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Kemp LoadMaster vs Microsoft Azure Application Gateway comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Kemp LoadMaster
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
7th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.5
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Azure Application...
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
3rd
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category, the mindshare of Kemp LoadMaster is 7.5%, up from 7.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is 8.8%, down from 11.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
 

Featured Reviews

PeterForster - PeerSpot reviewer
A highly stable and scalable load-balancing software that offers great technical support
My company is really happy with Kemp LoadMaster as a product. My company is also happy with the support we receive from Kemp LoadMaster. 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. Feature-wise, Kemp LoadMaster has everything that our company's customers require. Kemp LoadMaster also has features that have supported our company's past projects.
Sami - PeerSpot reviewer
High stability with built-in rules that reduce alerts and are easy to configure
The graphical interface needs improvement because it is not user friendly. There isn't a standardized process for blocking IPs. IPs need to be blocked individually, whether one or one hundred. A normal scenario would be to copy and paste multiple IPs at the same time but the solution does not offer this option. Updating takes a long time and is up to the WAF. In most cases, we prepare scripts to handle these updates.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Load-balancing is a great feature that is very easy to configure and it is always working fine."
"The Global WAF has saved us more than one time from unwanted traffic."
"The most valuable features for us are the Load Balancing and Web Application Firewall, as we have a lot of web applications."
"The DNS Load Balancer makes it so that I don't have to worry about site failures."
"It helps with efficiency and reactivity, in case of assistance needs."
"There is a simplicity to the setup and configuration."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the load balancing and allowing for high availability of our web services."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway gives us a lot of benefits, including domain mapping."
"The solution has built-in rules that reduce alerts and are easy to configure."
"The tool is easy to use and quite flexible. It has policy management features as well. The solution screens all traffic to our web applications before passing it to the application. We recently tested it on one of our poorly developed applications, and the upgrade gave us a 100% result based on our tests. It's very effective as a security measure, and people can detect threats even through the web application."
"The pricing is quite good."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the web application firewall (WAF)."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is an easy-to-use solution."
"Using policies to link and manage these URL-based routing configurations is also valuable."
"We can control what rules should be used and what should be disabled."
 

Cons

"Over the last several major versions, the GUI has remained virtually unchanged and still seems lacking."
"It lacks an officially supported, well-written SCOM Management Pack."
"In the next release, Kemp should include the ability for LoadMaster to create different DNS record types."
"The product is really good as-is out of the box. If there is one thing I would change is to have the license file not be coupled with the MAC address of the device. This is actually not really useful in a virtual environment where if you have a single VM with KEMP LoadMaster and you have not set up static MAC Address, if you, for example, recreate the VM and just load the disk file on a new VM it will get new MAC address and the NLB will not work as it will not see a proper license."
"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."
"The only thing I have struggled with is setting up automatic backups."
"In the next release, they can introduce 360 views in the same dashboard to make it easier for users to view. The graphical information should be displayed on the dashboard."
"Hardware version needs a dual power solution."
"The support can be improved when you are configuring the system rules. The Disaster Recovery feature can be added in the next release. The price of the solution can be reduced a bit."
"Application Gateway’s limitation is that the private and the public endpoint cannot use the same port."
"The solution could improve by increasing the performance when doing updates. For example, if I change the certificate it can take 30 minutes. Other vendors do not have this type of problem."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high. The solution should offer different pricing systems."
"The tool is a pain to deal with when it comes to the area of configuration."
"Scalability can be an issue."
"The solution doesn’t support wildcard-based and regular expression-based rules."
"Microsoft Azure Application Gateway could improve by allowing features to use more third-party tools."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"KEMP gives away free trials for 30 days. This can be stretched if you want. During the test, you will have access to KEMP support.​"
"They have multiple tiers of licensing and you can upgrade it easily."
"Setup is easy, the cost is affordable, and the licensing is quick and simple."
"Less expensive than Citrix."
"The license varies according to the number of megabits."
"The Kemp LoadMaster is a tremendous value."
"Pricing for the perpetual licensing was fair to us for the features and ease of use we received."
"The product definitely provides what the organization needs and its cost is reasonable considering the value it brings."
"Regarding pricing for Azure Application Gateway, I would rate it at seven."
"It is not expensive."
"The solution is fairly priced."
"It is an expensive solution. We have an enterprise agreement, it is monthly."
"The solution is reasonably priced."
"The product is expensive. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten."
"The product is not expensive."
"I would rate the pricing a three out of ten, with ten being cheap and one being expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
64%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
4%
Financial Services Firm
3%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Kemp LoadMaster?
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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kemp LoadMaster?
LoadMaster is cheaper than some other solutions. It has a perpetual license, so it's a one-time cost.
What needs improvement with Kemp LoadMaster?
My company is really happy with Kemp LoadMaster as a product. My company is also happy with the support we receive from Kemp LoadMaster. I want Kemp LoadMaster to provide users with better reportin...
What's the difference between Azure Front Door and Application Gateway?
We found Azure Front Door to be easily scaled and very stable. The implementation is very fast and Microsoft provides excellent support. Azure Front Door can quickly detect abnormalities before the...
How does AWS WAF compare to Microsoft Azure Application Gateway?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon’s Web Service Web Application Firewall or Microsoft Azure Application Gateway web application firewall software was the better fit ...
What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Application Gateway?
Application Gateway automatically redirects unwanted users and takes care of the security aspect. It also handles the performance side of things, which is why we use it.
 

Also Known As

LoadMaster Load Balancer
Azure Application Gateway, MS Azure Application Gateway
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Kent County Council, KEMP, SMA Solar Technology AG, RT€ Player , Victrix (Quebec, Canada), Texas A&M, Macmillan Cancer Support, Cisco, Austin Bank
Lilly, AccuWeather, AIRFRANCE, Honeywell
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