The global application delivery controller market was valued at US$4.79 billion in 2022. The market value is expected to reach US$9.40 billion by 2028. An application delivery controller (ADC) is a network component that manages and optimizes how client machines connect to web and enterprise application servers. In general, a controller is a hardware device or a software program that manages or directs the flow of data between two entities.
Years ago, the application delivery controller market was high-end-only, as all ADCs were application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) based and inherently expensive. Today's ADC devices provide a mix of high-end products for major e-commerce sites, as well as the midmarket and SMBs with lower performance demands and budget constraints. On the other hand, the pandemic has also positively influenced the demand for ADCs as the adoption of cloud computing has accelerated. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of approx. 12% during the forecasted period of 2023-2028.
Market Segmentation Analysis:
- By Form Factor: The report provides the bifurcation of the market into three form factors: ADCaaS, Software Virtual Appliance, and Appliance. ADCaaS held the highest share of the market. As workloads have shifted, and continue to shift, to cloud platforms, form factors by which ADC functionality is delivered also continue to shift from appliance-based to software- and cloud-based. Moreover, the amount of traffic flowing through data centers worldwide is expected to increase in the coming years. This would propel the market growth for ADCaaS.
- By End-User: The report further provides the analysis based on end-users: IT and Telecom, Retail, Healthcare, Government, BFSI, and Others. IT and telecom held the highest share in the market, whereas BFSI is expected to be the fastest-growing segment in the forecasted period. Cloud computing offers modern telecom businesses scalability, flexibility, security, and operational efficiency at a low cost. Owing to this benefits, telecom industry is increasing the adoption of cloud computing and hence the need for ADC is increasing. On the other hand, spending on the 5G infrastructure would also boost the growth of the ADC market in the coming years.
- By Region: The report provides insight into the application delivery controller market based on the regions namely, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East & Africa. North America held the major share of the market in 2022. Whereas, Asia Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forthcoming years. In the US, the ADC market is flourishing owing to the sharp rise in cybercrimes, massive adoption of the Internet of Things, and rollout of 5G networks. Moreover, data traffic is also increasing in the US. The data traffic generated per minute of use would increase significantly in line with the expected uptake of gaming, XR, and video-based apps.
- UK businesses are steadily adopting a cloud-first approach, and a growing number of companies would move a large majority of their IT to the cloud in the coming years. The UK government has also been strongly supporting the adoption of cloud technologies. The increase in cloud adoption would support the growth of the ADC market in the UK in the coming years.
- According to the World Bank, the pandemic has led to increased use of digital payments in Asia Pacific region. In India, more than 80 million adults made their first digital merchant payment after the start of the pandemic, while in China over 100 million adults did. The increase in digital payments has further led to an increase in the adoption of application delivery controllers.
Market Dynamics:
- Growth Drivers: The global application delivery controller market growth is predicted to be supported by numerous growth drivers such as rapid growth of data centers, increasing number of internet users, growing IT services spending, rise in penetration of applications, advantages of application delivery controller, growth of SMEs, and many other factors. With the advent of DevOps, application teams are getting more aggressive and are rolling out applications at an unprecedented volume and speed. New applications in an enterprise-grade environment need to be able to scale to handle traffic from hundreds or thousands of users, and they demand high availability. Enterprises leverage ADCs to improve the reliability, security, and performance of applications.
- Challenges: However, the market growth would be negatively impacted by various challenges such as difficulty in managing dynamic change requests, etc.
- Trends: The market is projected to grow at a fast pace during the forecast period, due to various latest trends such as increasing adoption of cloud applications, the advent of 5G networks, the shift from hardware ADC to software /VDAC, the rise of DDoS attacks, etc. ADC platforms mitigate and create a line of defense against DDoS attacks. With the capabilities of SSL offloading, ADCs can find out the potentialities of DDoS attacks based on SSL traffic as the servers and applications are not exposed. Thus, the rise in DDoS attacks is expected to increase the growth of the ADC market in the forthcoming years.
