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Best Google Cloud Load Balancing Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

  1. 1
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs VMware Workstation Pro
  2. 2
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 6.9
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  3. 3
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing Free plan apiWeb Free6.8
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs AWS Elastic Load Balancing
  4. 4
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.7
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs HAProxy Community Edition
  5. 5
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.6
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs MetalLB
  6. 6
    Vultr Block Storage apiLinuxWebWin $0.03/mo6.3
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Vultr Block Storage
  7. 7
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.2
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  8. 8
    OpenELB Linuxself-hosted 6.2
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs OpenELB
  9. 9
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 6.2
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  10. 10
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.2
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Radware Alteon
  11. 11
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 6.1
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs A10 Thunder ADC
  12. 12
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 6.0
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs kube-vip
  13. 13
    PureLB Linuxself-hosted 6.0
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs PureLB
  14. 14
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) apiLinuxself-hosted 5.9
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)
  15. 16
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 5.9
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs HAProxy Enterprise
  16. 17
    Hetzner Cloud Volumes Web 5.9
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Hetzner Cloud Volumes
  17. 18
    Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer Web $0.01/mo5.8
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer
  18. 19
    Array APV WebLinux 5.7
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Array APV
  19. 20
    Cloudflare Load Balancing Web $5/mo5.7
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs Cloudflare Load Balancing
  20. 21
    DigitalOcean Load Balancers Web $12/mo5.7
    Google Cloud Load Balancing vs DigitalOcean Load Balancers

Google Cloud Load Balancing 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
6Vultr Block Storage6.3No$0.03/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
7Loadbalancer.org Enterprise6.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
8OpenELB6.2No—Linux, self-hosted
9Progress Kemp LoadMaster6.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10Radware Alteon6.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
11A10 Thunder ADC6.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted
12kube-vip6.0No—Linux, self-hosted
13PureLB6.0No—Linux, self-hosted
14Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)5.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted
16HAProxy Enterprise5.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted
17Hetzner Cloud Volumes5.9No—Web
18Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer5.8No$0.01/moWeb
19Array APV5.7No—Web, Linux
20Cloudflare Load Balancing5.7No$5/moWeb
21DigitalOcean Load Balancers5.7No$12/moWeb
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Questions about Google Cloud Load Balancing alternatives

What is the best alternative to Google Cloud Load Balancing?

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 Google Cloud 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 on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.