Progress Kemp LoadMaster
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Plans and prices
From Progress Kemp LoadMaster's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Temporary LoadMaster trial license | Free | 30 days · VLM-MAX model · Enterprise Plus Support, including ESP, WAF and GEO |
| Permanent LoadMaster license | Priced on request | License available through a Progress Kemp partner, Sales, or the LoadMaster Upgrade option |
The facts
Each one read from Progress Kemp LoadMaster's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access protection
- LoadMaster security features include reverse proxy, single sign-on, pre-authentication, SMTP domain filtering, dual-factor authentication, IPS, and SSL bridging.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Cloud licensing
- Cloud LoadMasters can use pay-per-use licensing or perpetual BYOL licenses, and pay-per-use charges apply only for usage consumed.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Core features
- Its listed features include balancing methods, persistence, SSL acceleration and offloading, rule based content switching, health checking, GEO, WAF, SNMP, IPv6, and edge security.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Progress describes LoadMaster as available in hardware, virtual, and cloud forms, and documents on-premises and cloud deployment options.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- LoadMaster supports SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.2, and TLS 1.3; virtual LoadMasters provide software SSL rather than hardware SSL.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Example workload
- The Exchange 2019 deployment guide describes support for Exchange protocols and says LoadMaster can use Layer 7 health checking to reroute users from inaccessible components.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Geographic availability
- GEO can direct clients to datacenters using policies based on location or proximity and supports failover and failback.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation provides deployment guides for Microsoft, VMware, Omnissa, Dell EMC, Citrix, and Oracle workloads.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Progress describes the LoadMaster product family as serving businesses of all sizes and managed service providers.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- LoadMaster is an application delivery controller and server load balancer that manages user traffic and applications.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security
- The integrated WAF provides protections including OWASP Top Ten coverage, SQL injection protection, cross-site scripting mitigation, and denial of service mitigation.checked 2 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1981checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Burlington, Massachusetts, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Support and trial limit
- A temporary license expires after 30 days, at which point LoadMaster ceases to function; the trial uses Enterprise Plus Support, and some features may be lost when switching to a permanent license with a different support tier.checked 2 Oct 2026
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