Impact Analysis of COVID-19 and Way Forward:
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a positive effect on the application delivery controllers industry's growth in 2020. The pandemic has substantially spurred the work/learn-from-home trend due to the containment measures taken across the world. As a result, most companies have increased their cloud usage by more than they planned due to the pandemic, resulting in higher cloud spending. This marks a significant shift in the use of cloud-based solutions, from purely data storage solutions to environments in which data is used transactionally and supports day-to-day business operations. The increased adoption of cloud computing has increased the demand for application delivery controllers and is expected that it would continue to contribute to market growth in the post-pandemic era.
Competitive Landscape:
The global application delivery controllers market is competitive in nature. The key players in the global application delivery controllers market are:
- Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon Web Services, Inc.)
- F5, Inc.
- Radware Inc.
- Fortinet, Inc.
- Microsoft Corp. (Microsoft Azure)
- A10 Networks, Inc.
- Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Progress Software Corporation (Kemp Technologies)
- Evanssion
- Barracuda Networks, Inc.
- Citrix Systems, Inc.
- Array Networks, Inc.
- NFWare
Some of the strategies among key players in the market are mergers, acquisitions, and collaborations. Companies are also shifting from appliance based market to virtual and as a service offerings. Over the last five years, F5 has made three strategic acquisitions. These acquisitions not only have helped diversify F5’s revenue mix further away from appliances but also set the stage for another shot at transforming the business to attempt to capture share in segments of its market that are growing.
In 2022, the top five vendors (AWS, F5, Citrix, Google, and Microsoft) held approximately 80% share of the market. By 2022, AWS controlled almost two-thirds of the ADCaaS market. In AWS’s revenue, ADC functionality offered by third-party infrastructure providers was being incorporated into new application development on the same platform on which applications were being developed.
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
2. Introduction
2.1 Application Delivery Controller: An Analysis
2.1.1 Introduction to Application Delivery Controller
2.1.2 Features of Application Delivery Controller
2.2 Application Delivery Controller Segmentation: An Analysis
2.2.1 Application Delivery Controller Segmentation
3. Global Market Analysis
3.1 Global Application Delivery Controller Market: An Analysis
3.1.1 Global Application Delivery Controller Market: An Overview
3.1.2 Global Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
3.1.3 Global Application Delivery Controller Market by Form Factor (ADCaaS, Software Virtual Appliance, and Appliance)
3.1.4 Global Application Delivery Controller Market by End-User (IT and Telecom, Retail, Healthcare, Government, BFSI, and Others)
3.1.5 Global Application Delivery Controller Market by Region (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East & Africa)
3.2 Global Application Delivery Controller Market: Form Factor Analysis
3.2.1 Global Application Delivery Controller Market by Form Factor: An Overview
3.2.2 Global ADCaaS Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
3.2.3 Global Software Virtual Appliance Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
3.2.4 Global Appliance Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
3.3 Global Application Delivery Controller Market: End-User Analysis
3.3.1 Global Application Delivery Controller Market by End-User: An Overview
3.3.2 Global IT and Telecom Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
3.3.3 Global Retail Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
