F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs. NetScaler

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

38 Reviews and Ratings

NetScaler

135 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)	Score8.9 out of 10	N/A	F5 states that the "brain" of the BIG-IP platform, Local Traffic Manager (LTM) intelligently manages network traffic so applications are always fast, available, and secure.	N/A
NetScaler	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	NetScaler ADC is an application delivery controller.	N/A

Pricing

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

NetScaler

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Pricing Offerings
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)	NetScaler
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)	NetScaler
Considered Both Products	F5 Verified User Chose F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) Obviously NetScaler, because we had that functionality, we just turned it on. We were only using it for our Citrix farms and we migrated all of our F5 uses over to the NetScalers. So simply because that was, other than buying the product, which the actual NetScaler themselves … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) was the most robust and highest performing ADC product. Incentivized Helpful? Chris Woods Senior Network Designer in Information Technology at CPKC (Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,001+ employees) Chose F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) Its a complete security appliance. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) has more features, cost is higher in some scenarios, lower in others Incentivized Helpful?	Citrix No answer on this topic
	Would buy again
	100% Would buy again 31 Answers	93% Would buy again 13 Answers
	Delivers good value for the price
	96% Delivers good value for the price 27 Answers	93% Delivers good value for the price 13 Answers
	Happy with the feature set
	94% Happy with the feature set 29 Answers	100% Happy with the feature set 14 Answers
	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
	96% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 22 Answers	92% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 11 Answers
	Implementation went as expected
100% Implementation went as expected 25 Answers	100% Implementation went as expected 13 Answers

User Ratings
	F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)	NetScaler
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (21 ratings)	8.7 (25 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (5 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.3 (4 ratings)

User Testimonials
	F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)	NetScaler
Likelihood to Recommend	F5 No answers on this topic	Citrix No answers on this topic
Pros	F5 No answers on this topic	Citrix Flexibility. NetScaler assumes its admins know a bit about networking and in-depth details surrounding the applications they are configuring access for/to. This being so, the range of configuration options is very broad allowing various versions' combinations of protocol patterns, expressions, rules etc., all to the benefit of the admin. Granularity. Having such a broad range of configuration options available, while still allowing simple options to be configured simply. The GUI is well-stylized and navigation has a good flow. Ease of control. For load-balancing of simple services right out of the box, NetScaler makes it pretty easy, compared to the range of options available in the surrounding GUI and under the hood. Incentivized Jacob Corzine Systems Engineer Read full review
Cons	F5 No answers on this topic	Citrix The documentation could use an overhaul with specific examples related to the command line as well as GUI. Explanations in the documentation would also be helpful. Being able to have more than just one routing table would allow the ability to leverage security. Incentivized Josh Bugbee Network Engineer Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	F5 F5 has always been one of the best products we have in the data center. We had few issues with the BUG and Code upgrades but the main use cases for F5 was always top notch. From High availability to Globally load balancing applications across multiple data centers and muti cloud environments. Incentivized Sai Deepak Kunchey Network Engineer Read full review	Citrix No answers on this topic
Usability	F5 No answers on this topic	Citrix No answers on this topic
Support Rating	F5 No answers on this topic	Citrix No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating	F5 No answers on this topic	Citrix No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	F5 No answers on this topic	Citrix No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	F5 No answers on this topic	Citrix No answers on this topic
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