Akamai Ion vs. Barracuda Load Balancer ADC

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Akamai Ion
Score 9.9 out of 10
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Akamai offers the Ion application delivery controller suite to automatically supply performance optimization to websites and mobile or web applications.N/A
Barracuda Load Balancer ADC
Score 9.0 out of 10
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The Barracuda Load Balancer ADC is a Secure Application Delivery Controller that enables Application Availability, Acceleration and Control, while providing Application Security Capabilities.N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Akamai IonBarracuda Load Balancer ADC
Small Businesses
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Cloudflare
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Akamai IonBarracuda Load Balancer ADC
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.4
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
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9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Akamai IonBarracuda Load Balancer ADC
Likelihood to Recommend
Akamai
  • Akamai Ion is excellent if you have the staff to manage the configurations and understand how best to leverage its benefits amidst ongoing Dev work without getting in their way. You'll have to communicate consistently on what the CDN does and does not do as well as drive knowledge sharing sessions on expected behavior or unexpected behavior to help reduce unnecessary troubleshooting from your IT and Dev teams when tickets/issues arise.
  • Akamai Ion is best suited for well equipped and well informed IT or Marketing teams that can leverage the delivery benefits of caching and offload. Doing so will increase customer satisfaction, reduce bounce rates, improve conversion rates as well as drive more time on site.
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Barracuda is an inexpensive solution for load balancing web traffic of all kinds and works as a reverse proxy if you need one. It is efficient and has been a very stable solution. If you need extremely granular configuration for your load balancing traffic, then you may need to go with one of the bigger brands. Barracuda will more than handle regular small and medium business use and do so at a greatly reduced price point.
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Pros
Akamai
  • Ease of management with good UI for making rules and behaviors.
  • There is also an API and Code integration for the advanced Dev-Ops team to use as well.
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Excellent Load Balancing.
  • Flexible configuration - It's very simple to configure and powerful enough to handle many more websites than just our exchange site.
  • Continuously updated - Barracuda makes fairly frequent updates to address issues and improve features.
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Cons
Akamai
  • The learning curve on using a CDN is steep and requires class time. The initial onboarding and integration with the business' DevOps teams should be a bit closer relationship.
  • Global vs. Regional management can be a bit challenging if your account is centralized overseas, and you want a local time-zone account manager on your time.
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Overall, there are no issues. It just runs.
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Likelihood to Renew
Akamai
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
It is a product we plan on continuing to use.
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Usability
Akamai
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
It is fairly easy to learn after support helps you set it up and shows you how things work. Which they will do.
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Support Rating
Akamai
  • Support for tickets has gotten better/quicker over the years.
  • Also, there is a wealth of information on the knowledge base, documentation, and there is also a message board too now.
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
It did well for basic needs but would not deliver for all our services.
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Alternatives Considered
Akamai
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
We also had looked at Kemp and F5. The Kemp and F5 had a lot of horsepower and advanced configuration and functionality. When we looked at our workload and how we were planning on using the load balancers, we really didn't need all those extra bells and whistles. Barracuda provided all the standard functionality we needed and were looking for and did so at a greatly reduced price point.
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Return on Investment
Akamai
  • Improved conversion rates.
  • Reduced page load times.
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • It has allowed us to maintain a very high level of uptime.
  • It has allowed us to perform server updates without the downtime of services.
  • It has provided a consistent user experience by properly balancing service loads across servers.
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