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Best AWS Elastic Load Balancing Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

  1. 1
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.7
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  2. 2
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 7.0
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  3. 3
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free7.0
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs VMware Workstation Pro
  4. 4
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 6.9
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  5. 5
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 6.8
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs A10 Thunder ADC
  6. 7
    Vultr Block Storage apiLinuxWebWin $0.03/mo6.7
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Vultr Block Storage
  7. 8
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.6
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs HAProxy Community Edition
  8. 9
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.5
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs MetalLB
  9. 10
    OpenELB Linuxself-hosted 6.5
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs OpenELB
  10. 11
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.5
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Radware Alteon
  11. 12
    Array APV apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.4
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Array APV
  12. 13
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) apiLinuxself-hosted 6.3
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)
  13. 14
    Google Cloud Load Balancing apiWeb 6.2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Google Cloud Load Balancing
  14. 15
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 6.2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs HAProxy Enterprise
  15. 16
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 6.2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs kube-vip
  16. 17
    PureLB Linuxself-hosted 6.2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs PureLB
  17. 18
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer Web $0.01/mo6.1
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer
  18. 19
    DigitalOcean Load Balancers Web $12/mo6.0
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs DigitalOcean Load Balancers
  19. 20
    Hetzner Cloud Volumes Web 6.0
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Hetzner Cloud Volumes
  20. 21
    Cloudflare Load Balancing Web $5/mo5.9
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Cloudflare Load Balancing

AWS Elastic Load Balancing alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1F5 BIG-IP APM7.7No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Loadbalancer.org Enterprise7.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
3VMware Workstation Pro7.0Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
4Progress Kemp LoadMaster6.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5A10 Thunder ADC6.8No—API, Linux, self-hosted
7Vultr Block Storage6.7No$0.03/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
8HAProxy Community Edition6.6Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
9MetalLB6.5Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
10OpenELB6.5No—Linux, self-hosted
11Radware Alteon6.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12Array APV6.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
13Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)6.3No—API, Linux, self-hosted
14Google Cloud Load Balancing6.2No—API, Web
15HAProxy Enterprise6.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted
16kube-vip6.2No—Linux, self-hosted
17PureLB6.2No—Linux, self-hosted
18Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer6.1No$0.01/moWeb
19DigitalOcean Load Balancers6.0No$12/moWeb
20Hetzner Cloud Volumes6.0No—Web
21Cloudflare Load Balancing5.9No$5/moWeb
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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 7.7 out of 10. The others here: Loadbalancer.org Enterprise, VMware Workstation Pro, 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 what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.