Barracuda Load Balancer ADC vs. F5 BIG-IP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
F5 BIG-IP
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
F5 BIG-IP software from Seattle-based F5 Networks is a load balancing and application protection solution suite available on cloud or via virtual editions, on a subscription or perpetual licensing basis.N/A
Pricing
Barracuda Load Balancer ADCF5 BIG-IP
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Barracuda Load Balancer ADCF5 BIG-IP
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Barracuda Load Balancer ADCF5 BIG-IP
Considered Both Products
Barracuda Load Balancer ADC
Chose Barracuda Load Balancer ADC
The Barracuda Load Balancer is a basic load balancer while the F5 is an application delivery system with full networking capabilities.
F5 BIG-IP
Chose F5 BIG-IP
We always used f5 products and we like it
Chose F5 BIG-IP
In the application delivery controller space, there are a lot of players - established players like F5, Barracuda and Citrix all the way to new kids on the block such as A10.

Any of these companies can sell you a load balancer / application firewall device. Any of these will …
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User Ratings
Barracuda Load Balancer ADCF5 BIG-IP
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(5 ratings)
9.2
(187 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.5
(9 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(59 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(3 ratings)
9.5
(10 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Barracuda Load Balancer ADCF5 BIG-IP
Likelihood to Recommend
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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F5
Application delivery of both simple and advanced applications. It's easy to handle certificate management that do require individual certificates to be installed on each backend server, you can just install the certificate on the F5 BIG-IP and use for multiple backends. Also adding WAF is as simple as adding a generic policy and you will cover 80% of the scenarios.
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Pros
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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F5
  • It's reliable. We've had very little problems with the technology. Performance is always right on. Metrics are great. They come out of it. We'd like to do more probably with it in the future as we start to grow a lot more.
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Cons
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Overall, there are no issues. It just runs.
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F5
  • Recently we have been deploying F5 web application firewall and we have started the deployment. We have already moved applications out there, but we are not yet to the point wherein I could comment any positive feedback or any negative feedback because we are still going through it, right. But as far as I'm concerned, I don't see any drawbacks or any shortcomings on the F5 product lineup.
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Likelihood to Renew
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
It is a product we plan on continuing to use.
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F5
Stability of product and easy way to have account manager contact. F5 support team is also always available to help with major issues. Last year during the major OS upgrade F5 team and F5 leadership always shared clear information and F5 team was dedicated to help us to have it closed in record time
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Usability
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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F5
It actually satisfies the use cases, but I would like to know what it can do more than just the use cases, which is what I'm looking for, to talk at some point with somebody and figure out what to do next. We probably maybe could be able to do more that we don't know yet.
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Support Rating
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
It did well for basic needs but would not deliver for all our services.
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F5
I've supported F5 for three different companies. Our F5 support has been very consistent, regardless who the customer is. F5 technicians are very experienced and provide good support, even when issues are more related to knowledge than they are with the ability of the product to do what you need it to do.
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In-Person Training
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
No answers on this topic
F5
Practical cases and hands on , many hours of training with tipical cases
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Implementation Rating
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
No answers on this topic
F5
implementation is fine
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Alternatives Considered
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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F5
That's the one thing that really stood out. It was a lot easier to use from an administrator standpoint, so I think that's the one thing that really made our team decide to go with this product versus another competitor. Just ease of use.
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Return on Investment
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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F5
  • The F5 BIG-IP has improved all our load balancing needs, we have over 400 LTM VIPs in our environment this all use to be done with DNS round Robin configurations.
  • we have created unique APM solutions to support our external customer base
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