Application Gateway Insights

What is Application Gateway?

Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that enables you to manage traffic to web applications. It provides features like SSL termination, session affinity, URL-based routing, and a web application firewall (WAF) to protect against common web exploits. It is commonly used to improve the scalability, availability, and security of web applications.

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What other technologies are related to Application Gateway?

Application Gateway Competitor Technologies

Traffic Manager

Azure Traffic Manager provides global DNS-based load balancing, similar to the global load balancing capabilities offered by Application Gateway with its multi-site hosting feature. Thus it is a competitor.

mentioned alongside Application Gateway in 25% (359) of relevant job posts

Front Door

Azure Front Door is a global, scalable entry-point that uses the Microsoft global network. It provides similar functionalities like global HTTP load balancing and application acceleration as Application Gateway. Thus it is a competitor.

mentioned alongside Application Gateway in 20% (182) of relevant job posts

Load Balancer

Azure Load Balancer provides layer 4 load balancing capabilities, while Application Gateway provides layer 7 load balancing. Load Balancer can be used as an alternative for basic traffic distribution.

mentioned alongside Application Gateway in 6% (524) of relevant job posts

Azure Front Door

Azure Front Door is a global, scalable entry-point that uses the Microsoft global network. It provides similar functionalities like global HTTP load balancing and application acceleration as Application Gateway. Thus it is a competitor.

mentioned alongside Application Gateway in 12% (147) of relevant job posts

Azure Load Balancer

Azure Load Balancer provides layer 4 load balancing capabilities, while Application Gateway provides layer 7 load balancing. Load Balancer can be used as an alternative for basic traffic distribution.

mentioned alongside Application Gateway in 12% (134) of relevant job posts

Application Gateway Complementary Technologies

AppService

Azure App Services host web applications, REST APIs, and mobile back ends. Application Gateway can be used to load balance traffic to multiple App Service instances for scalability and high availability.

mentioned alongside Application Gateway in 30% (188) of relevant job posts

Azure Firewall

Azure Firewall is a managed, cloud-based network security service that protects your Azure Virtual Network resources. Application Gateway can be deployed behind Azure Firewall for enhanced security.

mentioned alongside Application Gateway in 12% (363) of relevant job posts

VNET

Azure Virtual Network (VNet) is the fundamental building block for your private network in Azure. Application Gateway is typically deployed within a VNet to provide load balancing for applications within that network.

mentioned alongside Application Gateway in 11% (368) of relevant job posts