F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs Sangfor EasyConnect comparison

The compared F5 and Sangfor solutions aren't in the same category. F5 is ranked #2 in ADC , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 15.2% mindshare in the category. Sangfor is ranked #24 in EIV , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of F5 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Sangfor users who would recommend it.

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83% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Sangfor EasyConnect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Man...

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

118

Ranking in other categories

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (2nd)

Sangfor EasyConnect

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Infrastructure VPN (24th)

Mindshare comparison

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Sangfor EasyConnect aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is designed for Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) and holds a mindshare of 15.2%, down 16.3% compared to last year.
Sangfor EasyConnect, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Infrastructure VPN, holds 1.0% mindshare, down 1.5% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

Richard Polyak

Sr. Architect at NBC Universal

Jun 21, 2022

Reduces maintenance downtime and has a strong user community

Our primary use cases for F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager are high availability for applications and SSL offload certificates F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager helps reduce our downtime for maintenance purposes. It also offers us ease of use for the deployment of certificates onto a central…

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Sean Herrera

Project Manager at Novu

Aug 30, 2024

Easy to use and has a straightforward user interface

The solution is very straightforward and easy to connect. Sangfor EasyConnect is quite a secured product. The solution is easy to use and has a straightforward user interface The design of the user interface could be improved. The solution should have an AI feature that provides proactive alerts…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Good application firewall."

"I have found F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) to be stable."

"It makes the publishing of applications to the Internet safer."

"The main reason that we suggest this product to our clients is the great integration with other security tools, such as IBM Guardium."

"The combination of ADC and WAN is good."

"Initial setup is easy and pretty standard."

"The BIG-IP’s interface is more intuitive than other GUIs. It is well structured, not overloaded, and does not have too many gimmicks."

"The setup is pretty easy."

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"The solution is easy to use and has a straightforward user interface."

Cons

"Technical support could be faster. It's something I'd like to see them work on in the future."

"The pricing model has caused some frustration. My clients implemented the solution and later wanted to upgrade the features but the pricing structure was complicated. There are other solutions with better pricing models."

"The one gap I saw was that pure LBN integration is a little tricky. The insertion of F5 in LBN is a little tricky. They need to work on something, on products by which they can insert F5 in any sort of cloud environment."

"Performance: Using the product, applications are jittery."

"The solution could improve the ease of use, the management could be simplified. Other solutions are easier to use."

"There are issues with F5 BIG-IP but they are minor issues not affecting production and services. Sometimes the operations and the facility systems fail. However, there is an alert action from the windows. An ordeal for the manager."

"We need best-practice information. They have something called DevCentral and a blog. But we want something from F5 itself regarding how to tackle the false-positive configurations. If you go into detail with so many configurations it will find so many false positives from the moment it is enabled that it will quickly impact your applications, and it will not work."

"I would like to see improvement in the manageability and easier setup."

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"The design of the user interface could be improved."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"LTM is a good product, but it's expensive. They should make it more competitive because cloud providers offer free load balancing. Cloud providers can't cover all the security aspects of F5, but you get a decent amount of security. Cloud environments are becoming the norm across the IT industry. Many of the larger companies that previously used on-prem infrastructure are switching to the cloud, so companies like Fortinet and Palo Alto are reducing their prices. Otherwise, they can't compete in the cloud."

"The cost is high for this product, so it's not suitable for small customers, e.g. those with small environments."

"This product is costly from a licensing perspective considering its competitors."

"The solution is more expensive than one of its competitors."

"The price of the solution is sometimes expensive."

"The price is little bit on higher side compared to the cost of NGINX."

"Compared to using open-source products, the prices are not cheap."

"If your IT budget is good, go for it."

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"On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

29%

Financial Services Firm

Healthcare Company

Energy/Utilities Company

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with F5 BIG-IP?

Price is an area of the tool where improvements are required. I want to see CDN capabilities in the product.

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What is your primary use case for F5 BIG-IP?

I use the solution for load balancing.

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What do you like most about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

The solution is robust and reliable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sangfor EasyConnect?

On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Sangfor EasyConnect?

The design of the user interface could be improved. The solution should have an AI feature that provides proactive alerts when your infrastructure lacks best practices.

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What advice do you have for others considering Sangfor EasyConnect?

We're quite equipped with resources for maintaining the solution. One person would be sufficient to maintain Sangfor EasyConnect. The solution’s integration with other Sangfor products is quite eas...

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Also Known As

F5 BIG-IP, BIG-IP LTM, F5 ASM, Viprion, F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition , Crescendo Networks Application Delivery Controller, BIG IP

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Overview

F5 BIG-IP LTM optimizes the speed and reliability of your apps via both network and application layers. Using real-time protocol and traffic management decisions based on app and server and connection management conditions, and TCP and content offloading, BIG-IP LTM dramatically improves application and infrastructure responsiveness. BIG-IP LTM's architecture includes protocol awareness to control traffic for the most important applications. BIG-IP LTM tracks the dynamic performance levels of servers and delivers SSL performance and visibility for inbound and outbound traffic, to protect the user experience by encrypting everything from the client to the server.

BIG-IP LTM provides enterprise-class Application Delivery Controller (ADC). You get granular layer 7 control, SSL offloading and acceleration capabilities, and advanced scaling technologies that deliver performance and reliability on-demand. The highly optimized TCP/IP stack combines TCP/IP techniques and improvements in the latest RFCs with extensions to minimize the effect of congestion and packet loss and recovery. Independent testing tools and customer experiences show LTM's TCP stack delivers up to a 2x performance gain for users and a 4x increase in bandwidth efficiency.

Sangfor EasyConnect is a fast, simple and safe remote access solution to allow access to Windows desktops and applications independently of the machine they're installed on, from any device and with any operating system.

Its VPN Secure Access Platform for Unified Business can help user’s access business systems securely and rapidly at anytime, anywhere on any mainstream clients.

It also optimizes the transmission speed, allowing users to get the best mobile access experience and help enterprises save huge costs of IT construction.

Sample Customers

Riken, TransUnion, Tepco Systems Administration, Daejeon University, G&T Bank, Danamon, CyberAgent Inc.

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), The Royal Malaysian Customs Department, ShunSin Technology Holdings Limited, Carsem, Sunway University

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