NetScaler vs. ngrok

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NetScaler
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
NetScaler ADC is an application delivery controller.N/A
ngrok
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
A unified ingress platform for developers, a simplified API-first ingress-as-a-service designed to add connectivity, security, and observability to apps in one line. ngrok aims to reduce the complexity of application and API delivery by unifying multiple point tools, accelerating time to market and enhancing operational agility.
$10
per month per developer
Pricing
NetScalerngrok
Editions & Modules
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ngrok for development - Personal
$10
per month
ngrok for development - Pro
$25
per month
ngrok for development - Enterprise
$39
per month
ngrok for production - pay-as-you-go
from $15
per month per endpoint
ngrok for production - Custom
Custom Pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NetScalerngrok
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises
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NGINX
Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
NetScalerngrok
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(26 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
NetScalerngrok
Likelihood to Recommend
Citrix
Citrix Netscaler can be a powerful network appliance for environments that are fully committed and open to utilizing a network appliance that isn't made by a traditional network vendor. Administrator user experience has improved over the years and will continue to improve with the flexibility of virtual and physical appliances available for medium and large enterprises.
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ngrok
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Pros
Citrix
  • Flexibility. NetScaler assumes its admins know a bit about networking and in-depth details surrounding the applications they are configuring access for/to. This being so, the range of configuration options is very broad allowing various versions' combinations of protocol patterns, expressions, rules etc., all to the benefit of the admin.
  • Granularity. Having such a broad range of configuration options available, while still allowing simple options to be configured simply. The GUI is well-stylized and navigation has a good flow.
  • Ease of control. For load-balancing of simple services right out of the box, NetScaler makes it pretty easy, compared to the range of options available in the surrounding GUI and under the hood.
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ngrok
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Cons
Citrix
  • The documentation could use an overhaul with specific examples related to the command line as well as GUI. Explanations in the documentation would also be helpful.
  • Being able to have more than just one routing table would allow the ability to leverage security.
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ngrok
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Usability
Citrix
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.
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ngrok
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Support Rating
Citrix
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.
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ngrok
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Alternatives Considered
Citrix
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
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ngrok
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Return on Investment
Citrix
  • We had this set up before COVID and it saved us. We just added user licenses and scaled out our citrix farm and IT sat back and just monitored users from home.
  • Scales up and out with ease
  • Challenging to find NetScaler experts for advanced features you want to enable and use
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ngrok
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