Kemp LoadMaster

Kemp LoadMaster

Kemp LoadMaster

88 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Kemp LoadMaster	Score 8.1 out of 10	N/A	LoadMaster from Kemp Technologies in New York is an application delivery controller.	$1,720 per year

Pricing

Kemp LoadMaster

Editions & Modules

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
Kemp LoadMaster
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Kemp LoadMaster
Considered Both Products	Kemp LoadMaster Maxim Rubis Senior Web Administrator Chose Kemp LoadMaster We recently had some experience with AWS Application Load Balancer, and I cay for sure it's not match for Kemp Loadmaster. Rules options are limited; configuration options are not really flexible; and learning curve is much steeper. Incentivized Helpful? DS Daniel Sherwood IT Infra Chose Kemp LoadMaster None Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Kemp LoadMaster We use Citrix ADC's in our main office to load balance hundreds of items. This was overkill for a remote office. Kemp's Loadmaster was a great fit for the use case, at a fraction of the price. Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Kemp LoadMaster F5 [BIG-IP] has more features, but for our requirements, Kemp [LoadMaster] had all the features we needed and was a significantly more economical option. Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose Kemp LoadMaster [Kemp LoadMaster is more] stable and [has] better pricing. Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Kemp LoadMaster Setup is easier and more straight forward on the Kemp. While I am a technical person and can setup HAProxy for the client's needs, it would be difficult for the client to manage the configuration themselves. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Kemp LoadMaster I was only a user on the other products. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Kemp LoadMaster LoadMaster has better support. More templates can be downloaded from the support website. Incentivized Helpful? EH Ed Hood VP IT Operations Chose Kemp LoadMaster The ease of use and the performance of Kemp LoadMaster have exceed the Citrix product by leaps and bounds. Incentivized Helpful? Praveen Krishnan Systems Engineer Chose Kemp LoadMaster Kemp LoadMaster is a much more reliable technology compared to its competitors. The ease of use and convenience to have it set up is one of the primary reasons to have it we choose Kemp LoadMaster over their competitors. Besides the support that we get from them is also very … Incentivized Helpful? KS Kris Schwarz Virtual Systems Engineer Chose Kemp LoadMaster We have conducted random evaluations of other product comparison data against Kemp [LoadMaster], and are very satisfied with the [Kemp] Loadmaster product reviews. We feel strongly about the product reliability, support model, and ease of use. We have complete confidence when … Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Kemp LoadMaster None Incentivized Helpful? Janne Mikola Common Product Manager Chose Kemp LoadMaster LoadMaster is a bit more professional and enterprise grade than a simple open source tool that is free of charge like HAProxy. LoadMaster fares better in Windows application environments than HAProxy, and the configuration of LoadMaster is done in a more modern way through an … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Kemp LoadMaster Kemp LoadMaster does exactly the same and performs extremely well. Also, it's much easier to use and manage. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User C-Level Executive Chose Kemp LoadMaster Price and ease of use are much better than Citrix ADC. The CPU and memory utilization is lower and the licensing is much better. Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Kemp LoadMaster We only used MS TMG server in past. The product is discontinued and out of support. It was our consultant who recommended Kemp to us. We trusted his suggestion and we don't regret it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Kemp LoadMaster We selected Kemp due to the low cost and ease of use compared to F5. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Kemp LoadMaster Specialized product for the purpose, better support on the first call (no wait for the second level till you found the solution on your own). In addition, we wanted to separate these services from the firewalls, so the firewall can do its job better. Last but not least, none of … Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Mervis System Administrator Chose Kemp LoadMaster Kemp [LoadMaster] was the first load-balancer we looked at, and it provided a good price/performance balance for us. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Kemp LoadMaster Although we use the two LBs in vastly different roles, the Kemp's architecture and interfaces are generally much easier and intuitive than the Netscaler's. Hardware/sw/fw upgrades and hardware migrations of the Kemps are much easier and straightforward. The Netscaler does … Incentivized Helpful? MH Markus Hengstler Senior System Architect Chose Kemp LoadMaster Kemp LoadMaster is easier to implement and operate, all while being less expensive. Although some competitors offer more functionality, most of our customers don't need it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose Kemp LoadMaster The Kemp LoadMaster outshined both of our other evaluated products, mainly in speed of setup, features available, and overall cost of ownership. In the case of the Azure LB it wasn't going to work well for our on Premise servers. The Barracuda was unreliable and difficult to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Kemp LoadMaster Kemp has an ease of deployment with tech support that is second to none. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Load balancing Pro Easy to use Pro Load balance
Top Cons	Minus Knowledge base Minus User interface Minus User friendly

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User Ratings
	Kemp LoadMaster
Likelihood to Recommend	9.1 (63 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.6 (4 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (25 ratings)
Support Rating	9.8 (28 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.1 (1 ratings)
Configurability	8.2 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.1 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.1 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Kemp LoadMaster
Likelihood to Recommend	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 Maxim Rubis Senior Web Administrator Read full review
Pros	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Kemp Technologies I'm very pleased with the support I've received as well as the quality of the product. Incentivized JL Jared Lorz Lead DevOps Engineer Read full review
Usability	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	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. Jim Ryan IT Manager Read full review
Implementation Rating	Kemp Technologies The installation was straight forward. Once i installed it, their technical support team helped me with configuration Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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. Lou Melograna Network Architect Read full review
Return on Investment	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 MH Markus Hengstler Senior System Architect Read full review
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