3.3.4 Global Healthcare Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
3.3.5 Global Government Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
3.3.6 Global BFSI Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
3.3.7 Global Other Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4. Regional Market Analysis
4.1 North America Application Delivery Controller Market: An Analysis
4.1.1 North America Application Delivery Controller Market: An Overview
4.1.2 North America Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.1.3 North America Application Delivery Controller Market by Region (The US, Canada, and Mexico)
4.1.4 The US Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.1.5 Canada Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.1.6 Mexico Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.2 Europe Application Delivery Controller Market: An Analysis
4.2.1 Europe Application Delivery Controller Market: An Overview
4.2.2 Europe Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.2.3 Europe Application Delivery Controller Market by Region (The UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Rest of the Europe)
4.2.4 The UK Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.2.5 Germany Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.2.6 France Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.2.7 Italy Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.2.8 Spain Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.2.9 Rest of Europe Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.3 Asia Pacific Application Delivery Controller Market: An Analysis
4.3.1 Asia Pacific Application Delivery Controller Market: An Overview
4.3.2 Asia Pacific Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.3.3 Asia Pacific Application Delivery Controller Market by Region (China, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, and Rest of the Asia Pacific)
4.3.4 China Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.3.5 Japan Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.3.6 India Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.3.7 Australia Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.3.8 South Korea Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.3.9 Rest of Asia Pacific Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.4 Latin America Application Delivery Controller Market: An Analysis
4.4.1 Latin America Application Delivery Controller Market: An Overview
4.4.2 Latin America Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
4.5 Middle East & Africa Application Delivery Controller Market: An Analysis
4.5.1 Middle East & Africa Application Delivery Controller Market: An Overview
4.5.2 Middle East & Africa Application Delivery Controller Market by Value
5. Impact of COVID-19
5.1 Impact of COVID-19 on Global Application Delivery Controller Market
5.2 Post COVID-19 Impact on Global Application Delivery Controller Market
6. Market Dynamics
6.1 Growth Drivers
6.1.1 Rapid Growth of Data Centers
6.1.2 Increasing Number of Internet Users
6.1.3 Growing IT Services Spending
6.1.4 Rise in Penetration of Applications
6.1.5 Advantages of Application Delivery Controller
6.1.6 Growth of SMEs
6.2 Challenges
6.2.1 Difficulty in Managing Dynamic Change Requests
6.3 Market Trends
6.3.1 Increasing Adoption of Cloud Applications
6.3.2 The Advent of 5G Networks
6.3.3 Shift from Hardware ADC to Software /VDAC
6.3.4 The Rise of DDoS Attacks
7. Competitive Landscape
7.1 Global Application Delivery Controller Players by Market Share
7.2 Global ADCaaS Application Delivery Controller Players by Market Share
7.3 Global Virtual Software Application Delivery Controller Players by Market Share
7.4 Global Appliance Application Delivery Controller Players by Market Share
8. Company Profiles
8.1 Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon Web Services, Inc.)
