We performed a comparison between Citrix NetScaler and Fortinet FortiADC based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"The solution is extremely stable."
"The most valuable feature is load balancing."
"The solution is very stable. We don't have any downtime or issues of that nature."
"The GSLB feature allows us to move services between data centers. We can do this in either a planned or unplanned manner. We have experienced service provider outages at our primary data center and GSLB will kick in to automatically modify DNS records to point to a secondary data center (active/passive). We also make use of GeoIP information to point clients to the closest data center for accessing applications."
"High availability, performance, and security are the main pillars. It enhances the security for accessing the applications."
"It has helped us to increase the resiliency of the application and the performance."
"It is a complete solution for those looking for an all-in-one."
"Simple to use and easy to integrate."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL offloading capacity."
"The product has flexible and interesting licensing options."
"From a technical perspective, it is the most scalable device from Fortinet."
"The user interface is very easy and integrates with Sandbox easily."
"Fortinet FortiADC is a good product because each and every piece of content is monitored by it."
"The GSLB, the DR side, is the best part. Because we had our main side in one city, we created another, and we had a complete MPLS over the internet. We used the GSLB and data loss for our business applications."
"It's a good product because it supports all the features that ADC solutions in the market can support, like F5 solutions, for example, such as the LTM of F5."
"Manageability and adaptability can also be challenging for end customers."
"Reducing the overhead required for AppFlow data collection, specifically for HDX Insight, would be a huge improvement."
"We had some bugs in the previous firmware. These were not big issues, but more testing on the firmware would be key to happier customers."
"The interface needs to be improved because the competition is coming up with ones that are more eye-catching, straightforward, and sophisticated."
"There are certain features that are very useful and Citrix makes you pay a bit more for them."
"Citrix ADC is a complex product, and it takes time to understand these things. But the documentation is poor, and the deployment is difficult. Integration could also be better because what I find is that you cannot easily integrate the panel in the second sector. What I have found is that in the last index, there is a limitation when getting validated. Technical support could also be better."
"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."
"It does not have a sandbox cloud service and antivirus. It should have on-prem or cloud sandboxing and antivirus."
"The product's stability for VMs could be better."
"The user interface could be more friendly and CLI could be more like that of Fortigate."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"Technical support and documentation could both be improved."
"The solution's WAF needs an upgrade because it is not as good as FortiWeb, VMware, F5, or Imperva."
"FortiADC is complex to configure so the interface should be improved."
"Setup could be easier. The company's homework is to redesign those menus to configure with the smallest number of steps."
"There is a mismatch between the number of features they are offering and the device capacity on how much it can handle."
Citrix NetScaler is ranked 2nd in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 85 reviews while Fortinet FortiADC is ranked 8th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 19 reviews. Citrix NetScaler is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiADC is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Citrix NetScaler writes "Optimizing application delivery and ensuring robust network performance with its excellent stability and comprehensive load-balancing capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiADC writes "High-level load balancing and routing protocols but scalability is limited to 200 gigabits". Citrix NetScaler is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, HAProxy, Loadbalancer.org and A10 Networks Thunder ADC, whereas Fortinet FortiADC is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Fortinet FortiWeb, Kemp LoadMaster, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and HAProxy. See our Citrix NetScaler vs. Fortinet FortiADC report.
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