We performed a comparison between Kemp LoadMaster and Radware Alteon 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."Managing and maintaining multiple servers is done in a single place."
"Load-balancing is a great feature that is very easy to configure and it is always working fine."
"The feature I find most valuable is load balancing with different algorithms."
"One of the most valuable features I like is the ability to block specific cipher suites like RC4, and older protocols like SSL 3.0."
"Failover is seamless and our services are rock solid."
"Exchange load balancing and reverse proxy for Skype for Business are key features."
"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."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...I rate the technical support a ten out of ten...The initial setup of Kemp LoadMaster is very simple."
"The most valuable feature is the load-balancing reverse proxy."
"The GUI was a valuable feature. It was uncomplicated and easy to use."
"The most valuable aspect is the ability to customize the types of load-balancing scenarios needed for customized applications. Some of the load balancers on the market today are strictly out-of-hand load balancers for SSL or HTTP. Radware Alteon is most useful for customizing in-house applications based on ports and protocols."
"A user-friendly and reasonably priced solution."
"The product offers high availability."
"The strength of this solution is the application delivery controller."
"I like the ADC feature and the global certificate feature."
"Security is one of the most valuable features that I like. It is easy to use and easy to configure."
"The only thing that I miss is that the TMG server was giving me live information about who is connected and what is the request about."
"Overall, the Kemp LoadMaster has been an all-rounder great product and stable. The free trial and virtual edition make it a breeze for any potential customer to give it a spin before actually deciding to put it on the infrastructure or even talk to the CFO."
"I would like to see more automation and control of overactive and inactive resources. If I could schedule these around our updates then it would be all automated. I would like to set up an automated script to coincide with the scripts I use to update resources and servers."
"The ability to see live traffic is not great and can be improved."
"It would be much easier to have the management interface directly integrate with the Kemp Support library, allowing you to choose the desired template from the online catalog to then directly download to the LoadMaster."
"It would be nice if the historical metrics were easily exportable from the interface."
"The cost of the GEO upgrade is not cost-prohibitive but it's something that would be a nice add-in, out of the box."
"If you want logging for SMTP traffic, you have to enable ESP, which requires you to define allowed IP addresses. That’s irritating, to say the least."
"The service could be improved by better customer support."
"We recently had a problem with the tables Obsolete ARP which was observed by the support team. It would be good to diagnose and solve this problem with a patch since it is not documented that it will be solved in later updates."
"Radware Alteon could improve the troubleshooting from the command line interface, they could do a better job making it easier."
"Support is an area that needs improvement."
"I would like to see the loading documentation improved."
"Performance could be improved."
"The reverse proxy piece is a little bit complicated. If the reverse proxy were easier to implement, that would help."
"The solution could be more open to additional third-party add-ons being integrated into it."
Kemp LoadMaster is ranked 6th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 48 reviews while Radware Alteon is ranked 7th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 33 reviews. Kemp LoadMaster is rated 9.4, while Radware Alteon is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Kemp LoadMaster writes "Reliable, easy to set up, and can increase your security score". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Radware Alteon writes "It's a good fit for a small team because the maintenance is easier and you don't need to know how to code". Kemp LoadMaster is most compared with HAProxy, NGINX Plus, Fortinet FortiADC and Citrix NetScaler, whereas Radware Alteon is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Citrix NetScaler, F5 Advanced WAF, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and HAProxy. See our Kemp LoadMaster vs. Radware Alteon report.
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