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Best Cloudflare Load Balancing Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

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

Cloudflare Load Balancing 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
4MetalLB6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
5F5 BIG-IP APM5.4No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6OpenELB5.4No—Linux, self-hosted
7Hetzner Cloud Volumes5.3No—Web
8kube-vip5.3No—Linux, self-hosted
9PureLB5.3No—Linux, self-hosted
10Array APV5.2No—Web, Linux
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
19Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)5.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
20HAProxy Enterprise5.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
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Questions about Cloudflare Load Balancing alternatives

What is the best alternative to Cloudflare Load Balancing?

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, MetalLB and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Cloudflare 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 free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.