We performed a comparison between Citrix NetScaler and Linode based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."We appreciate that this solution facilitates our access to Citrix internet."
"The most valuable features are the VDA Delivery, Gateway Fort, and the load balancing."
"The most valuable feature is the content switching."
"Citrix Netscaler makes it easy to provide services to end users, offering better visibility into user sessions compared to VMware. However, instability in network or machine can cause headaches as it's hard to pinpoint issues. SSL offload feature enhances security posture by providing secure connectivity between end users and backend systems. We use additional Azure remote security solutions for comprehensive protection."
"The program is easy to install and to set up."
"The most valuable features of Citrix ADC are load balancing and application firewall."
"The best feature of Citrix is its track record of stability in its features."
"If you need PCI-compliance and have high security requirements, WAF is the most valuable feature. If you need to monitor your load-balancing services with complex types of monitoring, make sure everything is alright, and load balancing is important, Content Switching and Monitoring features are the keys to your needs. If you want to provide a lot of static images or data, the Caching feature works best for you."
"The fact that you can get a person on the phone has just been fantastic."
"It is also important that Linode offers worldwide coverage via multiple data centers. The ability to deploy on multiple servers, worldwide, allows us to have distributed services and failover and redundancy."
"The most valuable feature is the domain settings page."
"The solution integrates easily."
"Linode has many other cloud servers across the globe."
"Service availability is the most valuable feature. It gives every user 100 percent uptime."
"We can scale up and down as we require."
"The number one thing we like about Linode isn't necessarily a service, it's their support. We've found their support to be absolutely fantastic. They've been so outstanding with their support. Every single time we call them and we ask for advice or help, they go above and beyond and it's really made us appreciate what they do."
"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 security is okay, but the monitoring and reporting need improvement."
"Getting to use some of the advanced tools, even with the assistance of Citrix support, can be challenging."
"The technical support could be improved. They do not respond or assist customers in a timely manner."
"The setup for Citrix NetScaler has room for improvement. It could be easier."
"The solution should be able to scale more effectively than it does."
"I would like to see support for scripting, like "iRule", which gives you the option to implement any configuration which is not available out of the box."
"Citrix should improve the documentation. It is not really clear how to set up many features to our advantage. When we setup Citrix NetScaler ADC, we have to figure it out by ourselves without a lot of documentation."
"It would be nice if they had more data centers in Latin America."
"There is no notification from the company regarding upgrades."
"The network between different servers isn't very good. I have to install additional solutions to link the servers with each other."
"They don't have role-based access control, which is problematic for us."
"I don't know how all of their services work, but my understanding is that they're not offering the entry-level machine for someone who just wants to own their own web page."
"Its cost can be improved."
"The suitability of this solution depends on the features that you need. If you're an Uber-sized company then you're probably not going to want to start using Linode. If you are a large-sized organization then you're going to want to start using one of the bigger providers that gives you the scalability and the feature set that you are probably going to be needing in the future."
"It would be helpful if they offered a service where they handle the Linux security."
Citrix NetScaler is ranked 2nd in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 85 reviews while Linode is ranked 6th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 27 reviews. Citrix NetScaler is rated 8.4, while Linode is rated 8.8. 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 Linode writes "Straightforward to set up, helpful support, and the Object Storage is useful for system backups". Citrix NetScaler is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiADC, HAProxy and Loadbalancer.org, whereas Linode is most compared with Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Cloudflare and Google Kubernetes Engine.
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