment score
6.1
VMWare Avi Load Balancer support is mixed, excelling in tool integration but challenged by documentation and response times post-Broadcom.
We never face support issues, and their team resolves any critical issues quickly once they are involved.
Program Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
There is a dedicated expert answering even the toughest questions.
Senior System Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
The customer service and support are excellent.
Lead Network Reliability Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
The solution architect from VMware side told me that there would be no issue adding them. Here we are with an RFP, and we cannot add them easily.
Pre Sales at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
The support for VMWare Avi Load Balancer is really good, and the integration with other tools is really effective, which makes the overall experience smoother.
Senior Database Engineer, SRE at Interswitch Group
They are quite responsive, taking the necessary time to address our issues.
Senior Associate Infrastructure at Publicis Sapient
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Radware Alteon offers seamless scalability and integration, supporting easy expansion and high performance under heavy loads for enterprises.
Sentiment score
6.7
VMWare Avi Load Balancer is scalable, favored for application workload management, but requires engineering for optimal failover solutions.
It handles peak loads and thousands of concurrent connections without exceeding 10% utilization.
Program Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We have it deployed across multiple geographic locations, benefiting from load balancing resiliency.
Lead Network Reliability Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
I would rate it a nine out of ten for scalability.
Senior System Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
I would rate the scalability of VMWare Avi Load Balancer a perfect ten out of ten because it senses traffic and scales automatically, also scaling down when there is no need, making it very elastic, resulting in zero costs when there is no traffic, which is excellent.
Senior Associate Infrastructure at Publicis Sapient
In my role as a database engineer, scalability works in two layers and rarely becomes a bottleneck.
Senior Database Engineer, SRE at Interswitch Group
Scalability-wise, VMWare Avi Load Balancer is good.
Trainer/Consultant at Koenig Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Radware Alteon offers high stability with minimal downtime, effective updates, and user ratings of nine to ten for reliability.
Sentiment score
7.9
VMWare Avi Load Balancer provides stable performance and efficient operations, excelling in uptime with varying results under heavy traffic.
We've never faced downtime, even during peak transaction hours.
Program Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
There is minimal downtime, and the solution is quite stable.
Lead Network Reliability Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
There are no difficulties with the deployment of Radware Alteon; it is quite straightforward.
Technical Manager at Secur Links
VMWare Avi Load Balancer is very reliable and stable.
Vdi Consultant at Garbutt Ltd
VMWare Avi Load Balancer is stable based on my experience.
Senior Associate Infrastructure at Publicis Sapient
From a stability point of view, VMWare Avi Load Balancer is stable.
Trainer/Consultant at Koenig Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
 

Room For Improvement

Radware Alteon needs improvements in automation, user interface, customer support, integration, security, and educational resources to enhance competitiveness.
VMware Avi Load Balancer needs improved documentation, integrations, and security, with complex setup and high pricing deterring smaller businesses.
They keep integrating new features that sometimes break our production, but we use clustered systems, so we can test those software releases.
Senior System Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Other OEMs offer free courses and hands-on labs on new technologies and features, which we find useful.
Program Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
In the future, I would like to see some other security features added, such as DDoS, which is Distributed Denial of Service.
Technical Manager at Secur Links
Multi-cloud capability comes from a configuration called NSX Extended.
Pre Sales at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
The need for policy execution tracing to simplify debugging is evident because if connections are routed incorrectly, for example, directly to a replica, debugging can become painful in production.
Senior Database Engineer, SRE at Interswitch Group
It would also be beneficial to have true VMWare Avi Load Balancer failover at the VMWare Avi Load Balancer level.
Vdi Consultant at Garbutt Ltd
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers favor Radware Alteon for its competitive pricing, strong performance, and flexible, simple licensing options.
VMWare Avi Load Balancer offers cost-effective scalability; perceived as pricier than some alternatives but justifies the cost with functionality.
For our solution, it was right in the middle of price performance.
Senior System Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
The cost of the Radware solution is reasonable and stable.
Program Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The implementation and running costs are quite high.
Lead Network Reliability Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that its pricing is quite pricier compared to Anthos Service Mesh.
Senior Associate Infrastructure at Publicis Sapient
it operates on a capacity and consumption model, unlike traditional appliances that charge based on hardware.
Senior Database Engineer, SRE at Interswitch Group
 

