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Best AWS Elastic Load Balancing Alternatives in 2026

Updated

19 apps from load balancing software ranked against AWS Elastic Load Balancing on the same published basis.

  1. 2
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free7.8
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs HAProxy Community Edition
  2. 3
    Google Cloud Load Balancing apiWeb 7.2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Google Cloud Load Balancing
  3. 4
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer Web $0.01/mo7.0
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer
  4. 5
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 6.8
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  5. 6
    Cloudflare Load Balancing Web $5/mo6.7
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Cloudflare Load Balancing
  6. 7
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 6.6
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs HAProxy Enterprise
  7. 8
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) apiLinuxself-hosted 6.5
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)
  8. 9
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.4
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Radware Alteon
  9. 10
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs MetalLB
  10. 11
    FortiADC 6.2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs FortiADC
  11. 12
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  12. 13
    Array APV WebLinux 6.0
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Array APV
  13. 14
    DigitalOcean Load Balancers Web $12/mo5.8
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs DigitalOcean Load Balancers
  14. 15
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 5.8
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs kube-vip
  15. 16
    PureLB Linuxself-hosted 5.6
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs PureLB
  16. 17
    OpenELB Linuxself-hosted 5.6
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs OpenELB
  17. 18
    Linux Virtual Server Linux 5.5
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Linux Virtual Server
  18. 19
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 5.3
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs A10 Thunder ADC
  19. 20
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS 4.5
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS

AWS Elastic Load Balancing alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
2HAProxy Community Edition7.8Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
3Google Cloud Load Balancing7.2No—API, Web
4Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer7.0No$0.01/moWeb
5Progress Kemp LoadMaster6.8No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Cloudflare Load Balancing6.7No$5/moWeb
7HAProxy Enterprise6.6No—API, Linux, self-hosted
8Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)6.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted
9Radware Alteon6.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
10MetalLB6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
11FortiADC6.2No——
12Loadbalancer.org Enterprise6.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
13Array APV6.0No—Web, Linux
14DigitalOcean Load Balancers5.8No$12/moWeb
15kube-vip5.8No—Linux, self-hosted
16PureLB5.6No—Linux, self-hosted
17OpenELB5.6No—Linux, self-hosted
18Linux Virtual Server5.5No—Linux
19A10 Thunder ADC5.3No—API, Linux, self-hosted
20Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS4.5No——
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Questions about AWS Elastic Load Balancing alternatives

What is the best alternative to AWS Elastic Load Balancing?

HAProxy Community Edition, number 2 in load balancing software with a score of 7.8 out of 10. The others here: Google Cloud Load Balancing, Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer, Progress Kemp LoadMaster and 15 more.

What is the best free alternative to AWS Elastic Load Balancing?

HAProxy Community Edition is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 2 of the 19 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.