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."Persistence is very valuable. This holds the connection information of the source and that connection is important to RDP and our APO calls. The connection has to be persisted to the original source to operate properly. We also use the subsections for sub-services to create services inside our services for our API resources, this is most awesome. We would not be able to do this without Kemp and offer this type of sub-service to route based on an API instance. It routes the traffic properly based on the sub-service type."
"The most valuable features for us are the Load Balancing and Web Application Firewall, as we have a lot of web applications."
"When you configure the listening services, you can implement a lot of security features like the Edge Security Pack that intercepts the requests and processes those before they are sent to the real servers."
"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."
"From my personal experience, many firewalls provide Load Balancing functionalities, but Kemp Loadmaster has a lot of features and functionalities like what you can configure. So there are a lot of features but we use only five percent of it."
"The security features, load balancing, built-in templates, and the easy to implement virtual IPs are great."
"It helps with efficiency and reactivity, in case of assistance needs."
"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 aspect is that it establishes user security."
"The solution has been very stable."
"The command line interface is simple and very user-friendly."
"The product offers high availability."
"The strength of this solution is the application delivery controller."
"The GUI was a valuable feature. It was uncomplicated and easy to use."
"I like the ADC feature and the global certificate feature."
"I like the concept of self-service, that I can do everything on my own."
"The configuration of the basic services is pretty straight forward but for more complex solutions, there needs to be better documentation or knowledge base articles."
"Some of the support documentation seems to make assumptions that the person installing or configuring is experienced with the product or concepts."
"UI is very basic and unattractive."
"It has all types of logs and they are very detailed, but it's a little bit hard to search for a single event."
"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."
"They were still in the process of development, and for example, we set it up in a cluster. So it was one logistical unit built out of two physical devices. And the expected behavior, which I know from other devices, will be formed into a logic cluster. It's that you configure one unit. Then you bring the second unit into this cluster with the already configured primary unit. So the secondary box pulls all the configured ones from its neighbor, does everything automatically, and then synchronizes with this primary neighbor. And then it works, like, one logical unit. And this didn't work with the Kemp's initially, where they caused a lot of issues when building up a cluster, so there were some specials on how to set this up. When we built or set them up for the first time and the months afterward with no new software releases, there were a couple of problems, but in the end, they worked fine. So, they developed a lot and learned from what they've responded to, what we responded to them, and what needs fixing."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in the stability of the solution."
"We don't integrate anything with it because most things don't integrate with Radware. If it were F5, we could integrate it. We can integrate F5 with practically anything that integrates with a load balancer, but that's not the case with Alteon."
"We are in the process of updating our version of the solution, so judging what should be improved is difficult. But in some cases, the visualization takes a while, especially for mapping issues."
"The reverse proxy piece is a little bit complicated. If the reverse proxy were easier to implement, that would help."
"The interface implementation can be improved."
"Performance could be improved."
"A feature that I would like to see included in the next version might be a better analysis when working with crypt issues. Right now, it is very manual; you load it into Alteon and it runs. It would be interesting to see a more dynamic process."
"I would like to see future enhancements in security, specifically in threat protection."
"Their support can be better. The Radware management is very proactive. We can connect to anybody in Radware Management in India. We can even connect with the MD of Radware India. However, their lower level staff should be more proactive towards the customers."
Kemp LoadMaster is ranked 7th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 48 reviews while Radware Alteon is ranked 6th 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, HAProxy, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and F5 Advanced WAF. See our Kemp LoadMaster vs. Radware Alteon report.
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