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Best Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from load balancing software ranked against Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.1
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  2. 2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing Free plan apiWeb Free6.3
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs AWS Elastic Load Balancing
  3. 3
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.3
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs VMware Workstation Pro
  4. 4
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.2
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs HAProxy Community Edition
  5. 5
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.2
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs MetalLB
  6. 6
    OpenELB Linuxself-hosted 5.7
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs OpenELB
  7. 7
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 5.6
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs A10 Thunder ADC
  8. 8
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.6
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  9. 9
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 5.5
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs kube-vip
  10. 10
    PureLB Linuxself-hosted 5.5
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs PureLB
  11. 11
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.5
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs Radware Alteon
  12. 12
    Vultr Block Storage apiLinuxWebWin $0.03/mo5.5
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs Vultr Block Storage
  13. 14
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) apiLinuxself-hosted 5.4
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)
  14. 15
    Google Cloud Load Balancing apiWeb 5.4
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs Google Cloud Load Balancing
  15. 16
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 5.4
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs HAProxy Enterprise
  16. 17
    Hetzner Cloud Volumes Web 5.4
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs Hetzner Cloud Volumes
  17. 18
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 5.4
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  18. 19
    DigitalOcean Load Balancers Web $12/mo5.3
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs DigitalOcean Load Balancers
  19. 20
    FortiADC 5.3
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs FortiADC
  20. 21
    VMware Cloud Foundation Operations Web 5.3
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer vs VMware Cloud Foundation Operations

Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1F5 BIG-IP APM7.1No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2AWS Elastic Load Balancing6.3Free planFreeAPI, Web
3VMware Workstation Pro6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
4HAProxy Community Edition6.2Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
5MetalLB6.2Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
6OpenELB5.7No—Linux, self-hosted
7A10 Thunder ADC5.6No—API, Linux, self-hosted
8Loadbalancer.org Enterprise5.6No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
9kube-vip5.5No—Linux, self-hosted
10PureLB5.5No—Linux, self-hosted
11Radware Alteon5.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12Vultr Block Storage5.5No$0.03/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
14Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)5.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted
15Google Cloud Load Balancing5.4No—API, Web
16HAProxy Enterprise5.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted
17Hetzner Cloud Volumes5.4No—Web
18Progress Kemp LoadMaster5.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19DigitalOcean Load Balancers5.3No$12/moWeb
20FortiADC5.3No——
21VMware Cloud Foundation Operations5.3No—Web
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Questions about Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer alternatives

What is the best alternative to Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer?

F5 BIG-IP APM, number 1 in load balancing software with a score of 7.1 out of 10. The others here: AWS Elastic Load Balancing, VMware Workstation Pro, HAProxy Community Edition and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer?

AWS Elastic Load Balancing is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 4 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.