Kemp LoadMaster

Score8.9 out of 10

88 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Kemp LoadMaster are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Easy Configuration and Setup: Many users have praised the product for its simple and user-friendly configuration process. They appreciate the availability of templates for various use cases, which makes setting up the product straightforward.

Exceptional Support: Numerous reviewers have highlighted the exceptional support provided by the company. Whenever users encountered issues with more complex setups, they received quick assistance from the support team. This prompt and helpful support greatly enhances their experience with the product.

Value for Money: Several users feel that the product offers great value for its cost compared to its competitors. They find that the features and performance provided by the product justify its price, making it a worthwhile investment.

Reviews

64 Reviews

Kemp LoadMaster

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

January 7, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use this to load balance internal services for our users. We have a few services that we have using this and it is easy to use and configure

Pros

Load balancing
Configuration
Logs are easy to read through

Cons

A better interface
easier to use logs
easier HA configuration

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited to users with limited technical experience and is easy to setup. It could be better with its HA and the ability to have this setup on separate networks.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Powerful and cost-effective load balancer

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

November 12, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Initially we purchased the Loadmaster to support the needs of the marketing website (performance and stability issues). But now it supports the whole organization to properly route requests to different systems for different groups of people. Loadmaster was instrumental in launching of the latest website iteration supporting the partial roll out alongside the mix of multiple systems. Content switching and header modification rules helped us overcome various challenges that we encountered. Powerful API lets us easily integration Loadmaster into our continuous delivery pipeline.

Pros

Performance
Powerful API
Variety of options

Cons

UI needs a refreshed modern look and feel

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Maxim Rubis

Senior Web Administrator in Information Technology at Lindblad Expeditions (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

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Kemp LoadMaster - Definitely all the hype

Rating: 9 out of 10

November 9, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is currently used to load the balance of all of our Alarm infrastructure creating redundancy to critical systems. This enables us to patch and perform maintenance at any time we wish. The support is also very fast under 1 hour for most issues which is critical to us for supporting the infrastructure for issues.

Pros

Load balance
Redundancy
Support service

Cons

Less technical
More presets
Template for certain types of services

Likelihood to Recommend

Definitely well suited in a high availability environment such as ours which supports alarms and CCTV infrastructure, without it we would really struggle to keep our environment patched and up to date for security. So any similar environment would also benefit from [Kemp LoadMaster]. It would be ideal for any sort of RDS farm or anything that needs load balancing such as websites, App servers, or file servers. Also ideal for internal load balancing. A less appropriate scenario is hard because if you don't need to load balance, then you don't need it, lol. So if there's a cheaper alternative to [Kemp LoadMaster] then that's your solution.

Daniel Sherwood

IT Infra in Information Technology at VPS Group (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Cost-efficient, easy to implement solution for Exchange load balancing

Rating: 10 out of 10

November 2, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We needed a solution to load balance Exchange 2016 in a remote office in the event of a loss of connectivity to the main office. This site would have no onsite staff from the Exchange team so the solution needed to be reliable and easy to configure/monitor remotely. The site currently has 700 users and is growing. This, Kemp LoadMaster, was very easy to install and configure, and definitely exceeds expectations. The few times I have called support for configuration questions they were knowledgeable and responsive.

Pros

Easy to configure
Templates for many integrations
Great technical support

Cons

Not intuitive on how to fail over the active HA node.
Nothing else comes to mind.

Likelihood to Recommend

Perfect for a remote office in a large organization. The available Exchange templates had the product up and running in just a few hours.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Fully Satisfied with the Product

Rating: 10 out of 10

October 21, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Kemp [LoadMaster] is used as our load balancer for internet-facing web servers. It balances loads across all servers and also sends traffic based on the target URL. Their support has been extremely helpful with any issues we have faced so far and I have been able to solve all problems over a single call.

Pros

[It is] easy to set up virtual servers.
It is extremely stable and efficient.
Support is readily available and helpful.

Cons

[The] renewal process can be better/automated.

Likelihood to Recommend

Kemp [LoadMaster] is an affordable solution for enterprise needs and can handle a large volume of sessions. Deployment is easy and stable and if any help is needed, support is extremely helpful and friendly. I have not had any issues with this product or after [purchase] so far.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Kemp Review 2021

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 20, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Kemp LoadMaster across the whole organization. We use to load balance several VMs for business applications.

Pros

Exchange servers
Student information servers
DNS servers

Cons

Refresh page is too quick on view/modify services

Likelihood to Recommend

Global balancing is great for full redundancy in the event of disaster and recovery.

Julie Maestas

IT System Administrator in Information Technology at Albuquerque Public Schools (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Kemp LoadMaster is a rock solid load balancer

Rating: 10 out of 10

October 20, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our company has used Kemp LoadMasters for several years now for load balancing our Exchange servers and a couple of web applications. They run very smoothly, with no issues at all. Their support is great, which we only occasionally have recurred to for migrating web apps from other appliances to the Kemps. They are very knowledgeable and have been very helpful in completing our project goals. Would definitely recommend Kemp products.

Pros

Load balancing
Reliability
Robust support

Cons

GUI could use some improvement

Likelihood to Recommend

Any scenario that requires load balancing heavy traffic services, such as publicly accessible websites, email servers, FTP servers, databases, or even any internal services that might require a high availability setup.

Rodrigo Lopez

IT Specialist in Information Technology at Myron Corp (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Great On-Premises Load Balancer

Rating: 9 out of 10

October 18, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Kemp LoadMaster across our entire organization. We have an LB pair in our DMZ as well as a pair internal. We primarily use Kemp LoadMaster to load balance our ERP system and our DMZ-hosted websites. We've been happy with Kemp LoadMaster for 5+ years. The customer support, manuals, and appliance UI are outstanding.

Pros

The appliances are extremely stable.
The UI is easy to use.
Support is great, especially for someone just starting out.

Cons

Remembering to save certain individual pieces of the configuration while on the same configuration page can be confusing.

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for internal and external load balancers and a good price.

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Kemp LoadMaster

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 11, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have implemented these for a few clients. They are quick and easy to get going and haven't failed us or our clients yet.

Pros

Manages the incoming web traffic for various applications.
Allows multiple connection to spread the incoming load in an efficient manner.
Extremely easy to implement and manage.

Cons

HA Setup and configuration
Lack of notification why you can't manage certain aspects if HA is misconfigured

Likelihood to Recommend

If a client has a need for multiple servers behind a single FQDN, then Kemp LoadMaster is an option. Additionally, if an RDS Gateway Farm is behind it, connections still reach the valid destination and stay connected over time.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

Reseller

1 year of experience

Well suited for on-premises load balancer and SSL termination

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 1, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Kemp LoadMaster is being used as an on-premises load balancer and SSL termination. The product is easy to use in the browser interface. The API/CLI could use some more features to bring it on parity with the GUI. Overall it provides the needed features with ease of use and great support for our needs so far.

Pros

On-premises load balancing
SSL termination
Web GUI

Cons

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited for on-premises load balancer and SSL termination; less appropriate for cloud based tasks. WUI is functional but API/CLI is lacking. If API/CLI were more secure/robust, it would be easier to use.

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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