# Pound Reviews
**Vendor:** Apsis  
**Category:** [Load Balancing Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/load-balancing)  
**Average Rating:** 3.5/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 1
## About Pound
Pound was developed to enable distributing the load among several Web-servers and to allow for a convenient SSL wrapper for those Web servers that do not offer it natively.




## Pound Reviews
  ### 1. It works really well.

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Brandon M. | Realtor, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2018

**What do you like best about Pound?**

This security system although it has many options is very easy to use, it is very friendly and for a user who has never used it you can use it easily, I could say that this type of security should be implemented to other platforms.

**What do you dislike about Pound?**

 What I do not like is the cost, the cost of this application is too high for the options and security that it has. It lacks features too.

**Recommendations to others considering Pound:**

I would recommend you go for a trial version, there are better options available too.

**What problems is Pound solving and how is that benefiting you?**

In experience, it is not a bad program, but it is very basic depending on the type of platform you are using. 


## Pound Discussions
  - [What is Pound used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-pound-used-for)

- [View Pound pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/pound/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-20+06%3A00%3A21+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=458d7cd9-c74a-4c81-ad2b-26a76088b5fd&secure%5Btoken%5D=81fa0d9a139f1be6e116f47b5c7f22724dedabc55e46767ee538164098b5bb9d&format=llm_user)

## Pound Features
**Usability - Load Balancing**
- User Interface Design
- Setup Simplicity
- Platform Integration
- Container Support

**Performance Optimization - Load Balancing**
- Global Load Balancing
- Dynamic Resource Allocation
- Server Health Monitoring
- Disaster Recovery

**Security & Compliance - Load Balancing**
- SSL/TLS Termination
- Application Firewall Integration
- DDoS Mitigation
- Access Control
- IP Whitelisting/Blacklisting

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