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Best Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from load balancing software ranked against Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs VMware Workstation Pro
  2. 2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs AWS Elastic Load Balancing
  3. 3
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs HAProxy Community Edition
  4. 4
    Linux Virtual Server Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Linux Virtual Server
  5. 5
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs MetalLB
  6. 6
    Array APV apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.5
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Array APV
  7. 7
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 5.4
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  8. 8
    OpenELB Linuxself-hosted 5.4
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs OpenELB
  9. 9
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 5.3
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs kube-vip
  10. 10
    PureLB Linuxself-hosted 5.3
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs PureLB
  11. 11
    VMware Cloud Foundation Operations Web 5.2
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs VMware Cloud Foundation Operations
  12. 12
    VMware Live Recovery (VLR)VMware by Broadcom Webapi 5.2
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs VMware Live Recovery (VLR)
  13. 13
    FortiADC 5.1
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs FortiADC
  14. 14
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) Win 5.1
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs IIS Application Request Routing (ARR)
  15. 15
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.1
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  16. 16
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 5.1
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  17. 17
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.1
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Radware Alteon
  18. 18
    VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)Broadcom (VMware) 5.1
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
  19. 19
    Vultr Block Storage apiLinuxWebWin $0.03/mo5.1
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Vultr Block Storage
  20. 20
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 5.0
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs A10 Thunder ADC

Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1VMware Workstation Pro6.5Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
2AWS Elastic Load Balancing6.4Free planFreeAPI, Web
3HAProxy Community Edition6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
4Linux Virtual Server6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
5MetalLB6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
6Array APV5.5API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
7F5 BIG-IP APM5.4Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8OpenELB5.4Linux, self-hosted
9kube-vip5.3Linux, self-hosted
10PureLB5.3Linux, self-hosted
11VMware Cloud Foundation Operations5.2Web
12VMware Live Recovery (VLR)5.2Web, API
13FortiADC5.1
14IIS Application Request Routing (ARR)5.1Windows
15Loadbalancer.org Enterprise5.1NoAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
16Progress Kemp LoadMaster5.1NoAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
17Radware Alteon5.1API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
18VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)5.1
19Vultr Block Storage5.1No$0.03/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
20A10 Thunder ADC5.0API, Linux, self-hosted
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Questions about Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) alternatives

What is the best alternative to Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)?

VMware Workstation Pro, number 1 in load balancing software with a score of 6.5 out of 10. The others here: AWS Elastic Load Balancing, HAProxy Community Edition, Linux Virtual Server and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)?

VMware Workstation Pro is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 5 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.