We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), OpenVPN Access Server, and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."Valuable features include Link Controller and Server Load Balancer."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP LTM is brand image and recognition and the application delivery controller."
"It is a stable product from a stable company. Recently, they have been more focused on security as well."
"The detail that you have available when setting up iRules."
"It supports APIs and virtual additions for cloud and VMware."
"Currently, it's distributing the load perfectly, as per my understanding of our requirements."
"The product is quite flexible."
"The stability is very reliable in my experience."
"The product provides secure internet connections and helps with faster downloads."
"Its most valuable feature is that it is open source."
"OpenVPN Access Server allows us to establish a secure connection to an IP address that would otherwise be inaccessible without using a VPN."
"OpenVPN Access Server provides remote secure access."
"The product’s adaptability is valuable."
"The most valuable feature is stability."
"The most valuable feature is that I can access my local network remotely and avoid doing all the port forwarding and redirections, and so on."
"This solution provides a DLP on the cloud and very few people have a scanning device for data at rest."
"We're now able to go after contracts that require a Zero Trust solution and Prisma's other technology solutions."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it offers stability and scalability while being a very secure product."
"The remediation process is easy compared to other platforms."
"The solution improved the consistency of our security controls and the BCP. There has been a 20 percent reduction in TCO. Prisma Access also enabled us to deliver better applications by centralizing security management."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to join your network and provide access through the VPN."
"Palo Alto Firewall is one of the best firewalls in the world."
"Monitoring is the most valuable feature because we can easily monitor all kinds of stuff coming over the network. We can check the dashboard and work accordingly."
"F5 could improve the rule-setting capabilities in the GUI, and they need to simplify web management. For example, the menus in the Citrix GUI are easier to navigate, with a clean structure and layout."
"The user interface of F5 BIG-IP LTM is old and could improve."
"I would like to see F-5 implement a regular routing like in other Linux-based devices. When we try and integrate in some complex networks, we have to use some additional routing scenarios from a Layer 3 perspective, then we have some problems. It would be great if this were fixed somehow."
"There is room for improvement in the user interface."
"It requires a particular skill or training before being able to manage it."
"The solution's initial setup process was quite complex. I"
"The price for F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager is very high. This aspect could be improved."
"Improvements should enable customers to build a tailor-made solution in the future through a service portal."
"It would be nice with all these features, if they could send some examples of each one; just small sample scripts to look at and say, "Oh okay, I could expand on this." That would help us a lot."
"The solution should provide a faster connection, and its security could be improved."
"It could be faster. It could also be more stable."
"I want the tool to be faster. We have experienced connectivity issues while using OpenVPN and FortiClient."
"We occasionally have internet issues which affect stability."
"I would like to see a GUI or Web UI to manage users. Today these features are in the Pro Edition or are done by scripts."
"There was one annoying feature where we had to disable and enable the user. I cannot remember what it was exactly, but I think it was for a password lockout. It would be nice if there was a checkbox, or something, in the web interface to allow you to unlock a user whose password was locked."
"I would be more happy with the idea of licensing to have a reduced price with longer, grouped, annual fees. We have a lot of other software that does the same thing. It's a little higher price if you're going with a shorter stint, but there's a reduction in price for three- and five-year contracts."
"My clients would like to see a more feature-rich product."
"The price can be reduced to make it more competitive."
"Dependencies of applications sometimes is a bit confusing."
"There is some particular traffic that the security team wants to filter out and apply their own policies and they cannot."
"Though the monitoring is fine, the solution should improve its application graphs and interface monitoring."
"The BGP filtering options on Prisma Access should be improved."
"When it comes to the VPN, it uses the global protect VPN functionality to connect remotely, but it has a feature limitation for assigning multiple IP sub-links to different user groups. It would be much better if we are able to assign the current IP blocks for the sub-links based on the user groups."
"The user interface could be better. They need to work a little bit on the console. It is similar to their firewalls but not exactly. They need to clean it up a bit."
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