CISCO ACE VS RELIANOID ALTERNATIVE

Cisco ACE

Cisco® ACE (Application Control Engine) the Virtual Data Center (AVDC) integrates primary data center components, with applications.

RELIANOID

RELIANOID® is an Application Delivery Controller and Load Balancer that ensures high performance and security of IT services on a massive scale.

Cisco ACE’s Strengths

Boasting a substantial and dedicated customer following, Cisco has innovatively led the way in virtualized load balancing features through its ACE module.

Comply with the demands of large-scale infrastructure load balancing.

Cisco has introduced a “pay as you grow” licensing model, streamlining platform utilization and offering enhanced flexibility to its customer base. This approach is particularly beneficial for organizations seeking bundled solutions without intricate requirements.

RELIANOID’s Strengths

Expert and skilled R&D professionals accomplished in Zevenet and Zen Load Balancer, departing from an Open Source technology with no vendor lock-in and broad platforms integration (hardware, virtual, bare metal and cloud), bringing security, performance and readiness.

Cost-effective solutions with no constraints on products and services, tailored to the needs of midsize companies as well as large enterprises.

Protocol Versatility adapting and managing diverse network environments and protocols (UDP, TCP, HTTP/S, SCTP, SIP, T/FTP).

L7 and L4 Performance managing over 140K concurrent users at Layer 7, while at Layer 4, it efficiently handles more than 10 million concurrent users, all with just 2 dedicated cores.

High Availability witha automatic real time stateful cluster replication.

Security and WAF improved as it incorporates an Intrusion Prevention and Detection System (IPDS) and also an integrated Web Application Firewall (WAF). It actively safeguards web applications against specific threats while providing real-time IP blacklisting, Denial of Service (DoS) protection, and support for black and whitelisting.

User-friendly interface designed for both DevOps and SRE professionals, ensuring ease of use in managing and configuring systems.

Automation thanks to its fully programmable and robust REST+JSON API.

Cisco ACE’s Weaknesses

Cisco lags behind its competitors in terms of application knowledge, demonstrating limitations in this area.

Their next-generation service architectures lack comprehensive ADC functionality.

Cisco has experienced a decline in client requests for its ADC solutions, as evidenced by a persistent downturn in their marketing efforts.

RELIANOID’s Weaknesses

Emerging brand, challenging the ADC and Load Balancing market, operating as an open-source company.

Still in the process of building a significant presence. It must expand its partnership network more extensively.