TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 BIG-IP DNS

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AF5 BIG-IP DNS (formerly BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager) secures DNS infrastructure.N/A

    Kemp LoadMaster

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ALoadMaster from Kemp Technologies in New York is an application delivery controller.

    $1,720

    per year

    Pricing
    F5 BIG-IP DNSKemp LoadMaster
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    VLM-500
    1,720
    per year
    VLM-500
    2,000
    perpetual license
    VLM-3000
    3,050
    per year
    VLM-3000
    4,000
    perpetual license
    VLM-MAX
    7,610
    per year
    VLM-MAX
    10,000
    perpetual license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    F5 BIG-IP DNSKemp LoadMaster
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    F5 BIG-IP DNSKemp LoadMaster
    Considered Both Products
    F5
    No answer on this topic
    Kemp Technologies
    Chose Kemp LoadMaster
    • F5 is just way too expensive for our organization. I got through about half of the eval when I found out the price, so not much more info than that.
    • Barracuda has no available support. I was evaluating this product for a few weeks and wrote in and called into support for …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    61 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    60 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    52 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    58 Answers
    Best Alternatives
    F5 BIG-IP DNSKemp LoadMaster
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    F5 BIG-IP
    Score9.2 out of 10
    F5 BIG-IP
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    F5 BIG-IP
    Score9.2 out of 10
    F5 BIG-IP
    Score9.2 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    F5 BIG-IP DNSKemp LoadMaster
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (19 ratings)
    9.0
    (64 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (26 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (28 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    F5 BIG-IP DNSKemp LoadMaster
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    Less appropriate: - Not best bet for startup’s as their budget is always tight - Not good for those companies where the engineers are not highly skilled otherwise the use Irules and security policies will not be utilised in optimal manner as it requires more cpu resources to work especially irules - For companies fully on cloud doesn’t best fit as I already highlighted cloud require more improvements when it comes to seamless performance Best Suited -Large enterprise companies where budget is not an issue - Companies whose traffic Rate Per Second is very high as it can handle huge RPS without latency - Companies whose business is surely depends on their availability
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Kemp Technologies
    Loadmaster is very powerful and flexible load balancer. Variety of options allows to create a complex network of rules and routes. During our website rollout Loadmaster allowed us to run multiple generations of the website simultaneously and seamlessly by doing the content switching on the fly. Powerful API allows easy integration into any development lifecycle.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    F5
    • I love this product, especially DoH because it's not able to do the same functionality in NextGen firewalls on our edge location because of the nature that integrated with the F5 BIG-IP, the V we provide for our external clients and we love it the most because it's, it's right in the same box, we use it and then we get the benefits out of the same big IP boxes, same VE boxes. And I think that's the only aspect we liked the most.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Kemp Technologies
    • Where the LoadBalancer excels is the multiple levels at which you can load balance servers. We currently use layer 7 LB, but others are available as well.
    • I particularly like the ability for the LB to know when servers are down, and if all are offline then you can create a redirect to a static HTML page or some other destination that is more informative.
    • The ease in which a service can be created and deployed using already pre-canned templates makes it a very convenient setup process.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    F5
    • I'd like to see better reporting capabilities on the decision-making process for DNS resolutions. Currently there are plenty of log messages for that, but I'd like to see tighter integration into the GUI.
    • It could be an improvement to better discriminate features intended for AA vs LDNS functionality within the GUI.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Kemp Technologies
    • Ability to 'clone' existing Virtual Services for rapid deployment of similar ones.
    • A better API for ease of automation.
    • Simplification of Certificate management.
    • Better explanations of Kemp implementations of industry standard protocols like VRRP (or CARP)
    • More control over device factory reset configuration and forcibly breaking HA pairs at boot time
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    We use this heavily and it is one of the best products out there for this type of use case. We already have LTMs and to leverage GTM on top of that is just a piece of cake. Everything is so well integrated its amazing
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Kemp Technologies
    I'm very pleased with the support I've received as well as the quality of the product.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    F5
    Most important usability of F5 BIG-IP DNS is it’s stability which other vendors lack -As mentioned earlier as well, it’s scalability is humongous as it can honour millions of request per second without latency - irules feature makes it top and worthy to fight with top contenders like cloudflare and Cisco - Moreover it’s stable even when the Rate Per second is high and at the same time, DDos occurs - Interface is user friendly for simple tasks but requires more manual work - TAC should provide more assistance when it comes to normal support as well but they do offer professional support license for tasks which other vendor assist on normal license as well
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Kemp Technologies
    Kemp makes it very easy to setup, configure and manage the LoadMaster without needing a lot of help from their engineers. The interface is very easy to understand and intuitive to use. We like how it is not complicated - I can easily have one of my techs login and they can figure out how to setup/configure virtual services for load balancing without needing a manual or tech support.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Kemp Technologies
    Support has been easy to deal with; I have only need[ed] to contact them a few times during setup. Once its been in place and operational, we have not need[ed] to mess with the system [which] is a huge advantage. I like system[s] that do not break and require constant attention in a production environment.
    Read full review
    Implementation Rating
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Kemp Technologies
    The installation was straight forward. Once i installed it, their technical support team helped me with configuration
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    As I mentioned, the GSLB capability, being able to do intelligent DNS by having access to monitor specific endpoints associated to my current BIG-IP infrastructure, I believe that brings a huge value, then combine fast responses and security.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Kemp Technologies
    We chose Kemp LoadMaster because it is 1/10 the price of the competition and MUCH easier to deploy and configure and WORKS. We have had ZERO issues with the product since installation. Their engineers and their sales team have both reached out post-install to check in and see if everything is working as expected.
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    F5
    • Well, yes, I would say a big impact for ours. We were able to have more visibilities and trying to allow those traffic that we weren't able to see what is behind the scene and then reduce a lot of attackers. And then it led us to actually allow our clients freely using the DOT or DOH.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Kemp Technologies
    • We used Kemp LoadMaster for many projects. For a lot of customers, load balancers were too expensive or too complicated before we introduced Kemp products.
    • It's not a overly complicated product, so we were able to train many engineers on it and have them get a certification.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots