G2 Vendor Directory

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

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

MetricF5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

by F5

NetScaler

by ON EBX

Overall rating4.54.4
Review count4085
Ease of use9.18.8
Ease of setup8.98.5
Quality of support8.88.6
Meets requirements9.39.2
NPS73.52941258.75
Small Business8.1%8.2%
Mid-Market21.6%29.4%
Enterprise70.3%62.4%
Total page views186396
Total LLM citations1,1461,947

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

NetScaler

NetScaler is the application delivery and security platform of choice for the world’s largest companies. Thousands of organizations worldwide including eBay, IKEA, and Aria — and more than 90 percent of the Fortune 500 — rely on NetScaler for high-performance application delivery, comprehensive application and API security, and deep observability. NetScaler is a business unit of Cloud Software Group.

Pros

  • Ease of Management
  • Speed
  • Management Ease
  • Reliability
  • Performance Efficiency
  • Ease of Use