We performed a comparison between A10 Networks Lightning ADC 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.
"It allows you to secure the application while balancing the connections for many other customers, reducing CPU usage and server load."
"What I like about Lightning ADC, is that instead of having a big appliance sitting in front of the Kubernetes cluster, Lightning can pretty much go inside of Kubernetes."
"Our clients appreciate that this is a security enabled solution."
"Edge Security Pack is valuable because of the way it separates between critical infrastructure and the public internet."
"Exchange load balancing and reverse proxy for Skype for Business are key features."
"The configuration is really easy and the web portal is self-explanatory."
"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."
"It helps with efficiency and reactivity, in case of assistance needs."
"Using Kemp as a front-facing service appliance, it allows me to have the flexibility of swapping out real servers behind the scenes without any intervention from my network team."
"It is an easy-to-use, user-friendly interface, and you can set up a new VIP in a couple of minutes."
"We really like the performance of this solution."
"A10 documentation is not as open and accessible as AWS and Azure documentation is."
"We would like to see some improvement in the rapidity with which we can customize security facts within the solution."
"The support from A10 should be improved."
"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."
"They need to improve the UI environment. Currently, it's hard to navigate and use product."
"The GUI is rather technical and complex, so it could be improved by making it simpler and more user-friendly."
"The only thing I have struggled with is setting up automatic backups."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Although Kemp is very user-friendly, it lacks a more custom configuration."
A10 Networks Lightning ADC is ranked 16th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 3 reviews while Kemp LoadMaster is ranked 6th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 48 reviews. A10 Networks Lightning ADC is rated 7.0, while Kemp LoadMaster is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of A10 Networks Lightning ADC writes "Efficient application security while optimizing connections". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Kemp LoadMaster writes "Reliable, easy to set up, and can increase your security score". A10 Networks Lightning ADC is most compared with , whereas Kemp LoadMaster is most compared with HAProxy, NGINX Plus, Fortinet FortiADC, Citrix NetScaler and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM). See our A10 Networks Lightning ADC vs. Kemp LoadMaster report.
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