It offers features Kemp doesn't provide. For example, there are predefined templates for handling Office 365. You can download them for automatic configuration.
Learn what your peers think about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM). Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: November 2024.
Tax Department at a government with 10,001+ employees
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2022-12-19T17:40:04Z
Dec 19, 2022
I like that F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is a product that comes with valuable features, but what stands out from all features is load balancing.
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) improves the resilience and quality of the application itself, the speed and the user experience for the application. The data that the users need from the application is actually acquired faster. So, it provides faster data acquisition.
Security Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2021-12-22T17:46:00Z
Dec 22, 2021
The most valuable features are DNS, APM, and ASM. Additionally, it is easy to use and you have a lot of flexibility to use the solution within a network.
Total Solution System Engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
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2021-10-20T17:56:04Z
Oct 20, 2021
I think F5's tech support may be better than Citrix's because they mainly focus on the ADC product, but Citrix support covers Hypervisor, XenMobile, FAS, and ADC. And from my experience, sometimes, we face some issues that Citrix cannot handle.
Sr. Network Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
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2021-10-08T19:39:08Z
Oct 8, 2021
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is very easy to use, from SSL Management to enabling, disabling loads, applications, systems, and monitoring. Overall the solution keeps our application functional from a client's perspective 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Sr. SAP Portfolio Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
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2021-04-13T17:11:41Z
Apr 13, 2021
One of the greatest things about F5 Load Balancer is that it provides additional capability for handling huge workloads and routing them to an SAP or non-SAP application. It is capable of supporting a large amount of user workload and application connectivity workload. This was the main reason why we chose F5.
In my team, we work in a very agile environment and the solutions from BIG-IP, including BIG-IP WAF, suit us well when developing and serving our applications.
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...
The solution is robust and reliable.
It offers features Kemp doesn't provide. For example, there are predefined templates for handling Office 365. You can download them for automatic configuration.
We use F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager to balance traffic.
It is a scalable solution.
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
BIG-IP can do anything. It's like a Swiss Army knife.
The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP LTM is brand image and recognition and the application delivery controller.
LTM's most valuable features include application security, data collection, and parameter-level rules.
The solution could improve the ease of use, the management could be simplified. Other solutions are easier to use.
The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP LTM is it helps our delivery team to make policies and rules for application.
I like that F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is a product that comes with valuable features, but what stands out from all features is load balancing.
The support from F5 BIG-IP LTM is good.
It has helped a lot to protect our organization from external attacks, especially XSS or XSRF types of attacks.
The tech support we got from F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager directly was pretty good.
We have multiple solutions we can deploy through the F5.
BIG-IP LTM's most valuable feature is that it allows you to seamlessly add more servers without impacting your application's configuration.
The feature I find the most valuable is the support infrastructure.
What we like best about this solution is its stability. It is extremely stable.
BIG-IP LTM is completely stable, and its performance is good.
It is a stable product from a stable company. Recently, they have been more focused on security as well.
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) improves the resilience and quality of the application itself, the speed and the user experience for the application. The data that the users need from the application is actually acquired faster. So, it provides faster data acquisition.
The load balancing function, the monitors that you can create, and iRules programmability are most valuable.
The capability is at a seven or eight out of ten.
I have found F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) to be stable.
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager is a stable and reliable solution.
Stable and scalable network traffic management solution for applications. It has good performance.
Secure and scalable traffic management solution for applications.
Good for bigger environments.
The most valuable features are the WAF and the big IP.
The most valuable features are DNS, APM, and ASM. Additionally, it is easy to use and you have a lot of flexibility to use the solution within a network.
Its user interface is very easy to use on a day-to-day basis. It is very user-friendly.
I think F5's tech support may be better than Citrix's because they mainly focus on the ADC product, but Citrix support covers Hypervisor, XenMobile, FAS, and ADC. And from my experience, sometimes, we face some issues that Citrix cannot handle.
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is very easy to use, from SSL Management to enabling, disabling loads, applications, systems, and monitoring. Overall the solution keeps our application functional from a client's perspective 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Currently, it's distributing the load perfectly, as per my understanding of our requirements.
In terms of stability, it is stable.
iRules are very valuable. In addition to that, the way profiles are depicted by the LTM is also very good.
There is a lot of documentation available.
The stability is excellent.
The iRule feature is very useful for inspecting HTTP. Sometimes, we use it for modifying the headers of the HTTP.
The most valuable feature of this solution is IP Intelligence.
We enjoy its overall ease of use.
I've worked a little bit with iRules and it is amazing.
One of the greatest things about F5 Load Balancer is that it provides additional capability for handling huge workloads and routing them to an SAP or non-SAP application. It is capable of supporting a large amount of user workload and application connectivity workload. This was the main reason why we chose F5.
Bandwidth optimization and capacity awareness of the bandwidth are valuable features. Its video streaming capabilities are also very useful.
It is stable.
One of the best features of the solution is the operating system.
The solution is very easy to use and easy to understand. It's quite an intuitive system.
The solution has good load balancing capabilities.
The web application firewall feature is the most valuable and useful feature. It is a leading industry product when it comes to load balancing.
Its user interface is very simple. There isn't a steep learning curve. When we initiate someone to F5, they start using it quickly.
The scalability of the solution depends on the sizing of the network. Generally, the scalability is quite good.
The main reason that we suggest this product to our clients is the great integration with other security tools, such as IBM Guardium.
The most valuable feature is customization.
In my team, we work in a very agile environment and the solutions from BIG-IP, including BIG-IP WAF, suit us well when developing and serving our applications.
The solution is easy to install. It's a straightforward process.
NetFlow balancing and traffic balancing are good features.
The product is quite flexible.
This is a solution that does what it's supposed to do at the price point.