Google Cloud Load Balancing pricing
1 plan read from cloud.google.com
Pay-as-you-goPrice not published Usage-based; charges depend on forwarding rules, traffic processed, and other applicable services.First 5 global forwarding rules: $0.025 / 1 hour · Each additional global forwarding rule: $0.01 / 1 hour · Regional inbound and outbound data processing: $0.008 / 1 gibibyte Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloud.google.com
In short
- Google Cloud Load Balancing has a free plan (Pay-as-you-go).
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS Elastic Load Balancing | — | Yes | No |
| 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 |