Azure Traffic Manager vs. VMware NSX

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Traffic Manager
Score 9.7 out of 10
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Microsoft's Azure Traffic Manager operates at the DNS layer to quickly and efficiently direct incoming DNS requests based on the routing method of your choice.N/A
VMware NSX
Score 8.6 out of 10
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VMware NSX is network virtualization technology. VMware NSX is no longer sold as a standalone product and is now available as a part of VMware Cloud Foundation.N/A
Pricing
Azure Traffic ManagerVMware NSX
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Azure Traffic ManagerVMware NSX
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Azure Traffic ManagerVMware NSX
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.8 out of 10

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Enterprises
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Score 8.8 out of 10

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User Ratings
Azure Traffic ManagerVMware NSX
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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7.0
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User Testimonials
Azure Traffic ManagerVMware NSX
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Azure Traffic Manager is a great product, if you have multiple sites hosting similar services (Primary and DR), and you want to ensure that users are directed to the DR in case of a primary datacenter failure, [Azure] Traffic Manager does this very nicely. If you have a service hosted across multiple regions/datacenters and you want to balance the inbound load between the regions, [Azure] Traffic Manager does this very well, of course such scenario would require a database replication or something like Cosmos-DB in the backend [Azure Traffic Manager] is also well suited for inbound traffic with multiple IPs, you can fail-over traffic from one inbound IP to another based on its availability, or if you have multiple internet connections that you want to balance the load across, it does this pretty nicely too.
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VMware by Broadcom
With proper design, VMware NSX can and should be deployed to virtually any VMware virtualization environment, but the deployment should be tailored to the needs of that environment. There isn't really a one size fits all deployment design for all environments. That versatility is what provides its greatest strength to a business.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Performance DNS Load Balancing for Lowest Latency Endpoint to Clients
  • Priority-Based DNS Load Balancing to ensure maximum up time for a service
  • Geographic-based DNS Load Balancing to force certain clients in certain regions to connect to specific endpoints
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VMware by Broadcom
  • End to end encryption on the wire.
  • Micro-segmentation.
  • Integrates well with existing VMWare environment.
  • Integrates well with our existing network.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Traffic View is a great feature, but doesn't work very well, sometimes it gets stuck and stops loading traffic view data
  • Automatic probing for endpoints sometimes gets stuck too, I would recommend a technique to test the endpoint in real time from Azure Portal
  • Traffic View heatmap is buggy and doesn't point correctly to locations
  • Traffic View portal doesn't show source countries (Shows coordinates) it would be much more helpful to have coordinates auto-translated to geolocations/countries
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VMware by Broadcom
  • Interoperability in multi-vendor environments
  • Advanced networking and packet acceleration options can be improved
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Amazon Route 53 Traffic Flow does what [Azure] Traffic Manager does, however, in Azure Configuration is separated between Azure DNS Zones (For DNS Zone Management) and [Azure] Traffic Manager for DNS Traffic Management and Load Balancing, Route 53 in a unified product for DNS Traffic Management using Traffic Flow and DNS Zone Management. Route 53 does a great job, however, we found it to be a little bit more complex to setup than [Azure] Traffic Manager, Setting up traffic manager is pretty easy even for the first time, and getting the best out of it is relatively simple.
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VMware by Broadcom
We use both Cisco ACI and VMware NSX, and while they have different strengths and capabilities, I would recommend VMware NSX, as it can be used in all VMware environments, without costly physical infrastructure changes. Cisco ACI provides some of the same capabilities, but not all. It's focus relies on physical networking changes.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Service cost is exceptionally low
  • Overall, this product saves a lot of money for the value it provides and it isn't expensive
  • It's around half a dollar per million queries, which is truly peanuts, extras may be required if you do advanced configuration
  • I can't see any reason why any business wouldn't be using this product, very low investment for a very high return and savings
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VMware by Broadcom
  • Ability to move workloads more easily with the ability to stretch/move networks across multiple physical locations.
  • The added flexibility allows you to expedite tech refreshes since you're no longer constrained by the hardware.
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