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.
| Type | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) | Aug 4, 2025 | Download |
| Product | Reviews, tips, and advice from real users | Aug 4, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs NetScaler | Aug 4, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs Microsoft Azure Application Gateway | Aug 4, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs HAProxy | Aug 4, 2025 | Download |
| Title | Rating | Mindshare | Recommending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure Application Gateway | 3.7 | 7.6% | 79% | 48 interviewsAdd to research |
| NetScaler | 4.2 | 14.4% | 91% | 107 interviewsAdd to research |
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.
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) was previously 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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This product has helped us build robust solutions for what my company does.
We are fond of the load balancing feature for DNS and servers. Also, these can help you natting/hiding the real IP.
I have been working on the LTM and GTM lines. Both of the products are awesome. I would consider the Wide IP and ZoneRunner features of GTM extremely useful.
For the overall product, I would say provisioning is a good feature. There are other modules, which are good and people might want to try, such as APM and ASM. They are used for firewall and SSL VPN.
The only area that has room for improvement would be pricing.
Other than that, the v11 clustering is a new technology they have brought in that does not require improvement. They are the leader in the space.
We did not find any stability issues while working on it.
Bugs are part of any solution and they are fixed with every release, as with any vendor.
I have not encountered any scalability issues.
Customer Service:
We used to work with support three years back and it was not that great then. Hopefully, the situation has now improved.
Technical Support:
We did not require much technical support, as the product has good documentation. However, the experience with support as compared to other vendors was not excellent, but usable.
Regarding load balancing, this was our first product.
If you do not understand the design of this product, initial setup is tricky. If you do understand it, initial setup is straightforward.
This was implemented by an in-house team.
With the new pricing model, ROI was low, hence we switched.
This product is costly from a licensing perspective considering its competitors. This is why it lost a rating point from me.
If your IT budget can support it, go for it.
Attend a training class before trying to deploy it, or at least refer to online videos on their portal, as this will make it fairly easy for you.
It is one of the best and easiest load balancing solutions. The product was designed to allow newbies to configure it, and it is properly documented.
Hello Orlee,
Thanks for reaching out to me. The documentation covers the entirity of the product along with guide to why that feature is enriching. Most vendors tend to forget that the documentation is written to keep the end user being a completely newbie. They just assume their reader knows the product. And others don't document at all. It needs to list the feature why was it implemented and how can it be used. And commands to enable the feature . Hope this help . As an example the don't list of having irules feature but also mention why was it deployed and how can you use it .. not to forget dev central and what more can you achieve of the box.
Regards
Girish Vyas