F5 BIG-IP vs. Kemp LoadMaster

F5 BIG-IP

220 Reviews and Ratings

Kemp LoadMaster

88 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
F5 BIG-IP	Score9.2 out of 10	N/A	F5 BIG-IP software from Seattle-based F5 Networks is a load balancing and application protection solution suite available on cloud or via virtual editions, on a subscription or perpetual licensing basis.	N/A
Kemp LoadMaster	Score8.9 out of 10	N/A	LoadMaster from Kemp Technologies in New York is an application delivery controller.	$1,720 per year

Pricing

F5 BIG-IP

Kemp LoadMaster

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VLM-500: 1,720
per year
VLM-500: 2,000
perpetual license
VLM-3000: 3,050
per year
VLM-3000: 4,000
perpetual license
VLM-MAX: 7,610
per year
VLM-MAX: 10,000
perpetual license

Pricing Offerings
F5 BIG-IP	Kemp LoadMaster
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	F5 BIG-IP	Kemp LoadMaster
Considered Both Products	F5 Verified User Chose F5 BIG-IP As I said previously, the F5 BIG-IP products are far and away the easiest, most robust and powerful application delivery platform I've ever worked on. The user experience was really the most noteworthy difference when using other products. The Kemp Load master platform was … Incentivized Helpful? Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP Senior Network Security Engineer in Information Technology at Insight (Information Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose F5 BIG-IP Kemp is getting more mature but F5 is still superior. While the Kemp UI is easier F5 allows for more option and customization. I still feel Kemp is strong due to their no-cost lab license. Incentivized Helpful?	Kemp Technologies Markus Hengstler Senior System Architect in Information Technology at UMB AG (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees) Chose Kemp LoadMaster Kemp LoadMaster is easier to implement and operate, all while being less expensive. Although some competitors offer more functionality, most of our customers don't need it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Kemp LoadMaster [Selected for] good business performance and noticeable price advantage. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Kemp LoadMaster When we looked at other load balancers, we ran into some issues. For some of the free ones, these don't necessarily perform as well - which is probably why they are free. When looking at some of the other brands, some are too complicated to use - they may have a ton of advanced … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Kemp LoadMaster They all do the same thing, just present the functions in a different way and cost more/less. We have found that the virtual load balancers offer the same performance at the throughput that we need. While a dedicated appliance would be necessary in some applications, we don't … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Dunn System Administrator in Information Technology at Underground Service Alert of Southern California (DigAlert) (Public Safety, 11-50 employees) Chose Kemp LoadMaster F5 was just way too expensive for our organization. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Kemp LoadMaster Better performance, cheaper, and more reliable. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Kemp LoadMaster Kemp support is unlike we have seen from any other tech vendor. It truly is outstanding, and they even helped us resolve issues with our VMware environment that had nothing to do with the Kemp deployment. That combined with the pricing flexibility and the option to deploy into … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Kemp LoadMaster KEMP Loadmaster was chosen by the VP for reduced price alone. I was thoroughly against it in the beginning (as I was a hugh F5 supporter) until i got used to it. For a much reduced price, it performs just as well as a F5; after you get used to the WebUI configuration tool. Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	F5 BIG-IP	Kemp LoadMaster
Likelihood to Recommend	9.2 (129 ratings)	9.0 (64 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (2 ratings)	8.6 (4 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (2 ratings)	9.0 (26 ratings)
Support Rating	5.2 (6 ratings)	9.8 (28 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)