Verified User in Information Services
AI
Verified User in Information Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"LTM review"
4.5/5
What do you like best about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

Traffic handling, SSL decryption, acceleration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

Very powerful device, hard to find the dislike or cons of the box until its use for HTTP, not for other protocols like DRA, where it does need improvement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
CB
Verified User in Banking
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"BIG-IP LTM is very flexible to address customer"
4/5
What do you like best about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

this device has rich features and good programmability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

There is limited support for programmability like iRue, need engage theF5 PS with the expensive cost to get full support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
AB
Verified User in Banking
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"F5 BigIP LTM"
5/5
What do you like best about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

Handy, easy to understand complex features n codes therein. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

Taking TCP dumps as it consumes lots of system resources Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Verified User in Financial Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best Load balancer in the industry"
4/5
What do you like best about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

Very easy to use, feature-rich, and easily scalable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

Not a whole lot to dislike about the BigIP LTM Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting
AA
Verified User in Accounting
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Nice Device to work on"
5/5
What do you like best about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

Managing the Site and Their load easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

Nothing. Actually it's the best in the market now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
AB
Verified User in Banking
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Good device"
5/5
What do you like best about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

Local traffic management,. ‌‌‌‌‌easyto handle, best load balancer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

Nothing, really great to work user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
CB
Verified User in Banking
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"irule is not user friendly"
2.5/5
What do you like best about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

Profiling and load balancing approach only Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

Policy defines and rule feature on system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JD
Juan D.
Sr Coporate Services Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"great load balancer"
4.5/5
What do you like best about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

great flexibility in what we can do with this load balancer.

we run all our production loads on it and it works great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

there has been a learning curve, and discovergin all the features that they offer takes time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DM
David M.
Administrador de Redes Senior
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"F5 Review"
3.5/5
What do you like best about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

The possibility of balancing traffic between several nodes added to a previously configured pool. Add certificates to the connections and rules to better manage the connections through macros. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

The inability to automatically update the backup nodes that form the HA. Starting the process with the backup and then proceeding with the main one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
AI
Verified User in Internet
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Awesome Load Balancer with great performance !!"
5/5
What do you like best about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

We've been using F5 big-ip LTM's for more than 10 years, The best part is iRules - easy to write, mange and route/block traffic. The new version of LTM's has cool feature of IRule editor in GUI, makes more easy for any changes.

Great platform i have ever seen in the market Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)?

Support costs and renewals are expensive, but it is worth of it because of great features and performance that F5 has Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.