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LoadMaster Load Balancer

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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Page 3 - Reviews of LoadMaster Load Balancer

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CN

Chris N.  
head of global infrastructure  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Economical Load Balancing Option"

September 20, 2018

4.0

Provides a load balancing solution at an economical cost.

Pros

Kemp LoadMaster is an economical approach for load balancers.

Cons

There aren't as many features available as the more expensive alternatives.

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GP

Giuseppe P.  
Microsoft System Engineer  
Industrial Automation  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "In meinen Augen der Leader im Bereich Load-Balancing"

June 12, 2020

5.0

Pros

Die Software ist sehr übersichtlich und einfach. Die Templates auf der KEMP-Seite helfen sehr bei der Konfiguration der Regeln. Abgesehen von dem ist auch mit ESP sehr vieles abgedeckt.

Cons

Ich konnte leider für meine Bedürfnisse keine Nachteile finden bis jetzt.

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Response from Progress Software

June 15, 2020

Giuseppe, thank you very much for your review!

PT

Peter T.  
Senior Infrastructure analyst  
Government Administration  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Just works "

September 13, 2018

5.0

Pros

Excellent load balancers, from the first setup to the amazing support, the units just work.

Cons

Not always the easiest to find some settings.

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JD

Jean-Charles D.  
Consultant  
Information Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "LoadMaster : good products packed with interesting features"

September 14, 2018

5.0

Mostly Exchange publication to replace Microsoft Forefront TMG and ISA Server, and NLB replacement.

Pros

New features added to the product after launch Support is great Security is a first class citizen.

Cons

you need some time to understand some Regex rules and get them working for advanced functionnalities.

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AB

Aaron B.  
Manager of Systems Administration  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Solid product, great support"

November 18, 2019

5.0

This is a solid, easy to use and easy to deploy load balancer that we use for Banner9, ADFS, Exchange, and Skype For Business. Kemp's support is the best I have ever encountered.

Pros

It's a full-featured load balancer, and the support is stunningly great.

Cons

The Web UI is a little limiting and there's not a great CLI.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Information Technology Manager  
Government Administration  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "load balance for exchange"

June 19, 2018

4.0

Pros

minimal interaction with appliances, there up and stay up, the management interface is easy to use and understand ...

Cons

required 3rd party support to fix how appliance works with exchange server when exchange server was reloaded

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RF

Robert F.  
Sr. Database Administrator  
Investment Management  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Well worth the investement"

June 20, 2018

4.0

We have a very complex environment for our IT staff. Nearly 450 Servers in 4 data centers with 4 domains, supported by an IT Staff of 10. We needed a relatively some and inexpensive solution to tie all of the HA/DR requirements together. They offered a cost effective and simple solution.

Pros

Priced significantly below the competition, there is very little that can't be done with the product. We have a relatively small IT staff for the complexity of our environment, and simple is better. With the help of their support staff (all amazing), we were able to setup and configure and very powerful HA/DR solution.

Cons

I really only have one complaint/issue with the product. Their terminology is confusing. However, once you get the Rosetta Stone to translate what you want to setup into what their name for it is, you are golden.

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MS

Mark S.  
Director of IT & Infrastructure  
Telecommunications  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Excellent product"

September 14, 2018

5.0

We needed a solution to provide resiliency to web servers and this has 100% achieved it's aim. We are now finding additional uses for the product which is great.

Pros

Ease of use and customer support have been excellent when needed.

Cons

Interface is slightly cumbersome when it refreshes itself after selecting a drop down option in a field, would be better to wait until you hit save/confirm.

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CV

Chris V.  
Sr. System Engineer  
Hospitality  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "I have been using for many years. I have always had great support experiances"

June 19, 2018

4.0

Pros

Easy to use and intuitive interface. Expansive feature set and the ability to monitor and send notifications when there are any problems.

Cons

My only real complaint about this software is the lack of the apply button for many options. When changing a Virtual service if a mistake is made or something is changed inadvertently it is not easy to cancel or roll back.

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EI

Ethan I.  
Sr. Network Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "I have worked with LM-2200 & LM-2400 for about 12 years"

June 22, 2018

4.0

Pros

easy software update process with redundant units - software is feature rich - locating and downloading software is a breeze.

