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Best Google Cloud Load Balancing Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

  1. 1
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.7
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  2. 2
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 7.0
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  3. 3
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs VMware Workstation Pro
  4. 4
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 6.9
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  5. 5
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 6.8
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs A10 Thunder ADC
  6. 6
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing Free plan apiWeb Free6.8
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs AWS Elastic Load Balancing
  7. 7
    Vultr Block Storage apiLinuxWebWin $0.03/mo6.7
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Vultr Block Storage
  8. 8
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.6
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs HAProxy Community Edition
  9. 9
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.5
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs MetalLB
  10. 10
    OpenELB Linuxself-hosted 6.5
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs OpenELB
  11. 11
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.5
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Radware Alteon
  12. 12
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) apiLinuxself-hosted 6.3
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)
  13. 14
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 6.2
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs HAProxy Enterprise
  14. 15
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 6.2
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs kube-vip
  15. 16
    PureLB Linuxself-hosted 6.2
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs PureLB
  16. 17
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer Web $0.01/mo6.1
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer
  17. 18
    DigitalOcean Load Balancers Web $12/mo6.0
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs DigitalOcean Load Balancers
  18. 19
    Hetzner Cloud Volumes Web 6.0
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Hetzner Cloud Volumes
  19. 20
    Array APV WebLinux 5.9
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Array APV
  20. 21
    Cloudflare Load Balancing Web $5/mo5.9
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Cloudflare Load Balancing

Google Cloud 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
6AWS Elastic Load Balancing6.8Free planFreeAPI, Web
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
12Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)6.3No—API, Linux, self-hosted
14HAProxy Enterprise6.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted
15kube-vip6.2No—Linux, self-hosted
16PureLB6.2No—Linux, self-hosted
17Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer6.1No$0.01/moWeb
18DigitalOcean Load Balancers6.0No$12/moWeb
19Hetzner Cloud Volumes6.0No—Web
20Array APV5.9No—Web, Linux
21Cloudflare Load Balancing5.9No$5/moWeb
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Questions about Google Cloud Load Balancing alternatives

What is the best alternative to Google Cloud 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 Google Cloud Load Balancing?

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 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.