AWS Elastic Load Balancing pricing
5 plans read from aws.amazon.com
AWS Free TierFree New AWS customers receive 750 hours per month shared between Classic and Application Load Balancers, 15 GB data processing for Classic Load Balancers, and 15 LCUs for Application Load Balancers.Free plan available for 6 months after account creation; up to $200 in credits for new AWS customers signing up from July 15, 2025; credits must be used within 12 months Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Pay-as-you-go — Application Load BalancerPrice not published Per hour or partial hour running, plus Load Balancer Capacity Units used per minute; rates vary by region.Additional charges may apply for data transfer and public IPv4 addresses Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Pay-as-you-go — Classic Load BalancerPrice not published Per hour or partial hour running and for each GB of data transferred; rates vary by region.Additional charges may apply for data transfer and public IPv4 addresses Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Pay-as-you-go — Gateway Load BalancerPrice not published Per hour or partial hour running, plus Gateway Load Balancer Capacity Units used per minute; rates vary by region.Gateway Load Balancer Endpoint is priced and billed separately; additional charges may apply for data transfer and public IPv4 addresses Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Pay-as-you-go — Network Load BalancerPrice not published Per hour or partial hour running, plus Network Load Balancer Capacity Units used per minute; rates vary by region.Additional charges may apply for data transfer and public IPv4 addresses Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
In short
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing has a free plan (AWS Free Tier).
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| A10 Thunder ADC | — | No | Yes |
| HAProxy Community Edition | — | Yes | No |
| Loadbalancer.org Enterprise | $150/mo | No | Yes |
| Array APV | — | No | No |
| Linux Virtual Server | — | Yes | No |
| MetalLB | — | Yes | No |
| Progress Kemp LoadMaster | — | No | Yes |
| Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) | — | No | No |