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Best Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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 Free7.0
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs VMware Workstation Pro
  2. 2
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 6.9
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  3. 3
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing Free plan apiWeb Free6.8
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs AWS Elastic Load Balancing
  4. 4
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.7
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs HAProxy Community Edition
  5. 5
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.6
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs MetalLB
  6. 6
    Array APV apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.3
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Array APV
  7. 7
    Vultr Block Storage apiLinuxWebWin $0.03/mo6.3
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Vultr Block Storage
  8. 8
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.2
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  9. 9
    OpenELB Linuxself-hosted 6.2
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs OpenELB
  10. 10
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 6.2
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  11. 11
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.2
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Radware Alteon
  12. 12
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 6.1
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs A10 Thunder ADC
  13. 13
    Hetzner Cloud Volumes apiLinuxWeb 6.1
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Hetzner Cloud Volumes
  14. 14
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 6.0
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs kube-vip
  15. 15
    PureLB Linuxself-hosted 6.0
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs PureLB
  16. 17
    Google Cloud Load Balancing apiWeb 5.9
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Google Cloud Load Balancing
  17. 18
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 5.9
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs HAProxy Enterprise
  18. 19
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer Web $0.01/mo5.8
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer
  19. 20
    Azure Load Balancer Web 5.7
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Azure Load Balancer
  20. 21
    Cloudflare Load Balancing Web $5/mo5.7
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) vs Cloudflare Load Balancing

Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) 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
17Google Cloud Load Balancing5.9No—API, Web
18HAProxy Enterprise5.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted
19Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer5.8No$0.01/moWeb
20Azure Load Balancer5.7No—Web
21Cloudflare Load Balancing5.7No$5/moWeb
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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 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 Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)?

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.