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Best Azure Load Balancer Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from load balancing software ranked against Azure Load Balancer on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Azure Load Balancer vs VMware Workstation Pro
  2. 2
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 6.9
    Azure Load Balancer vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  3. 3
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing Free plan apiWeb Free6.8
    Azure Load Balancer vs AWS Elastic Load Balancing
  4. 4
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.7
    Azure Load Balancer vs HAProxy Community Edition
  5. 5
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.6
    Azure Load Balancer vs MetalLB
  6. 6
    Array APV apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.3
    Azure Load Balancer vs Array APV
  7. 7
    Vultr Block Storage apiLinuxWebWin $0.03/mo6.3
    Azure Load Balancer vs Vultr Block Storage
  8. 8
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.2
    Azure Load Balancer vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  9. 9
    OpenELB Linuxself-hosted 6.2
    Azure Load Balancer vs OpenELB
  10. 10
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 6.2
    Azure Load Balancer vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  11. 11
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.2
    Azure Load Balancer vs Radware Alteon
  12. 12
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 6.1
    Azure Load Balancer vs A10 Thunder ADC
  13. 13
    Hetzner Cloud Volumes apiLinuxWeb 6.1
    Azure Load Balancer vs Hetzner Cloud Volumes
  14. 14
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 6.0
    Azure Load Balancer vs kube-vip
  15. 15
    PureLB Linuxself-hosted 6.0
    Azure Load Balancer vs PureLB
  16. 16
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) apiLinuxself-hosted 5.9
    Azure Load Balancer vs Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)
  17. 17
    Google Cloud Load Balancing apiWeb 5.9
    Azure Load Balancer vs Google Cloud Load Balancing
  18. 18
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 5.9
    Azure Load Balancer vs HAProxy Enterprise
  19. 19
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer Web $0.01/mo5.8
    Azure Load Balancer vs Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer
  20. 21
    Cloudflare Load Balancing Web $5/mo5.7
    Azure Load Balancer vs Cloudflare Load Balancing

Azure Load Balancer alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1VMware Workstation Pro7.0Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
2F5 BIG-IP APM6.9No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3AWS Elastic Load Balancing6.8Free planFreeAPI, Web
4HAProxy Community Edition6.7Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
5MetalLB6.6Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
6Array APV6.3No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
7Vultr Block Storage6.3No$0.03/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
8Loadbalancer.org Enterprise6.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
9OpenELB6.2No—Linux, self-hosted
10Progress Kemp LoadMaster6.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11Radware Alteon6.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12A10 Thunder ADC6.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted
13Hetzner Cloud Volumes6.1No—API, Linux, Web
14kube-vip6.0No—Linux, self-hosted
15PureLB6.0No—Linux, self-hosted
16Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)5.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted
17Google Cloud Load Balancing5.9No—API, Web
18HAProxy Enterprise5.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted
19Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer5.8No$0.01/moWeb
21Cloudflare Load Balancing5.7No$5/moWeb
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Questions about Azure Load Balancer alternatives

What is the best alternative to Azure Load Balancer?

VMware Workstation Pro, number 1 in load balancing software with a score of 7.0 out of 10. The others here: F5 BIG-IP APM, AWS Elastic Load Balancing, HAProxy Community Edition and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Azure Load Balancer?

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: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.