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Best AWS Elastic Load Balancing Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

  1. 1
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.5
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs VMware Workstation Pro
  2. 3
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs HAProxy Community Edition
  3. 4
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs MetalLB
  4. 5
    Array APV apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.4
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Array APV
  5. 6
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 5.4
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  6. 7
    OpenELB Linuxself-hosted 5.4
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs OpenELB
  7. 8
    Hetzner Cloud Volumes Web 5.3
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Hetzner Cloud Volumes
  8. 9
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 5.3
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs kube-vip
  9. 10
    PureLB Linuxself-hosted 5.3
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs PureLB
  10. 11
    VMware Cloud Foundation Operations Web 5.2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs VMware Cloud Foundation Operations
  11. 12
    FortiADC 5.1
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs FortiADC
  12. 13
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) Win 5.1
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs IIS Application Request Routing (ARR)
  13. 14
    Linux Virtual Server Linux 5.1
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Linux Virtual Server
  14. 15
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.1
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  15. 16
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 5.1
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  16. 17
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.1
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Radware Alteon
  17. 18
    Vultr Block Storage apiLinuxWebWin $0.03/mo5.1
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Vultr Block Storage
  18. 19
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 5.0
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs A10 Thunder ADC
  19. 20
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) apiLinuxself-hosted 5.0
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)
  20. 21
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 5.0
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs HAProxy Enterprise

AWS Elastic Load Balancing alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1VMware Workstation Pro6.5Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
3HAProxy Community Edition6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
4MetalLB6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
5Array APV5.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
6F5 BIG-IP APM5.4No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7OpenELB5.4No—Linux, self-hosted
8Hetzner Cloud Volumes5.3No—Web
9kube-vip5.3No—Linux, self-hosted
10PureLB5.3No—Linux, self-hosted
11VMware Cloud Foundation Operations5.2No—Web
12FortiADC5.1No——
13IIS Application Request Routing (ARR)5.1No—Windows
14Linux Virtual Server5.1No—Linux
15Loadbalancer.org Enterprise5.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
16Progress Kemp LoadMaster5.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
17Radware Alteon5.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
18Vultr Block Storage5.1No$0.03/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
19A10 Thunder ADC5.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
20Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)5.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
21HAProxy Enterprise5.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
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Questions about AWS Elastic Load Balancing alternatives

What is the best alternative to AWS Elastic Load Balancing?

VMware Workstation Pro, number 1 in load balancing software with a score of 6.5 out of 10. The others here: HAProxy Community Edition, MetalLB, Array APV 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 free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.