8.1.1 Business Overview
8.1.2 Operating Segment
8.1.3 Business Strategies
8.2 F5, Inc.
8.2.1 Business Overview
8.2.2 Net Revenues by Products and Services
8.2.3 Business Strategies
8.3 Radware Inc.
8.3.1 Business Overview
8.3.2 Revenues by Geographic Area
8.3.3 Business Strategies
8.4 Fortinet, Inc.
8.4.1 Business Overview
8.4.2 Revenue by Product and Services
8.4.3 Business Strategies
8.5 Microsoft Corp. (Microsoft Azure)
8.5.1 Business Overview
8.5.2 Operating Segments
8.5.3 Business Strategy
8.6 A10 Networks, Inc.
8.6.1 Business Overview
8.6.2 Revenue by Product and Services
8.6.3 Business Strategies
8.7 Cisco Systems, Inc.
8.7.1 Business Overview
8.7.2 Revenue by Product and Services
8.7.3 Business Strategies
8.8 Progress Software Corporation (Kemp Technologies)
8.8.1 Business Overview
8.8.2 Operating Segment
8.8.3 Business Strategies
8.9 Evanssion
8.9.1 Business Overview
8.9.2 Business Strategies
8.10 Barracuda Networks, Inc.
8.10.1 Business Overview
8.10.2 Business Strategies
8.11 Citrix Systems, Inc.
8.11.1 Business Overview
8.11.2 Business Strategies
8.12 Array Networks, Inc.
8.12.1 Business Overview
8.12.2 Business Strategies
8.13 NFWare
8.13.1 Business Overview
List of Figures
Figure 1: Working of Application Delivery Controller
Figure 2: Features of Application Delivery Controller
Figure 3: Application Delivery Controller Segmentation
Figure 4: Global Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Billion)
Figure 5: Global Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Billion)
Figure 6: Global Application Delivery Controller Market by Form Factor; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 7: Global Application Delivery Controller Market by End-User; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 8: Global Application Delivery Controller Market by Region; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 9: Global ADCaaS Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Billion)
Figure 10: Global ADCaaS Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Billion)
Figure 11: Global Software Virtual Appliance Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 12: Global Software Virtual Appliance Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Billion)
Figure 13: Global Appliance Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Billion)
Figure 14: Global Appliance Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 15: Global IT and Telecom Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Billion)
Figure 16: Global IT and Telecom Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Billion)
Figure 17: Global Retail Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 18: Global Retail Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Billion)
Figure 19: Global Healthcare Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 20: Global Healthcare Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Billion)
Figure 21: Global Government Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 22: Global Government Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 23: Global BFSI Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 24: Global BFSI Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 25: Global Other Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 26: Global Other Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 27: North America Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Billion)
Figure 28: North America Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Billion)
Figure 29: North America Application Delivery Controller Market by Region; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 30: The US Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Billion)
Figure 31: The US Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Billion)
Figure 32: Canada Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 33: Canada Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 34: Mexico Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 35: Mexico Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 36: Europe Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Billion)
Figure 37: Europe Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Billion)
Figure 38: Europe Application Delivery Controller Market by Region; 2022 (Percentage,%)
Figure 39: The UK Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 40: The UK Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 41: Germany Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 42: Germany Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 43: France Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 44: France Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 45: Italy Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 46: Italy Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 47: Spain Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 48: Spain Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 49: Rest of Europe Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 50: Rest of Europe Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 51: Asia Pacific Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 52: Asia Pacific Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Billion)
Figure 53: Asia Pacific Application Delivery Controller Market by Region; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 54: China Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 55: China Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Billion)
Figure 56: Japan Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 57: Japan Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 58: India Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 59: India Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 60: Australia Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 61: Australia Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 62: South Korea Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 63: South Korea Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 64: Rest of Asia Pacific Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 65: Rest of Asia Pacific Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Million)
Figure 66: Latin America Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 67: Latin America Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Billion)
Figure 68: Middle East & Africa Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2018-2022 (US$ Million)
Figure 69: Middle East & Africa Application Delivery Controller Market by Value; 2023-2028 (US$ Billion)
Figure 70: Global Spending on Construction of Data Centers; 2022-2030 (US$ Billion)
Figure 71: Global Number of Internet Users; 2017-2023 (Billion)
Figure 72: Global IT Services Spending; 2017-2023 (US$ Trillion)
Figure 73: Global Annual App And Game Downloads; 2015-2022 (Billion)
Figure 74: Global Share of Corporate Data Stored in the Cloud; 2015-2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 75: Global 5G Smartphone Subscriptions; 2022-2028 (Billion)
Figure 76: Global Application Delivery Controller Players by Market Share; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 77: Global ADCaaS Application Delivery Controller Players by Market Share; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 78: Global Virtual Software Application Delivery Controller Players by Market Share; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 79: Global Appliance Application Delivery Controller Players by Market Share; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 80: Amazon.com, Inc. Net Sales by Segments; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 81: F5, Inc. Net Revenues by Products and Services; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 82: Radware Inc. Revenues by Geographic Area; 2021 (Percentage, %)
Figure 83: Fortinet, Inc. Revenue by Product and Services; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 84: Microsoft Corp. Revenue by Segment; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 85: A10 Networks, Inc. Revenue by Product and Services; 2021 (Percentage, %)
Figure 86: Cisco Systems, Inc. Revenue by Product and Services; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Figure 87: Progress Software Corporation Revenue by Segment; 2022 (Percentage, %)
Companies Mentioned
- Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon Web Services, Inc.)
- F5, Inc.
- Radware Inc.
- Fortinet, Inc.
- Microsoft Corp. (Microsoft Azure)
- A10 Networks, Inc.
- Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Progress Software Corporation (Kemp Technologies)
- Evanssion
- Barracuda Networks, Inc.
- Citrix Systems, Inc.
- Array Networks, Inc.
- NFWare
Methodology
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