Valuable Features

Radware Alteon excels in availability, security, and load balancing with user-friendly GUI, scalability, and robust support services.
VMWare Avi Load Balancer provides high availability, scalability, advanced security, and cost-efficient traffic management with multi-cloud support and robust analytics.
The product allows us to manage multiple networks and VLANs into a single box and add numerous web services and farms efficiently.
Program Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The best feature of Radware Alteon is basically the configuration; how we configure it is very straightforward, and it is very simple to configure.
Technical Manager at Secur Links
I find the best features to be the flexibility and ease of use.
Senior System Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Since implementing VMWare Avi Load Balancer, we no longer need to manually change IP addresses in our configuration, as Avi automates this process, which controls traffic and network appropriately, adding a layer of security and assurance.
Senior Database Engineer, SRE at Interswitch Group
The special capability I appreciate about VMWare Avi Load Balancer is its ease of use; it is very lightweight and quite inexpensive to deploy.
Vdi Consultant at Garbutt Ltd
It enables flexible deployment across environments and elastic auto-scaling, automatically scaling load balancer capacity based on traffic, then adding and removing service engines dynamically without over-provisioning, which leads to lower infrastructure costs and efficient handling of sudden traffic spikes.
Senior Associate Infrastructure at Publicis Sapient
 

Categories and Ranking

Radware Alteon
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (10th)
VMWare Avi Load Balancer
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
12th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category, the mindshare of Radware Alteon is 4.3%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMWare Avi Load Balancer is 4.7%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Radware Alteon4.3%
VMWare Avi Load Balancer4.7%
Other91.0%
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
 

Featured Reviews

RaynielBadiola - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at Secur Links
Load balancing has simplified deployments and improves application performance monitoring
I don't think of features that will make Radware Alteon better because it is already better, but to be able to compete also with other competitors, the price is something to consider. It is not actually that expensive, but for their level, there are other load balancers with the same feature, but they have a lower price, so pricing is the only point I can give. In the future, I would like to see some other security features added, such as DDoS, which is Distributed Denial of Service. Currently, it has the Web Application Firewall feature, but in the future, they can also add a DDoS feature or a more in-depth DDoS feature.
ParthasarathyT - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate Infrastructure at Publicis Sapient
Multi-cloud traffic has been routed intelligently while security and cost model still need improvement
VMWare Avi Load Balancer can be improved in various ways, as it follows a pay-as-you-go model, which still makes it quite pricey and a little expensive for startups or small-scale industries. They have to pay a lot to use it, and they may not find it reliable for their environment, but for enterprise-level or larger organizations, this tool is excellent. The product's stability has some bugs, and there are reports suggesting quick upgrades. New releases may require patches and fixes. The learning curve for new users is quite tough since the architecture controller and service engine differ from traditional ADCs, requiring an understanding of cloud concepts and networking, plus DevOps. It also has limited advanced traffic control compared to F5 due to a lack of flexibility with F5 rules. It can accept all traffic routes and paths, but when using an advanced setting like an F5 rule, it is not highly flexible with traffic scripting.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise22
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Radware AppWall?
There is room for improvement in reducing the number of false positives I receive. We could benefit from more configuration options to avoid these false positives, which can be overwhelming for a s...
What is your primary use case for Radware AppWall?
We are a system integrator company in the Philippines, and we are selling Radware Alteon product. Radware Alteon is usually used for a load balancer, so either a server load balancer or a link load...
What advice do you have for others considering Radware AppWall?
I would rate Alteon nine out of ten. The main reason I would recommend it is Radware's excellent support. I rate the overall solution nine out of ten.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Avi Networks Software Load Balancer?
I did not participate directly in pricing, setup cost, and licensing for VMWare Avi Load Balancer, as that responsibility falls to another functional team. However, I know that it was an internal d...
What needs improvement with Avi Networks Software Load Balancer?
In my opinion, VMWare Avi Load Balancer is a complicated tool with many advanced features that can be beneficial, but policies are powerful yet difficult to debug when traffic behaves unexpectedly ...
What advice do you have for others considering Avi Networks Software Load Balancer?
My advice for others looking into using VMWare Avi Load Balancer is to assess the environment and what you aim to achieve. VMWare Avi Load Balancer is powerful and delivers great value when designe...
 

Also Known As

Alteon, Radware AppWall
Avi Software Load Balancer
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Convergys
Palo Alto Networks, DGDean, Swisslos
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