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Apache Traffic Server vs. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricApache Traffic Server

by The Apache Software Foundation

F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

by F5

Overall rating4.14.5
Review count1740
Ease of use7.69.1
Ease of setup8.68.9
Quality of support7.48.8
Meets requirements9.19.3
NPS35.29411873.529412
Small Business35.3%8.1%
Mid-Market35.3%21.6%
Enterprise29.4%70.3%
Total page views34186
Total LLM citations391,146

Apache Traffic Server

Apache Traffic Server is a fast, scalable and extensible HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2.0 compliant caching proxy server.

Pros

    F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

    F5 BIG-IP LTM optimizes the speed and reliability of your applications via both network and application layers. Using real-time protocol and traffic management decisions based on application and server conditions, extensive connection management, and TCP and content offloading, BIG-IP LTM dramatically improves application and infrastructure responsiveness. LTM's full proxy architecture give users protocol awareness to control traffic for the most important applications.

    Pros

    • Features
    • Configuration Ease
    • Security
    • Reliability
    • Load Balancing
    • Simple