Akamai Ion vs. Celestix EdgeNexus

Akamai Ion

3 Reviews and Ratings

Celestix EdgeNexus

1 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Akamai Ion	Score9.9 out of 10	N/A	Akamai offers the Ion application delivery controller suite to automatically supply performance optimization to websites and mobile or web applications.	N/A
Celestix EdgeNexus	Score8.2 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	EdgeNexus is an ADC/Load Balancer used to implement and manage security, traffic, SSO/Pre-authentication, and, of course, load balancing. EdgeNexus advantages, as presented by the vendor: - Includes an App Store for future-proofing/expandability by adding more features such as Global Server Load Balancing, Web Application Firewall, and Cisco. - One-click migration from KEMP, f5 and A10 load balancers. - Reverse Proxy, Traffic Manager (compatible with f5 i…	$2,995 one-time fee per installation

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Pricing Offerings
Akamai Ion	Celestix EdgeNexus
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

No setup fee

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User Ratings
	Akamai Ion	Celestix EdgeNexus
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Akamai Ion	Celestix EdgeNexus
Likelihood to Recommend	Akamai Akamai Ion is excellent if you have the staff to manage the configurations and understand how best to leverage its benefits amidst ongoing Dev work without getting in their way. You'll have to communicate consistently on what the CDN does and does not do as well as drive knowledge sharing sessions on expected behavior or unexpected behavior to help reduce unnecessary troubleshooting from your IT and Dev teams when tickets/issues arise. Akamai Ion is best suited for well equipped and well informed IT or Marketing teams that can leverage the delivery benefits of caching and offload. Doing so will increase customer satisfaction, reduce bounce rates, improve conversion rates as well as drive more time on site. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Celestix Networks Inc. No answers on this topic
Pros	Akamai Ease of management with good UI for making rules and behaviors. There is also an API and Code integration for the advanced Dev-Ops team to use as well. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Celestix Networks Inc. No answers on this topic
Cons	Akamai The learning curve on using a CDN is steep and requires class time. The initial onboarding and integration with the business' DevOps teams should be a bit closer relationship. Global vs. Regional management can be a bit challenging if your account is centralized overseas, and you want a local time-zone account manager on your time. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Celestix Networks Inc. No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Akamai Support for tickets has gotten better/quicker over the years. Also, there is a wealth of information on the knowledge base, documentation, and there is also a message board too now. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Celestix Networks Inc. No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Akamai Improved conversion rates. Reduced page load times. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Celestix Networks Inc. No answers on this topic
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