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Kemp LoadMaster vs. NetScaler

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kemp LoadMaster

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ALoadMaster from Kemp Technologies in New York is an application delivery controller.

    $1,720

    per year

    NetScaler

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ANetScaler ADC is an application delivery controller.N/A
    Pricing
    Kemp LoadMasterNetScaler
    Editions & Modules
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Kemp LoadMasterNetScaler
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Kemp LoadMasterNetScaler
    Considered Both Products
    Kemp Technologies
    Chose Kemp LoadMaster
    Easy to use for internal services with a simple interface and easy to understand logging. It does not offer the same extent of features as the citrix ADC NetScaler however it performs its function extremely well and is easily managed
    Incentivized
    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
    Chose Kemp LoadMaster
    [Selected for] good business performance and noticeable price advantage.
    Incentivized
    Chose Kemp LoadMaster
    The Citrix solution was not ready at that time we moved onto the cloud. Other vendors have got too many unnecessary features that we didn't need.
    Incentivized
    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
    Chose Kemp LoadMaster
    Although we use the two LBs in vastly different roles, the Kemp's architecture and interfaces are generally much easier and intuitive than the Netscaler's. Hardware/sw/fw upgrades and hardware migrations of the Kemps are much easier and straightforward. The Netscaler does …
    Incentivized
    Chose Kemp LoadMaster
    We also evaluated Citrix Netscaler as we had used it previously and still had valid licensing for it, but the Kemp LoadMaster was much more stable in our experience, and required less configuration to get us to a working state.
    Incentivized
    Chose Kemp LoadMaster
    Fundamentally, KEMP is similar to other products. It performs well against others and the GUI and quick support response is a big plus.
    Incentivized
    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
    Chose Kemp LoadMaster
    We used to use TMG to secure our external email services. Since getting Kemp, we have found it to be far more reliable and easy to work with, along with Kemp being able to secure many of our other applications.
    Incentivized
    Citrix
    Chose NetScaler
    easy to use and setup and reliable. Once the configuration was setup and running this has been really useful and easy to maintain.

    The other solutions seemed overly complicated and difficult to configure and get up and running with the security that we required
    Incentivized
    Chose NetScaler
    We chose Citrix ADC over Kemp and F5 due to additional integrations with various products such as Citrix/Horizon/Monitoring tools. We additionally chose ADC due to better ease of use and ability to have the appliances be virtual or physical, with the configuration being a …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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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
    Kemp LoadMasterNetScaler
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (64 ratings)
    8.7
    (25 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (26 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (28 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)