We performed a comparison between Citrix NetScaler, HAProxy, and Radware LinkProof based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."What I like most about Citrix NetScaler is its stability, and I didn't see a lot of issues with it."
"It is a complete solution for those looking for an all-in-one."
"It has helped us to increase the resiliency of the application and the performance."
"I like the monitoring ability as it enables me to identify when an internal (load-balanced) resource is having issues before it becomes a problem in production."
"Provides resiliency for applications that reside on servers, as well as connectivity to remote applications."
"From a security standpoint, It is a comprehensive solution in a single box."
"The web application firewalling component is a powerful feature."
"The solution is very stable. We don't have any downtime or issues of that nature."
"It solves a problem for me where I can build files, not based on the health of the check, but rather the speed of the check."
"HAProxy potentially has a good return on investment"
"HAProxy's TCP load balancer is excellent and super stable."
"I can simplify configurations of many internal services (e.g. Web server configs) by moving some elements (like SSL) to HAProxy. I can also disable additional applications, like Varnish, by moving traffic shaping configurations to HAProxy."
"What I like best about the product is its simplicity and speed. When you need to set up a load balancer quickly, HAProxy offers options like sticky sessions and round-robin. It's also fast to configure, including adding SSL for security. While it may have fewer options than other solutions like F5, HAProxy gets the job done for basic load-balancing tasks."
"It improves our scalability and responsiveness services to meet our demanding customer requirements."
"Reliability. HAProxy is the most reliable product I have ever used."
"Software defined load balancing allows us to dynamically adjust and codify routing decisions. This speeds up development."
"The most valuable feature of Radware LinkProof is that it supports link load balance."
"Provides good performance and scalability."
"The most valuable feature of Radware LinkProof for traffic distribution is its DNS management capability."
"The performance and stability are the most valuable features."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The technical support could be improved. They do not respond or assist customers in a timely manner."
"The SLB could be better, and they should improve it."
"The WAF component needs to be simplified so that it is easier to use."
"Reducing the overhead required for AppFlow data collection, specifically for HDX Insight, would be a huge improvement."
"An area for improvement would be the difficulty in finding information about standard licensing costs over the internet. They should provide some reference prices on the net to be quickly referred to."
"Citrix ADC can improve if it provides a more user-friendly interface and clear working protocols. Citrix is not working with classic RFC, it is working with Citrix RFC, which is not common in the world. If engineers of Citrix can provide us with more information on working with the classic IP networks it would be a benefit."
"Maybe creating policies with simple regular expressions."
"This is an expensive solution."
"The configuration should be more friendly, perhaps with a Web interface. For example, I work with the ClusterControl product for Severalnines, and we have a Web interface to deploy the HAProxy load-balancer."
"The product does not have any new technologies."
"The visibility could be improved."
"We've changed solutions as it doesn't fit with our current needs."
"Improving the documentation with multiple examples and scenarios would be beneficial. Most users encounter similar situations, so having a variety of scenarios readily available on the tool's website would be helpful. For instance, if I were part of the HAProxy team, I'd create a webpage with different scenarios and provide files for each scenario. This way, users wouldn't have to start from scratch every time."
"Dynamic update API. More things should be possible to be configured during runtime."
"I would like to see better search handling, and a user interface, with a complete functional graphical unit"
"The reconfigurability in terms of the tooling could be improved and maybe an editor plugin can be added."
"Could have more customizations on the dashboard."
"Radware LinkProof’s customer support could be improved."
"There are certain features I would like to see in the next release."
"The solution lacks HA configuration."
"Radware LinkProof's marketing efforts need improvement to raise awareness about its capabilities and compete effectively in the market."