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Azure Load Balancer vs Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)

Azure Load Balancer

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Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)

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Plans published33
Spec score · Load Balancing Software6.3 (#20)7.4 (#9)

Plans

Azure Load Balancer

  • Standard Load Balancer — Regional TierPriced on request
  • Standard Load Balancer — Global TierPriced on request
  • Gateway Load BalancerPriced on request

Azure Load Balancer pricing →

Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)

  • Citrix Platform LicensePriced on request
  • Citrix Universal Hybrid Multi-Cloud LicensePriced on request
  • NetScaler Fixed-Capacity LicensePriced on request

Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) pricing →

In their own words

Azure Load Balancer

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Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)

Citrix ADC, now NetScaler, is an application delivery and security platform for high-performance traffic management, application and API protection, and end-to-end observability. Its delivery features include load balancing, intelligent traffic management, SSL/TLS offloading, dynamic scaling, Kubernetes ingress, and multi-cluster routing. Security capabilities include a web application firewall, API protection, and bot mitigation. Management options cover ADC monitoring, infrastructure as code, intent-based configuration, Next-Gen API, and NITRO APIs. NetScaler is available as a virtual machine (VPX), container (CPX), bare-metal deployment (BLX), or single-tenant (MPX) and multi-tenant (SDX) hardware. A common code base and single management plane support management across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Listed integrations include AWS, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Oracle, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Rancher, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, and Elastic. The Platform License has unlimited throughput; the Universal Hybrid Multi-Cloud License includes 1,000 Gbps; Fixed-Capacity defines instance counts. Prices are available on request.

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