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Akamai Ion vs Fortinet FortiADC comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Akamai Ion
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
16th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Fortinet FortiADC
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category, the mindshare of Akamai Ion is 2.2%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiADC is 7.3%, down from 9.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Fortinet FortiADC7.3%
Akamai Ion2.2%
Other90.5%
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
 

Featured Reviews

HarshBhardiya - PeerSpot reviewer
SOC Engineer at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Reliable bot management with valuable traffic analytics and good delivery configuration
We are using Akamai Ion primarily for CDN services. It is more about delivery configuration, and for security, we use Akamai WAF security controls and Botman Akamai Ion helps protect us from DOS, SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and scraping tools. Real-time analytics are very helpful for…
Suraska Sanjaya - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead at Adapt Information Technologies (Pvt) Ltd
Application load balancing has improved traffic distribution and supports straightforward clustering
I did not explore the advanced features as I only performed load balancing in the application and cluster implementation. I need to study Fortinet FortiADC more. Regarding Fortinet FortiADC reporting, our customer has not requested the reporting part from us, and I have not considered that. There appears to be an advanced reporting part that I am not aware of. The advanced analytics part was not requested from us. The only thing customers expected was load balancing.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Akamai is easy to use and very effective."
"The most valuable feature is bot management."
"Simple to use and easy to integrate."
"The solution provides high-level services such as availability, redundancy, and load balancing between servers."
"The most valuable features would be content caching and content compression; it also has an inbuilt firewall and a web application firewall feature, which I doubt any other ADC supports."
"The most valuable feature is its simplicity."
"Fortinet FortiADC is a good product because each and every piece of content is monitored by it."
"The solution is less expensive than F5 or Imperva and is the most reasonably priced option available."
"Because ADC is the intermediary between the servers and the end-user application, it gives thorough information about the traffic, what the problem is."
"Fortinet FortiADC is a stable product."
 

Cons

"Log management should display data for more than two months."
"The product must provide more flexibility."
"Because it is so generic, the documentation requires special attention. A person who has not worked on Fortinet FortiADC or a similar product will struggle to understand what the document is trying to say. The documentation could be more specific, and more detailed."
"When the FortiADC is part of a platform with components like FortiManager and FortiGate, automation and pushing configuration are very inconvenient."
"I think it would be helpful if Fortinet put more video examples on their cookbook site."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"The user interface could be more friendly and CLI could be more like that of Fortigate."
"The initial setup was not complex, but it was not simple either."
"Setup could be easier. The company's homework is to redesign those menus to configure with the smallest number of steps."
"Technical support and documentation could both be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is expensive."
"The price is competitive"
"They offer a perpetual license."
"The solution's pricing is an issue and should be improved."
"The solution could be more cost-effective."
"I believe the price is good. It's fair. There are no extra costs."
"The solution is less expensive than F5 or Imperva and is the most reasonably priced option available."
"The product has average pricing. I rate its pricing a five out of ten."
"Our basic license excludes features such as antivirus and IDS. Due to license limitations, some functionalities are not configured."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Comms Service Provider
18%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Educational Organization
8%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

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Is Citrix ADC (formerly Netscaler) the best ADC to use and if not why?
For ADC, any ADC can do a good job. But in case if you want to add WAF functionality to the same ADC hardware you have to look for other ADC's like F5, Imperva, Radware, Fortinet, etc.
Do you recommend Fortinet FortiADC?
I recommend Fortinet FortiADC. My experience with Fortinet has been very positive. Our company has been using it for around five years. We mainly use FortiADC for the load balancing of application ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiADC?
Pricing is not considered on our side since we are the implementation team. Our pre-sales team considers the pricing and all the details.
 

Also Known As

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FortiADC Application Delivery Controller, FortiADC
 

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Sample Customers

Eurail, Boston Scientific
Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data
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