Keysight Network Packet Brokers vs. NetScaler

Keysight Network Packet Brokers

Keysight Network Packet Brokers

1 Reviews and Ratings

NetScaler

NetScaler

135 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Keysight Network Packet Brokers	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Keysight's Network Packet Brokers provide programmable network flow optimization to help IT teams discover bottlenecks, troubleshoot problems, and improve data center automation. Developed by Ixia, the solution is from Keysight Technologies since the 2017 acquisition.	N/A
NetScaler	Score 8.7 out of 10	N/A	NetScaler ADC is an application delivery controller.	N/A

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Community Pulse
	Keysight Network Packet Brokers	NetScaler
Considered Both Products	Keysight Network Packet Brokers No answer on this topic	NetScaler Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler Much easier than Azure Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler easy to use and setup and reliable. Once the configuration was setup and running this has been really useful and easy to maintain. The other solutions seemed overly complicated and difficult to configure and get up and running with the security that we required Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler Similar but different. I have not fully deployed the other product to be able to compare them adequately. I would generally say that the NetScaler has larger functionality and is less pin point focused on the product delivery. There are additional services and functions that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler NetScaler is in a class unto its own. With the ability to vpn, grant remote access, present apps and desktops (normal and 3D systems), add advanced networking and load balancing options, and scale easily it does not really have a direct competitor. Enterprise customers will … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler user access is much easier. Don't have to worry about the vpn client, the configuration, users having to know too much know how. NetScalers allow the simplistic approach to remote access. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler We chose Citrix ADC over Kemp and F5 due to additional integrations with various products such as Citrix/Horizon/Monitoring tools. We additionally chose ADC due to better ease of use and ability to have the appliances be virtual or physical, with the configuration being a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler Easy to manage & upgrade software Stable code User-friendly GUI Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler Our company uses both Citrix ADC and F5 BigIP. This is mostly due to team preference. F5 seems to require the use of separate types of devices to do multi-site load balancing while Citrix ADC functionality is the same software on all devices you implement. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler Since we are primarily a Citrix shop, we did very little additional searching for traffic management appliances. However, we did review the possibility of using Citrix-based products, such as ASAs, via a VPN configuration to meet a similar need. Although we could have made … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler Our organization replaced 5 big-IP appliances with Citrix ADC, both are comparable products. The largest advantage for our organization switching to Citrix ADC is the shared code base and reduction of the number of vendors in an implemented solution chain from end to end. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler I have only used NetScaler in the past which felt like a completely different application to what it is now. There used to be a substantial amount of lag and associated frustration when using it but now as Citrix it is superb, not perfect but for someone who knows what it once … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler Using Citrix ADC vs. a VPN can be helpful sometimes, depending on the network you are using. VPN often takes too long to access the files in the network. Incentivized Helpful? Aldo Gil System Administrator - VDI Citrix / Horizon with Ivanti Workspace Control Chose NetScaler I have experience with Fortinet Gateways and with Watch Guard gateways. I am aware these products are focused on different purposes but overall they are similar as they are Routers/VPN Endpoints. As far as Netscaler goes, it can compare well to these types of devices and excel … Incentivized Helpful? Michael Downs Software Developer and Database Manager Chose NetScaler Citrix was purchased before my employment. Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Murphy Systems Administrator Chose NetScaler Citrix competes with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services. Citrix however adds features that makes for a lighter client. Lighter bandwidth needed between client and server. This enables you to work over slower data links or enables more users on a link. Citrix gives a better … Incentivized Helpful? Ian Hansen IT Service Director Chose NetScaler Other products such as the Barracuda load balancer and NGINX Plus were considered, but not tested. Since our group uses other Citrix solutions, we wanted to go with a unified and integrated approach. Incentivized Helpful? Brandon Pelinka Technology Coordinator Chose NetScaler Citrix NetScaler is much more cost-effective than the A10 series and I think it does its job even better. I have used A10 in the past and while they did fine, the did not overly impress me and certainly didn't do enough for the dollar amount that they are attached to. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler Netscaler has more features than F5 BIG-IP APM product and easier to manage with friendlier user interface for network admins. It was more cost efficient as well and if you have a Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop environment, it is more compatible with those products as well. Our … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose NetScaler Citrix works the best in my opinion compared to other competition and is most well known. Incentivized Helpful? Phillip Mengel Consultant Chose NetScaler The Citrix NetScaler is the competitor to the f5 BigIP LTM/GTM. I've used both products extensively and the both have pros and cons against each other. F5 has better support and better documentation, and is purpose built for load balancing applications. The NetScaler has a more … Incentivized Helpful? Jacob Corzine Systems Engineer Chose NetScaler For hardware products I've used smaller installations of F5 and CoyotePoint appliances. For software load-balancing solutions I've used Piranha (for LVS). The NetScaler and the F5 probably have the highest learning curves and the newer F5's probably have the greater support for … Incentivized Helpful? Brandon Rush Sr System Engineer Chose NetScaler I use F5 as well, which portions we could do in NetScaler, but we kept our environments separate for specific uses. Incentivized Helpful? Josh Bugbee Network Engineer Chose NetScaler Citrix NetScaler seems to be a beast right away. Once you start testing and getting used to the logic that is in place, it becomes the obvious choice for selecting such appliance to be used in an enterprise setting. Incentivized Helpful?

