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Best FortiADC Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 platforms from load balancing software ranked against FortiADC on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.3
    FortiADC vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  2. 2
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.9
    FortiADC vs VMware Workstation Pro
  3. 3
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 6.8
    FortiADC vs A10 Thunder ADC
  4. 4
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing Free plan apiWeb Free6.8
    FortiADC vs AWS Elastic Load Balancing
  5. 5
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.8
    FortiADC vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  6. 6
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 6.8
    FortiADC vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  7. 7
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.6
    FortiADC vs HAProxy Community Edition
  8. 8
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.6
    FortiADC vs MetalLB
  9. 9
    Array APV apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.4
    FortiADC vs Array APV
  10. 10
    OpenELB Linuxself-hosted 6.3
    FortiADC vs OpenELB
  11. 11
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.2
    FortiADC vs Radware Alteon
  12. 12
    Vultr Block Storage apiLinuxWebWin $0.03/mo6.2
    FortiADC vs Vultr Block Storage
  13. 13
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 6.1
    FortiADC vs kube-vip
  14. 14
    PureLB Linuxself-hosted 6.1
    FortiADC vs PureLB
  15. 15
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) apiLinuxself-hosted 6.0
    FortiADC vs Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)
  16. 16
    Google Cloud Load Balancing apiWeb 6.0
    FortiADC vs Google Cloud Load Balancing
  17. 17
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 6.0
    FortiADC vs HAProxy Enterprise
  18. 18
    Hetzner Cloud Volumes Web 6.0
    FortiADC vs Hetzner Cloud Volumes
  19. 19
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer Web $0.01/mo5.9
    FortiADC vs Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer
  20. 20
    Azure Load Balancer Web 5.8
    FortiADC vs Azure Load Balancer

FortiADC 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
3A10 Thunder ADC6.8No—API, Linux, self-hosted
4AWS Elastic Load Balancing6.8Free planFreeAPI, Web
5Loadbalancer.org Enterprise6.8No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
6Progress Kemp LoadMaster6.8No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7HAProxy Community Edition6.6Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
8MetalLB6.6Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
9Array APV6.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
10OpenELB6.3No—Linux, self-hosted
11Radware Alteon6.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12Vultr Block Storage6.2No$0.03/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
13kube-vip6.1No—Linux, self-hosted
14PureLB6.1No—Linux, self-hosted
15Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)6.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
16Google Cloud Load Balancing6.0No—API, Web
17HAProxy Enterprise6.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
18Hetzner Cloud Volumes6.0No—Web
19Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer5.9No$0.01/moWeb
20Azure Load Balancer5.8No—Web
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Questions about FortiADC alternatives

What is the best alternative to FortiADC?

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, A10 Thunder ADC, AWS Elastic Load Balancing and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to FortiADC?

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