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Best AWS Elastic Load Balancing Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

  1. 1
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.3
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  2. 2
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.9
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs VMware Workstation Pro
  3. 4
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.8
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  4. 5
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 6.8
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  5. 6
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.6
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs HAProxy Community Edition
  6. 7
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.6
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs MetalLB
  7. 8
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 6.5
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs A10 Thunder ADC
  8. 9
    OpenELB Linuxself-hosted 6.3
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs OpenELB
  9. 10
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Radware Alteon
  10. 11
    Vultr Block Storage apiLinuxWebWin $0.03/mo6.2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Vultr Block Storage
  11. 12
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 6.1
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs kube-vip
  12. 13
    PureLB Linuxself-hosted 6.1
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs PureLB
  13. 14
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) apiLinuxself-hosted 6.0
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)
  14. 15
    Google Cloud Load Balancing apiWeb 6.0
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Google Cloud Load Balancing
  15. 16
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 6.0
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs HAProxy Enterprise
  16. 17
    Hetzner Cloud Volumes Web 6.0
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Hetzner Cloud Volumes
  17. 18
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer Web $0.01/mo5.9
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer
  18. 19
    Array APV WebLinux 5.8
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Array APV
  19. 20
    DigitalOcean Load Balancers Web $12/mo5.8
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs DigitalOcean Load Balancers
  20. 21
    VMware Cloud Foundation Operations Web 5.8
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs VMware Cloud Foundation Operations

AWS Elastic Load Balancing alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1F5 BIG-IP APM7.3No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2VMware Workstation Pro6.9Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
4Loadbalancer.org Enterprise6.8No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
5Progress Kemp LoadMaster6.8No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6HAProxy Community Edition6.6Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
7MetalLB6.6Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
8A10 Thunder ADC6.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted
9OpenELB6.3No—Linux, self-hosted
10Radware Alteon6.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
11Vultr Block Storage6.2No$0.03/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
12kube-vip6.1No—Linux, self-hosted
13PureLB6.1No—Linux, self-hosted
14Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)6.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
15Google Cloud Load Balancing6.0No—API, Web
16HAProxy Enterprise6.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
17Hetzner Cloud Volumes6.0No—Web
18Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer5.9No$0.01/moWeb
19Array APV5.8No—Web, Linux
20DigitalOcean Load Balancers5.8No$12/moWeb
21VMware Cloud Foundation Operations5.8No—Web
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Questions about AWS Elastic Load Balancing alternatives

What is the best alternative to AWS Elastic Load Balancing?

F5 BIG-IP APM, number 1 in load balancing software with a score of 7.3 out of 10. The others here: VMware Workstation Pro, Loadbalancer.org Enterprise, Progress Kemp LoadMaster and 16 more.

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

VMware Workstation Pro is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 3 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on.