Kemp LoadMaster and Why you should Choose them
Updated October 30, 2020

Kemp LoadMaster and Why you should Choose them

John Carver | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Kemp LoadMaster

  • We use Kemp LoadMaster for balancing a load of our API traffic, our RDP connections, and the connection to our Gateways.
  • It has worked very well and does the job better than the others. We used DNS round robin for the task before, and it was not balancing very well. After researching the different companies that do this, Kemp LoadMaster was the front runner to use.
  • Balancing the Load of API traffic connections.
  • Balancing between servers for incoming traffic.
  • Setup and configuration is very simplistic but powerful.
  • We do not use Geo use.
  • Reporting would be cool if it were easy to set up and configure.
  • Alerts are useful but could be refined.
  • We are able to use less resources now that the load is balanced.
  • The downtime is almost gone since we can remove targets from the pool, and others remain active.
  • Visual awareness of connections has saved us time troubleshooting issues with different targets.
  • 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 assistance and got a reply three days later.
The support has been phenomenal. I have gone to them with issues that were related and unrelated to the Kemp LoadMaster, and they were helpful in both scenarios. Their team is always helpful and available to work on any issue and provide information that they can to assist in getting the best possible performance.

Do you think Kemp LoadMaster delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Kemp LoadMaster's feature set?

Yes

Did Kemp LoadMaster live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Kemp LoadMaster go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Kemp LoadMaster again?

Yes

We have been using Kemp LoadMaster for quite a while, and it has been an exceptional product. I have very little bad things to say. The load balancing is very efficient and does not show any connections to a variable degree. The one area it would be cool to improve upon is the load balancing for RDP connections. If they could offer a simple piece of info attached to each connection, it would be able to balance the load better with persistence.