We performed a comparison between Akamai Ion and Citrix NetScaler based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."Akamai is easy to use and very effective."
"It is a very stable solution."
"From a security standpoint, It is a comprehensive solution in a single box."
"The load balancing feature of this solution is very good."
"The most valuable features are the VDA Delivery, Gateway Fort, and the load balancing."
"Manageability and visibility are good."
"High availability, performance, and security are the main pillars. It enhances the security for accessing the applications."
"The web application firewall is one feature I found valuable in the solution."
"I would say the rewriting and redirection functions are must-have's for us."
"The product must provide more flexibility."
"I think the documentation should be improved."
"Citrix NetScaler has been recently acquired by another company and the support has been negatively impacted, the solution is at its end of life. The support for the solution could improve. The sales team needs to be improved."
"There is room for improvement regarding the pricing policy for Citrix offices."
"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."
"It can be difficult to setup."
"Currently, it is not easy to use the configuration capabilities of the product."
"Currently, the support team's responsiveness is lacking, and the technical personnel on calls often seem unfamiliar with the issues or inadequately trained."
"Technical support could be improved."
Akamai Ion is ranked 15th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 1 review while Citrix NetScaler is ranked 2nd in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 85 reviews. Akamai Ion is rated 7.0, while Citrix NetScaler is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Akamai Ion writes "Helps optimize the content delivery network, but doesn’t provide much flexibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix NetScaler writes "Optimizing application delivery and ensuring robust network performance with its excellent stability and comprehensive load-balancing capabilities". Akamai Ion is most compared with NGINX Plus, whereas Citrix NetScaler is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiADC, HAProxy and Loadbalancer.org.
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