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Best PureLB Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from load balancing software ranked against PureLB on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.1
    PureLB vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  2. 2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing Free plan apiWeb Free6.3
    PureLB vs AWS Elastic Load Balancing
  3. 3
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.3
    PureLB vs VMware Workstation Pro
  4. 4
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.2
    PureLB vs HAProxy Community Edition
  5. 5
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.2
    PureLB vs MetalLB
  6. 6
    OpenELB Linuxself-hosted 5.7
    PureLB vs OpenELB
  7. 7
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 5.6
    PureLB vs A10 Thunder ADC
  8. 8
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.6
    PureLB vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  9. 9
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 5.5
    PureLB vs kube-vip
  10. 11
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.5
    PureLB vs Radware Alteon
  11. 12
    Vultr Block Storage apiLinuxWebWin $0.03/mo5.5
    PureLB vs Vultr Block Storage
  12. 13
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer Web $0.01/mo5.4
    PureLB vs Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer
  13. 14
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) apiLinuxself-hosted 5.4
    PureLB vs Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)
  14. 15
    Google Cloud Load Balancing apiWeb 5.4
    PureLB vs Google Cloud Load Balancing
  15. 16
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 5.4
    PureLB vs HAProxy Enterprise
  16. 17
    Hetzner Cloud Volumes Web 5.4
    PureLB vs Hetzner Cloud Volumes
  17. 18
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 5.4
    PureLB vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  18. 19
    DigitalOcean Load Balancers Web $12/mo5.3
    PureLB vs DigitalOcean Load Balancers
  19. 20
    FortiADC 5.3
    PureLB vs FortiADC
  20. 21
    VMware Cloud Foundation Operations Web 5.3
    PureLB vs VMware Cloud Foundation Operations

PureLB 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
11Radware Alteon5.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12Vultr Block Storage5.5No$0.03/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
13Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer5.4No$0.01/moWeb
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 PureLB alternatives

What is the best alternative to PureLB?

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 PureLB?

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.