Cons

I have nothing bad to say - our LM-2200s and 2400s have been rock solid since day 1. We front our on premise Exchange environment with these units for years and have not had a single issue.

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EM

Eugene M.  
Presales Consultant  
Computer Hardware  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Kemp simplifies load balancing for our customers"

October 14, 2019

5.0

Pros

The management is simple especially the preconfigured templates

Cons

Can't think of any cons for Kemp software

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Mario N.  
Network Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "VLM 2000 review"

September 20, 2018

5.0

Load balancing of sharepont and exchange server.

Pros

Ease of use.It is very ease to setup new service.

Cons

Reporting is quite spartan.It would be great if performance graphs were larger.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Systems Engineer  
Building Materials  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Save Your Money - Use KEMP"

June 19, 2019

5.0

Handles everything we need it for... primarily load balancing various server applications, including SharePoint, JDEdwards, RFSmart

Pros

GREAT free solution. We went from F5 to KEMP and haven't looked back. Easy to set up, responsive, fills our needs completely

Cons

We have yet to see any downfall of using KEMP over any other load balancer

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AS

Ahmad S.  
IT Supervisor  
Telecommunications  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Best one available"

September 17, 2018

5.0

Pros

Ease of use, flexible configurations, pre-configured templates.

Cons

Free version available only as virtual appliance, not possible to install bare-metal

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IK

Iqbal K.  
Virtual Systems and Infrastructure  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Kemp LoadMaster"

September 13, 2018

5.0

Pros

Ease of use. Intuitive dashboard and GUI Functionality, caters email load balancing.

Cons

Lots of patching which needs to be applied regularly.

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WC

Wes C.  
Systems Engineer  
  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Kemp does a good job load balancing our applications."

June 24, 2018

4.0

Pros

The software is easy to use and easy to understand. It was simple to setup for our applications.

Cons

There really wasn't anything that we did not like about the software. It was easy to use and simple to operate.

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CL

Chang L.  
Sr. Systems Engineer  
Research  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "easy to manage and use, and the price is right."

June 23, 2018

4.0

it is very easy to use. and tech support are response quick and helpful.

Pros

Bought 2 load master appliances. setup instruction and template documentation smooth my initial setup. I am able to setup the High Available within 1 hr. Also, there are many virutal service templates available through their website, such as ADFS and Exchange services.

Cons

email alerting is not that great. I tried to configure to alert when virtual service when down. but it keep getting alot of emails with up and down. still working on to tweak the alerts. not much options there.

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DS

Daniel S.  
Systems Administrator  
Government Administration  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Good device with excellent support"

June 19, 2018

4.0

Pros

Creating/implementing services and templates is straightforward and takes very little time/effort to complete.

Cons

The Web Application Filter rules are not easily implemented or documented very well. This is a weakness for this product.

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TD

Tushar D.  
Systems Administrator  
  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "It is a great load balancer. We just got three of these"

June 19, 2018

5.0

Pros

I like it's ease of use. I got around to learning all the important features very quickly. It has L7 capabilities. HTTP header modification. A central console to manage multiple Kemps at the same time. Loads of good features!

Cons

Nothing. I really like Kemp and have no complaints about their product. It is a very good product!!!

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OB

Ozgur B.  
System Engineer  
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "System Engineer"

September 13, 2018

5.0

as a Reverse Proxy in the DMZ

Pros

We have LoadMaster VLM-2000 in use. It is easy to administrate and reliable.

Cons

We are very happy with LoadMaster VLM-2000.

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kK

krishna K.  
Systems Architect  
  
Used the software for:

### "Kemp LoadMaster Review"

March 30, 2015

5.0

Couple of good this about this product is the lost cost and it can be installed in bare metal, virtual , appliance and it is also available in Azure cloud. Easy to use templates has made the configuration very easy. I would recommend this tool and its a great load balancer

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SN

Stephan N.  
Sr Systems Administrator  
  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Was hard to get used to at first, but once you see how everything comes to together, it's easy."

June 20, 2018

5.0

Pros

It's simplicity once you pass the learning curve on it if you're using it for the first time and/or never done any load balancing or used load balancing applications like F5. Also, major props to the support staff.

Cons

The learning curve (at first) and the quality of documentation regarding the product. However, this is balanced out by the amazing support staff.

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