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EdgeNexus ADC vs f5 Load Balancer
f5 Competitors has very powerful load balancers and application delivery controllers. So do we, and not just because Our f5 Competitors are better value.
Usability - Its easy to use!
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It really is very easy to use
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There is no point In having features that are so complicated that they are never used in production.
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Unlike f5, an average user can configure Edgenexus easily, quickly and intuitively without needing any formal training.
Future proofing - ADP platform
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Nobody can predict the future, and 2020 has taught us to expect the unexpected.
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Our f5 Competitors have an integrated App store that allows you to build and deploy new applications and functionality In a fast and agile way, thus providing a platform to solve the problems of today and tomorrow.
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Would you buy a computer that can only run a single application or a mobile phone without an app store?
Cost
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The market has moved on since f5's heyday. Even large enterprises are under increasing pressure to deliver better value to the business without sacrificing features or performance.
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Our f5 Competitors are typically able to save clients 35%-65% of the price of a comparable f5 solution. This is because we are a next generation platform and don't have to support legacy telco technology.
| Feature | F5 LTM | Edgenexus | Notes |
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| AppliQcation Traffic Management |  |
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| Application Health Monitoring | |
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| Intelligent Load Balancing | |
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| Application Connection State Management | |
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| Denial-Of-Service (DoS) Protection |
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WAF Add-On for Layer 7 |
| Full Proxy | |
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Reverse Proxy & DSR |
| IP/Port Filtering | |
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| Key Management & Failover Handling | |
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| VLAN Segmentation | |
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| TCP/IP Optimisation | |
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| Application Protocol Support | |
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| IPv6 Gateway |
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| Application Delivery Optimisation | |||
| RAM Cache & Compression | |
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| SSL Offload | |
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| Secure Application Delivery | |||
| SSL Visibility (Inbound/Outbound) | |
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| SSL/TLS Encryption Offload | |
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| Application Visibility & Monitoring | |||
| Performance Dashboard | |
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| High-Speed Logging | |
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| Programmable Infrastructure | |||
| iRules & iRules LX for Data Plane Programmability | |
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flightPATH |
| iApps for App-level Config Management and Deployment | |
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jetPACK |
| ScaleN | |||
| All Active Application Clustering | |
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With GSLB Add-On |
| On Demand Scaling | |
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Upgrade and Migrate your Support on Virtual Appliances. Full Performance via Hardware Appliances. |
| Multi-Tenancy Partitions & Route Domains | |
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Via Native Docker Containers |
| DNS Services | F5 GTM | EN GSLB | NOTES |
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| Customised Traffic Steering | |
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flightPATH |
| App Health Monitoring | |
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F5 use GTM. GSLB. |
| IP Geolocation | |
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| Auto Failover | |
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| DNS Caching & Resolving | |
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| DNSSEC | |
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| GSLB | |
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| DNS server | |
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| DNS server | |
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| IPv4/IPv6 Support | |
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| SNMP | |
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| Expandability | |||
| App Store integration | |
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| Run native docker apps | |
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| Write custom apps using the Forge | |
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NEXT STEPS
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