We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiADC and Kemp LoadMaster based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."From a technical perspective, it is the most scalable device from Fortinet."
"The most valuable feature is its simplicity."
"The GSLB, the DR side, is the best part. Because we had our main side in one city, we created another, and we had a complete MPLS over the internet. We used the GSLB and data loss for our business applications."
"The user interface is very easy and integrates with Sandbox easily."
"Ease of use in deploying and having it up and running requires minimal knowledge."
"It's a good product because it supports all the features that ADC solutions in the market can support, like F5 solutions, for example, such as the LTM of F5."
"The solution provides high-level services such as availability, redundancy, and load balancing between servers."
"Fortinet FortiADC is a good product because each and every piece of content is monitored by it."
"I like that this is a Network Load Balancer that can be used practically with any application in the backend. They have how-to guides on how to set up Kemp NLB with Exchange, but you can use it as well for Sharepoint, RDS, or any other back end server."
"The feature I find most valuable is load balancing with different algorithms."
"The user interface is very easy to work with."
"The solution is easy to configure when changing the load balancing method to Round Robin or least connection."
"It has greatly fortified the performance and uptime of our front-door email ingress, simplified and segmented mail routing, and reduced admin overhead for mail issue resolution and troubleshooting."
"The most valuable features are synchronizing email with mobile devices and synchronizing with Outlook."
"With Kemp 360 Central, our customers get a nice overview of their Kemp products and an easy way to upgrade firmware on all devices from a single interface."
"The configuration is really easy and the web portal is self-explanatory."
"The solution should improve finding false positives and false negatives. There are a lot of false positives."
"Because it is so generic, the documentation requires special attention. A person who has not worked on Fortinet FortiADC or a similar product will struggle to understand what the document is trying to say. The documentation could be more specific, and more detailed."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"Fortinet has some drawbacks, and it can be a bit challenging to scale."
"The product's stability for VMs could be better."
"The configuration is relatively complex."
"The product’s price could be reduced. Also, some of its features need to be more advanced."
"I think it would be helpful if Fortinet put more video examples on their cookbook site."
"To make it a perfect ten out of ten it would need better connection logging. If there is an active connection, that there is better logging. It should also have better management monitoring tools."
"Perhaps Kemp could offer some training videos."
"If there is anything that needs to be updated, the GUI can get a refresh to make it look more like 2020, although it is just a cosmetic change."
"I want Kemp LoadMaster to provide users with better reporting capabilities in relation to TCP packets. In general, the connections that are present in the system require improvement."
"SNMP and/or RESTCONF management, in order to collect many counters, for plotting in a central application need to be improved."
"We experienced a brief period of instability."
"Hardware version needs a dual power solution."
"In my opinion, the layer seven loads balancing that we're mainly using for web servers, doesn't seem to pick up when there are issues at the application level."
Fortinet FortiADC is ranked 8th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 19 reviews while Kemp LoadMaster is ranked 7th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 48 reviews. Fortinet FortiADC is rated 7.8, while Kemp LoadMaster is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiADC writes "High-level load balancing and routing protocols but scalability is limited to 200 gigabits". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Kemp LoadMaster writes "Reliable, easy to set up, and can increase your security score". Fortinet FortiADC is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Fortinet FortiWeb, Citrix NetScaler, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and Loadbalancer.org, whereas Kemp LoadMaster is most compared with HAProxy, NGINX Plus, Citrix NetScaler, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and A10 Networks Thunder ADC. See our Fortinet FortiADC vs. Kemp LoadMaster report.
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