We performed a comparison between Citrix NetScaler and Radware Alteon 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."We use the solution's IP Reputation and bot protection features."
"The load balancing feature and the fact that you can do context switching in the WAF are the most valuable. We majorly use it for load balancing, but we also use it for context switching in the WAF. It is also robust and very easy to work with and manage."
"I found that the GUI was very easy to to navigate. If you were looking for something, it was fairly easy to find. There's a lot of third-party documentation and information available online as well."
"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."
"My customers have told me that the performance of this solution is good."
"It has helped us to increase the resiliency of the application and the performance."
"The best feature of Citrix is its track record of stability in its features."
"What I like most about Citrix NetScaler is its stability, and I didn't see a lot of issues with it."
"The product offers high availability."
"The strength of this solution is the application delivery controller."
"The most valuable aspect is the ability to customize the types of load-balancing scenarios needed for customized applications. Some of the load balancers on the market today are strictly out-of-hand load balancers for SSL or HTTP. Radware Alteon is most useful for customizing in-house applications based on ports and protocols."
"The integrated application protection provided by Alteon is very good. It really helps to avoid false positives in some cases. It provides important granularity to avoid a situation in which security or cybersecurity scenarios escape us."
"A user-friendly and reasonably priced solution."
"The GUI was a valuable feature. It was uncomplicated and easy to use."
"The health status information, with its highly detailed reporting, has saved us time on troubleshooting. We have the precise information needed that helps us find different types of situations."
"The device blocks threats and allows legitimate users to work correctly."
"The solution is a bit more expensive than some of the available solutions in this region. One solution in particular that I noticed was cheaper was Kemp."
"Mastering it requires significant learning and training due to its complexity."
"Integration with other third party providers and third party applications could be better because it can be a bit complex at present."
"Reducing the overhead required for AppFlow data collection, specifically for HDX Insight, would be a huge improvement."
"They can improve the scalability and the multi-tenancy feature. We recently tried to configure an authentication, and we ran into some issues while using the web-based GUI. It was very slow when you log in with your credentials in the web-based GUI. Each time we clicked on the menu, it tried to do the authentication. It works properly in the console."
"We have issues with the certificates. All authorization processes need certificates, however, every three months we needed to change certificates. This process iss complicated for us because Citrix does not have a not user-friendly interface and does not off user-friendly services. This needs a lot of improvement."
"I think there is always room for improvement in this type of solutions. For example, I think the GUI should be easy to understand."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say the user interface because sometimes it can be complicated."
"Performance could be improved."
"I would like to see the loading documentation improved."
"Radware Alteon could improve the troubleshooting from the command line interface, they could do a better job making it easier."
"I would like for the load balancing to work with premier and the cloud, a mix of premium and cloud."
"Scalability should be based on customer requirements."
"I would like to see future enhancements in security, specifically in threat protection."
"The service could be improved by better customer support."
"You need to have pretty good internal knowledge of the solution."
Citrix NetScaler is ranked 2nd in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 85 reviews while Radware Alteon is ranked 7th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 33 reviews. Citrix NetScaler is rated 8.4, while Radware Alteon is rated 8.4. 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 Radware Alteon writes "It's a good fit for a small team because the maintenance is easier and you don't need to know how to code". Citrix NetScaler is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiADC, HAProxy and Kemp LoadMaster, whereas Radware Alteon is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), F5 Advanced WAF, A10 Networks Thunder ADC, HAProxy and NGINX Plus. See our Citrix NetScaler vs. Radware Alteon report.
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