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Corero vs Kemp LoadMaster comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Corero
Ranking in Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection
15th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Kemp LoadMaster
Ranking in Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection
18th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (9th), Web Application Firewall (WAF) (20th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category, the mindshare of Corero is 2.5%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kemp LoadMaster is 1.4%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Corero2.5%
Kemp LoadMaster1.4%
Other96.1%
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection
 

Featured Reviews

HP
Presale Manager at HTech Vietnam
Effective network and DDoS protection with suitable pricing
I use Corero for network DDoS protection projects. It is particularly effective in providing protection against network DDoS attacks I find Corero to be good, especially in a wide area. It does not have application filtering or application DDoS prevention, but for network DDoS projects, it is…
IshtiaqKhalil - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Engineer at BOK
Displays flexible, user-friendly interface with minor licensing challenges
The product could be improved with a more intuitive interface for complex configurations and more advanced analytics. Additionally, enhanced security features, like a more robust Web Application Firewall, and stronger APIs for better automation would be beneficial. Overall, the main areas for improvement are in strengthening the advanced features to better meet the demands of large-scale enterprise environments. key features for the next release should focus on three areas. First, an enhanced, next-generation security suite with a more powerful Web Application Firewall (WAF) and integrated bot protection. Second, more advanced and customizable analytics dashboards to provide deeper insights into application performance. Finally, greater support for modern, cloud-native environments, including better APIs for automation and seamless hybrid-cloud traffic management

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a good solution. Its vendor support is the most valuable. It is simple and works well if you have Juniper MX routers."
"SmartWall devices occupy only one-fourth of the width of a rack unit, making them very easy to install."
"It is an agnostic and transparent inline platform, which means that the maximum visibility of the symmetric and asymmetric traffic is available, even allowing bidirectional detection of the attack."
"The DDoS protection features are valuable."
"The most important aspect, in general, is that the price is suitable for most clients."
"The most valuable feature of Corero is its ability to handle smaller attacks in terms of the amount of volume and time. You can handle almost 100 perfect of the attacks locally."
"This is a hybrid solution."
"The solution is easy to configure when changing the load balancing method to Round Robin or least connection."
"We had some issues in patching management, so we deployed this product for virtual patching, the IPS rule, and it gives us very good results because we have very critical servers."
"The DNS Load Balancer makes it so that I don't have to worry about site failures."
"I like the way this solution handles multiple SSLs in different domains while still load balancing."
"Security is considered the most effective feature in Kemp LoadMaster."
"The most valuable feature is the load balancing and allowing for high availability of our web services."
"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)."
"The most valuable features for us are the Load Balancing and Web Application Firewall, as we have a lot of web applications."
 

Cons

"Corero needs to improve its application DDoS prevention capabilities and user behavior detection features."
"It could use support in Spanish."
"The approach taken by Corero is to partner with other organizations in order to address volumetric attacks that cannot be handled by the hardware installed in the infrastructure. Corero does not have a solution for these attacks, so they are looking for partners to help them manage them. This approach is supplemented by local hardware, but the main focus is on the partnerships. It would be beneficial to have a more complete solution."
"Juniper is known in our country, but it is not very popular. There is also not enough information about Corero. Our enterprise and financial sectors don't know about this solution. They need to provide more information and do more marketing for this solution in our country."
"The product must provide more Layer 7 capabilities."
"Lacks international presence."
"It would be very helpful to get all the http/https session logs by default in the log monitor without activating debugging mode like an apache web sever natively does"
"It would be much easier to have the management interface directly integrate with the Kemp Support library, allowing you to choose the desired template from the online catalog to then directly download to the LoadMaster."
"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 that I miss is that the TMG server was giving me live information about who is connected and what is the request about."
"UI is very basic and unattractive."
"The product could be improved by making the SSL Offloading easier."
"Some documentation is out of date versus the new version, and things have been moved​."
"It would be helpful if there were a way to incorporate tooltips on the fields so that we don't have to dig through documentation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Corero is affordable."
"Its price is normal."
"Any decent product will cost money and if you want great support and a great product, then you will want to spend the money on it."
"The Kemp LoadMaster is a tremendous value."
"The price is great and the value is definitely there."
"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.​"
"Pricing for the perpetual licensing was fair to us for the features and ease of use we received."
"Download Kemp's VLM trial and take it for a test drive; you will be impressed."
"The price is lower than other options."
"Currently, no cost is involved with a virtual load balancer. They have used open source. We did not pay for software. We paid for the expertise. We are only paying the consulting charges, which are very reasonable, that is, around a thousand dollars."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
13%
University
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise16
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Corero?
The DDoS protection features are valuable.
What needs improvement with Corero?
Corero needs to improve its application DDoS prevention capabilities and user behavior detection features.
What is your primary use case for Corero?
I use Corero for network DDoS protection projects. It is particularly effective in providing protection against network DDoS attacks.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kemp LoadMaster?
My primary advice is to carefully analyze your total cost of ownership (TCO) rather than just the initial purchase price. Kemp LoadMaster is highly competitive on price and often provides a much be...
What needs improvement with Kemp LoadMaster?
The product could be improved with a more intuitive interface for complex configurations and more advanced analytics. Additionally, enhanced security features, like a more robust Web Application Fi...
What is your primary use case for Kemp LoadMaster?
Our primary use case was traffic load balancing and distribution. The solution was essential for managing all inbound client traffic, including HTTPS and DNS requests, by routing it through our fir...
 

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Sample Customers

Telesystem, Jagex, Hivelocity, Los Angeles Dedicated, Netrics hosting, Hyve, Zacks Investment Research, Dynamic Business Systems, G4BOX INC., GamersFirst, Fastmetrics, San Miguel County
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