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	Keysight Network Packet Brokers	NetScaler
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User Ratings
	Keysight Network Packet Brokers	NetScaler
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	8.7 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.3 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Keysight Network Packet Brokers	NetScaler
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	Citrix NetScaler is suited to any environment where hardware load-balancing, application delivery or SSL offloading is a requirement. It's a product that can be used to manipulate traffic flows in a multitude of different ways and its only limit is the protocol, application and imagination of the administrator. It's not a product that includes helpful wizards to guide the admin through each process gracefully. While it is a fairly intuitive product to use, it's not for someone who is not initiated into the ways of networking and network protocols and communication. Nor is this a product that would lend itself solely for the usage of single usage scenarios where small traffic flows would be expected (although if desired the VPX product would probably suffice in that specific scenario depending on the environment) Incentivized Jacob Corzine Systems Engineer Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	The GUI interface is fairly easy to learn making ramp-up time faster than some similar products. It is used by thousands of companies around the globe so finding free support on Google is usually quite easy. The virtual implementation version of the product runs on a Linux-based hypervisor install so no additional licensing is needed for the OS. When used in conjunction with a Citrix Web front/Storefront, the integration is very tight making the passing of packets very quick. Even in the lesser VPX versions, there is the ability to have a cluster of Netscalers to allow for uptime capability. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	At times it seems like there is a flurry of firmware updates needed to remediate security vulnerabilities which creates some overhead. Out of the box automation using ADM is a bit lacking Nit picking but occasionally there are minor config changes that need to be done via CLI or GUI but nothing significant. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	I gave the NetScaler a 7 here because the system once configured and deployed is very easy to use. However, if you did not deploy the system and do not have the fundamental background knowledge then you will have trouble using the product in general. Overall it is a great product and service but does typically require professional services to be deployed. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Overall, our organization's experience with Citrix support is that support can be hit or miss. Oftentimes it takes multiple attempts and much longer than desirable to obtain a viable solution for issues experienced with their products. It would be great to see Citrix invest time, effort, and almighty dollars into improving their support and bug fix process across the board. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	Netscaler has more features than F5 BIG-IP APM product and easier to manage with friendlier user interface for network admins. It was more cost efficient as well and if you have a Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop environment, it is more compatible with those products as well. Our annual maintenance cost is lower as well. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	Features - There are many features to be used that we haven't quite gotten to. Licensing - The need for licensing is one of those necessary evils. Reporting - It gave our management team the requested graphs and statistics on usage. Incentivized Josh Bugbee Network Engineer Read full review
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