We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and SonicWall Mobile Connect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."Load balancing generally brings high availability and a bigger ability to scale out. In some cases, it brings security, depending on how it is configured."
"The solution has good load balancing capabilities."
"If I were to choose one key feature in particular, perhaps it would be the iRule feature. It’s a really versatile tool."
"iRules are very valuable. In addition to that, the way profiles are depicted by the LTM is also very good."
"There is a lot of documentation available."
"You can create multiple virtual servers on F5 BIG-IP technology, and within multiple virtual servers you can have multiple nodes, where a node equals two application servers."
"It can determine if the system is going down, then route the traffic somewhere else."
"It is stable."
"The solution offers multiple OS support."
"The solution benefits IT managers in backend programming. The ease of configuring and securing it while ensuring security measures is crucial. The tool is easy in terms of user experience. It is straightforward."
"The ease of use is great. It's pretty easy for users to get on the tablet or whatever and select the bookmark they need and just take it over."
"I can say that it's stable and the performance is acceptable."
"Implementing whitepapers with a lot more applications could easily be added."
"The deployment could be simplified."
"The GUI needs improvement."
"I would like there to be more device security. I would like the tool to support SSL links, along with SSL and TLS."
"In terms of native integrations, there is a lot of instability. Also, integration is not robust with F5."
"It's a very expensive solution."
"A more intuitive interface would be helpful."
"I would like them to have more flexible models."
"Lacks multiple cloud integration."
"Licensing includes things that my customers don't need."
"Technical support can always get better. Any time you have to call in for any certain thing, it can be difficult."
"SonicWall Mobile Connect’s marketing efforts are commendable; they may not be perceived as the most secure player compared to Fortinet or Meraki. SonicWall Mobile Connect should focus on positioning itself as a strong contender in the mid-market segment to improve its standing. Many high-end engineers dismiss it in favor of Fortinet or Meraki, often due to a lack of firsthand experience."
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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews while SonicWall Mobile Connect is ranked 34th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 4 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2, while SonicWall Mobile Connect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Helps deliver applications to users in a reliable, secure, and optimized way". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall Mobile Connect writes "A straightforward tool with high adoption rate due to its user-friendliness ". F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and A10 Networks Thunder ADC, whereas SonicWall Mobile Connect is most compared with SonicWall Netextender, Tailscale and OpenVPN Access Server.
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