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Imperva DDoS vs Kemp LoadMaster comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Imperva DDoS
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
CDN (6th), Web Application Firewall (WAF) (18th), Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (7th)
Kemp LoadMaster
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Imperva DDoS and Kemp LoadMaster aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Imperva DDoS is designed for Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection and holds a mindshare of 6.3%, down 7.8% compared to last year.
Kemp LoadMaster, on the other hand, focuses on Application Delivery Controllers (ADC), holds 7.3% mindshare, up 7.0% since last year.
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
 

Featured Reviews

DerrickAkankwasa - PeerSpot reviewer
Provide DDoS protection and better security at effective rate
It is expanding its number of data centers for scrubbing traffic. Currently, there is only one POP for cleaning in South Africa. They might add another POP in North Africa, possibly in Nigeria or Egypt. Latency concerns customers, especially in regions like East and West Africa, where traffic has to travel to South Africa before returning. Increasing the number of POPs across the continent would help address these latency issues and improve overall service. While the platform is already quite strong, there’s always room for improvement, especially in keeping up with emerging trends and new types of attacks. Enhancing security capabilities could be beneficial. Integrating more advanced AI features could significantly improve its effectiveness and help customers leverage these tools more effectively. It would be great to see more focus on AI integration to handle and analyze data more efficiently.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use Imperva DDoS to stop DDoS attacks and reduce the amount of unwanted queries against web services or web scraping."
"Imperva DDoS helps us automate production. The client had specific requirements for a cloud project in the financial sector."
"The three-second service level agreement is already better than the competition."
"I like the user-friendly interface."
"Simplifies putting everything in code."
"Integration with IBM AS/400 and Db2 is okay."
"​Technical support provides good, quick responses."
"The complete solution is valuable for everything it delivers and the protection it offers."
"LoadMaster is easy to deploy and understand."
"The base feature of Kemp LoadMaster load balancing ticks all the boxes but the most valuable features would be the security features Intrusion Prevention (IPS) and Web Application Firewall (WAF)."
"Edge Security Pack is valuable because of the way it separates between critical infrastructure and the public internet."
"The old process of manually having to redirect Outlook Web Access traffic and Email traffic to a second server is a thing of the past."
"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 so far has been the high-availability options that allowed us to add an additional Kemp LoadMaster VLM virtual appliance into our VMware vSphere environment, to provide failover for our existing LoadMaster."
"The security features are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The configuration is really easy and the web portal is self-explanatory."
 

Cons

"Certificate management could be improved."
"Users would benefit from better documentation. There is official documentation, but sometimes we need more detail. We have some use cases that are not so run of the mill. It would be great if there was a knowledge base that we could go to for more answers."
"I am not sure if this application has a policy where you can create your custom policy and run it as our firewall. We should have some ability to also create some custom policy, then run it as a firewall."
"The rules surrounding the making of web applications could be improved."
"We had an issue when securing the web applications for DDoS protection."
"We would like them to hire people in Sweden because it's quite hard when people are sitting in the UK or Belgium because some of the customers really want them to be local."
"It needs to be improved every time there are new attacks."
"The solution needs to improve Integration with third parties for their on-prem deployment models. The integration is not that good yet."
"Although Kemp is very user-friendly, it lacks a more custom configuration."
"In the next release, Kemp should include the ability for LoadMaster to create different DNS record types."
"Some documentation is out of date versus the new version, and things have been moved​."
"We experienced a brief period of instability."
"We have experienced at least one problem with stability, although it was fixed with an upgrade."
"Overall, the Kemp LoadMaster has been an all-rounder great product and stable. The free trial and virtual edition make it a breeze for any potential customer to give it a spin before actually deciding to put it on the infrastructure or even talk to the CFO."
"In the web interface, there are a lot of settings in the different menus and it would be helpful if there were an interactive help system or tooltips to help the administrators find and configure the right settings."
"If I had to change something it would maybe be to have a little better reporting graphics that show more details in the reporting. It seems to be a little small in the graphic, and I'm not sure if possible but maybe a GUI page that one can use to monitor if any server goes down."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a license or subscription renewal that our customers pay."
"We are satisfied with the pricing."
"We have an issue with Imperva Incapsula in the Iraqi market because of the high price."
"Varies depending on the needs of the customer."
"The data packages are higher than our needs so we end up paying for data that we don't use."
"For enterprise contracts you will be in touch with a dedicated account manager who will guide you regarding licensing."
"It is not expensive compared to the other similar solutions in this category."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."
"From a cost perspective, Kemp is very competitive and is not hard to justify by any means."
"Licensing is yearly and I am going to guess that it is CAN $2000.00."
"The costs for the Kemp Load Balancer solution are okay because, for a good product, you have to spend money."
"This product has good value and features for the money."
"​I have control on the licensing and all the prices since I work for a partner.​"
"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.​"
"Nowadays, going with the virtual appliance is the easiest way and the cost is reasonable."
"The Kemp LoadMaster is a tremendous value."
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Comparison Review

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Nov 6, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Educational Organization
25%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Imperva Incapsula?
We use Imperva DDoS to stop DDoS attacks and reduce the amount of unwanted queries against web services or web scraping.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Imperva DDoS?
The pricing, setup costs, and licensing of Imperva DDoS are reasonable for the amount of technical capabilities provided. I would rate the pricing of Imperva DDoS as five, where one is very cheap a...
What needs improvement with Imperva DDoS?
I would like to see improvements in the pooling of threats and attacks, possibly to enlarge the scale of indicators of compromise. For example, the initiation of an attack on the endpoint level cou...
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?
There are some challenges with updates on certain models that don't have a few features. The support team often takes a lot of time to provide resolutions for issues. Also, I could see more capabil...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Imperva Incapsula
LoadMaster Load Balancer
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Hitachi, BNZ, Bitstamp, Moz, InnoGames, BTCChina, Wix, LivePerson, Zillow and more.
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