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Alteon

byRadware
in Application Delivery Controllers
4.6

Overview

Product Information on Alteon

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Alteon?

Alteon is a software that provides application delivery capabilities including load balancing, traffic management, and SSL offloading. It offers support for web application acceleration, security features such as web application firewall integration, and real-time health monitoring to optimize application availability. The software enables organizations to manage network traffic efficiently and address challenges related to application performance and scalability. Alteon is designed to streamline the distribution of workloads across servers and support business continuity by helping to prevent service disruptions and outages. It is used to enhance application reliability and ensure consistent user experience in complex network environments.

Alteon Pricing

Alteon software follows a pricing model based on factors such as throughput capacity, features, and deployment options. Pricing tiers are structured to accommodate different performance levels and advanced functionalities, with perpetual and subscription licensing available. Costs may vary according to physical or virtual appliance selection and the inclusion of specific modules or support packages.

Overall experience with Alteon

IT Manager
<50M USD, Energy and Utilities
FAVORABLE

“Radware Maintains Stable Performance Handling Requests From Over 400,000 IoT Devices”

4.0
Mar 10, 2026
We are using Radware as a load balancer in our IoT environment where it is handling requests from more than 400 000 IoT devices. It efficiently distributes requests from these devices to our backend servers and maintains stable performance even during peak traffic periods. So far we haven't had any major issues or downtime and the set up is pretty easy and intuitive and it is providing good visibility.
ASST.MANAGER, IT SECURITY AND RISK MANAG
<50M USD, IT Services
CRITICAL

“Radware is best among all load balancer in India and Overseas market”

3.0
Dec 8, 2022
the overhaul experience was good. The product has good GUI and feature to work and implement the solution in the project.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 7th December 2023

Radware is a global company focusing on delivering application and cyber security solutions for a variety of data centres, from virtual to cloud and software defined. They offer a solutions portfolio designed for assuring service levels for critical business applications, while also championing IT efficiency. With an emphasis on market adaptability, business continuity, and productivity, Radware supports over 10,000 enterprise and carrier clients across the globe. The company maintains corporate headquarters in the United States, international headquarters in Tel Aviv, and maintains a presence in regions such as the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1996
Head office location
Tel Aviv, Israel
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Annual Revenue
250M-500M USD
Website
http://www.radware.com

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Alteon Likes & Dislikes

Like

Stability and reliability - the platform has proven to be very stable in production . Even under high load from many IoT devices, we have not experienced significant downtime or performance degradation. Performance and scalability - handles large volumes of traffic efficiently and allows us to scale our services Visibility and monitoring - the solution provides good visibility into traffic, sessions and system performance Ease of configuration - management interface is intuitive

Like

the easy to use GUI, the feature and the support are great with respect to the product.

Like

The things I like: 1) Support is very easily accessible - support portal and experts available have solved some really hard crashing issues. 2) Product is easily understandable - UI/UX is streamlined, flowing from one section to other. Settings almost self-explanatory or context-implied. 3) Resiliency is quite impressive. If I didn't apply regular updates, the system would be working always on, non-stop and without issues.

Dislike

User interface While it is functional and provides the necessary controls, some parts of the interface feel a bit outdated compared to more modern platforms. Documentation could also be more detailed in certain advanced config scenarios

Dislike

the product need to have more scalability towards implementation of SSL and cybersecurity mechanism.

Dislike

The things that I dislike in this solution: Not all settings are available from GUI. Defined objects do not have a reference list, to see where it is used. GUI seems a bit dated.

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Alteon Reviews and Ratings

4.6

(104 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
69%
4 Star
30%
3 Star
1%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.7

Integration & Deployment

4.7

Service & Support

4.7

Product Capabilities

4.7

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  • IT Manager
    <50M USD
    Energy and Utilities
    Review Source

    Radware Maintains Stable Performance Handling Requests From Over 400,000 IoT Devices

    4.0
    Mar 10, 2026
    We are using Radware as a load balancer in our IoT environment where it is handling requests from more than 400 000 IoT devices. It efficiently distributes requests from these devices to our backend servers and maintains stable performance even during peak traffic periods. So far we haven't had any major issues or downtime and the set up is pretty easy and intuitive and it is providing good visibility.
  • SENIOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
    <50M USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Alteon on-premises vs cloud

    4.0
    Mar 24, 2026
    I started administering and using the product a year after implementation. The experience was quite smooth. If any issues arose, then through dedicated support portal they were replied to and/or escalated if necessary during the day. As we encountered some appliance breaking changes, the support provided a fix within a month. The offered product has quite extensive capabilities and pricing is easy to understand. Available experts (through support) have resolved any issues we had. Also the vendor has a community website available - where they publish news and useful insights. And from this community portal there is also a portal with online classes to get to know their solutions better.
  • Inforamtion Security Administrator
    1B-10B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    On-Premises Bot Protection Solution Maintains Stability and Compliance in Banking Sector

    5.0
    Mar 11, 2026
    We currently use Radware Alteon for Bot Protection and GSLB its been very stable and reliable. However, our team is only managing for Bot Protection. In banking, downtime is not acceptable and we cannot use cloud-based protection because of compliance and regulatory restrictions. An important factor for us is that it works perfectly in an on-premises environment, which is mandatory for our compliance and security requirements.
  • IT Associate
    50M-1B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Consistent Technical Support and Easy Interface Highlight Experience With Radware Alteon

    5.0
    Jan 6, 2026
    My overall experience with Radware Alteon is very good. The GUI and CLI interface is very good and easy to understand. I have been working on this device for the last 10 years and throughout that time my experience has been consistently positive. The main reason for the positive is Radware technical support - no matter the situation Radware team is always ready to help even if it is beyond their official support. They are always available to help, provide proper documentation.
  • IT Manager
    <50M USD
    Energy and Utilities
    Review Source

    Efficient Load Balancing and Operational Monitoring Reported in Radware Alteon Usage

    4.0
    Mar 17, 2026
    We use Radware Alteon as part of our infrastructure to distribute traffic to several backend services. The platform has been stable and reliable so far. It handles high volumes of connections without noticeable performance issues and helps us keep our services available. Deployment was relatively straight forward and the system is easy to operate
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