Barracuda Load Balancer ADC Reviews

We use this solution for public-facing for LANs, WAF and non-critical public-facing. The solution is deployed on-premises.

The security feature that handles the traffic and works on the initial traffic for the website is very valuable.

The quality of the solution's performance could be improved. For example, the solution's performance is high because of CPU usage when the application is in refresh mode for more than 30 seconds. Additionally, a DNS feature could be included in the next release. For example, to repair DNS, Barracuda Load Balancer ADC can resolve the address directly, so there will be no need to go to the internal DNS. We can use Barracuda Load Balancer ADC for handling the DNS queries.

We have been using this solution for ten years and currently use version 5.14.

The solution is not scalable. For example, if you want to make upgrades, you must upgrade the entire solution. Currently, 35 people are using this solution.

We have had a good experience with customer service and support.

The initial setup was straightforward and deployment took one day.

The price of the solution is reasonable. It costs approximately 200 million. So the price is very good, and it's not very expensive, because it's just basic WAF, but the Load Balancer is good.

I rate this solution an eight out of ten. The service is good, and the price is affordable, but its performance could be improved.

I mainly use Load Balancer ADC as a WAF and a load balancer.

Load Balancer ADC could be improved by adding integration with Oracle products. In the next release, Load Balancer ADC should include form integration, a load balancer with Oracle, and URL rewriting.

I've been using Barracuda Load Balancer ADC for over six years.

Load Balancer ADC is mostly stable, though sometimes it gets overloaded due to the number of connections.

Load Balancer ADC can't scale if the usage is increased.

Barracuda's technical support is good - whenever we have an issue, they immediately connect and resolve it.

Positive

The initial setup is very easy, and I would rate the setup process as three out of five.

Initially, we implemented using a system integrator, then later, we did it in-house.

Load Balancer ADC is cost-effective and is about half the price of F5. A license for 1,000 users costs around 200,000 RIYALS. I would rate Load Balancer ADC's pricing as three out of five.

Load Balancer ADC is competitively priced, but it's not feature-rich, and its technology is not that advanced. If you have a good cash flow, I recommend using F5 instead. I would rate Load Balancer ADC six out of ten.