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Best Azure Load Balancer Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

  1. 1
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.1
    Azure Load Balancer vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  2. 2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing Free plan apiWeb Free6.3
    Azure Load Balancer vs AWS Elastic Load Balancing
  3. 3
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.3
    Azure Load Balancer vs VMware Workstation Pro
  4. 4
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.2
    Azure Load Balancer vs HAProxy Community Edition
  5. 5
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.2
    Azure Load Balancer vs MetalLB
  6. 6
    Array APV apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.7
    Azure Load Balancer vs Array APV
  7. 7
    OpenELB Linuxself-hosted 5.7
    Azure Load Balancer vs OpenELB
  8. 8
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 5.6
    Azure Load Balancer vs A10 Thunder ADC
  9. 9
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.6
    Azure Load Balancer vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  10. 10
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 5.5
    Azure Load Balancer vs kube-vip
  11. 11
    PureLB Linuxself-hosted 5.5
    Azure Load Balancer vs PureLB
  12. 12
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.5
    Azure Load Balancer vs Radware Alteon
  13. 13
    Vultr Block Storage apiLinuxWebWin $0.03/mo5.5
    Azure Load Balancer vs Vultr Block Storage
  14. 14
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer Web $0.01/mo5.4
    Azure Load Balancer vs Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer
  15. 15
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) apiLinuxself-hosted 5.4
    Azure Load Balancer vs Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)
  16. 16
    Google Cloud Load Balancing apiWeb 5.4
    Azure Load Balancer vs Google Cloud Load Balancing
  17. 17
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 5.4
    Azure Load Balancer vs HAProxy Enterprise
  18. 18
    Hetzner Cloud Volumes Web 5.4
    Azure Load Balancer vs Hetzner Cloud Volumes
  19. 19
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 5.4
    Azure Load Balancer vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  20. 21
    DigitalOcean Load Balancers Web $12/mo5.3
    Azure Load Balancer vs DigitalOcean Load Balancers

Azure 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
6Array APV5.7No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
7OpenELB5.7No—Linux, self-hosted
8A10 Thunder ADC5.6No—API, Linux, self-hosted
9Loadbalancer.org Enterprise5.6No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
10kube-vip5.5No—Linux, self-hosted
11PureLB5.5No—Linux, self-hosted
12Radware Alteon5.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
13Vultr Block Storage5.5No$0.03/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
14Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer5.4No$0.01/moWeb
15Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)5.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted
16Google Cloud Load Balancing5.4No—API, Web
17HAProxy Enterprise5.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted
18Hetzner Cloud Volumes5.4No—Web
19Progress Kemp LoadMaster5.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
21DigitalOcean Load Balancers5.3No$12/moWeb
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Questions about Azure Load Balancer alternatives

What is the best alternative to Azure 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 Azure 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.