We performed a comparison between F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) 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.
"F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is very easy to use, from SSL Management to enabling, disabling loads, applications, systems, and monitoring. Overall the solution keeps our application functional from a client's perspective 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
"It offers features Kemp doesn't provide. For example, there are predefined templates for handling Office 365. You can download them for automatic configuration."
"I was able to simply and quickly set up the WAF rules and security, and also set up easily complex policies and rules which gave me some great features to redirect."
"The solution has good load balancing capabilities."
"F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager is a stable and reliable solution."
"BIG-IP can do anything. It's like a Swiss Army knife."
"I've worked a little bit with iRules and it is amazing."
"The detail that you have available when setting up iRules."
"Exchange load balancing and reverse proxy for Skype for Business are key features."
"The most valuable features are synchronizing email with mobile devices and synchronizing with Outlook."
"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 most beneficial function of using the ADC is to ensure this resiliency."
"The base feature of Kemp LoadMaster load balancing ticks all the boxes but the most valuable features would be the security features Intrusion Prevention (IPS) and Web Application Firewall (WAF)."
"It has been functional. We don't have any outages."
"The most valuable feature that I found is the load balancing feature, it is the core function of the product."
"We needed a Microsoft Threat Management Gateway server replacement solution for a customer and were impressed with the simplified deployment of the Kemp LoadMasters."
"They need to develop the reporting tools further."
"They need to improve the interface and some of the functionalities."
"The synchronization does works fairly well. However, if I were to make changes, I would make it easier to start the sync process."
"The solution could improve the documentation."
"The deployment can take some time because you can do a lot of configuring to meet the needs of the use cases for clients."
"Its scalability and deployment should be better. It should be more scalable, and it should be easier to deploy."
"A more hybrid approach would be beneficial for users."
"Performance: Using the product, applications are jittery."
"They need to improve the UI environment. Currently, it's hard to navigate and use product."
"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."
"It lacks an officially supported, well-written SCOM Management Pack."
"SNMP and/or RESTCONF management, in order to collect many counters, for plotting in a central application need to be improved."
"Over the last several major versions, the GUI has remained virtually unchanged and still seems lacking."
"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."
"Although Kemp is very user-friendly, it lacks a more custom configuration."
"UI is very basic and unattractive."
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F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is ranked 1st in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 116 reviews while Kemp LoadMaster is ranked 6th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 48 reviews. F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is rated 8.2, while Kemp LoadMaster is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) writes "Helps deliver applications to users in a reliable, secure, and optimized way". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Kemp LoadMaster writes "Reliable, easy to set up, and can increase your security score". F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is most compared with Citrix NetScaler, Fortinet FortiADC, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, NGINX Plus and Fortinet FortiWeb, whereas Kemp LoadMaster is most compared with HAProxy, NGINX Plus, Fortinet FortiADC, Citrix NetScaler and A10 Networks Thunder ADC. See our F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) vs. Kemp LoadMaster report.
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