Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
Loadbalancer.org Enterprise is an Application Delivery Controller for applications running in hybrid and multi-cloud setups.
What Loadbalancer.org Enterprise is
Loadbalancer.org Enterprise is an Application Delivery Controller for applications running in hybrid and multi-cloud setups. It handles Layer 4 and Layer 7 traffic with application-aware routing, scheduling choices, and health checks. Its web application firewall offers real-time threat mitigation, customizable rules, OWASP Top 10 protection, and PCI-DSS Section 6.6 compliance. Global server load balancing can distribute traffic across regions in active-active or active-passive configurations. Deployment choices include hardware, virtual appliances, and cloud appliances, with administration through a web interface, SSH, physical console, RESTful API, or PowerShell API. Listed integrations include Prometheus, Grafana, Syslog, NTS, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and Terraform. Security features include ACLs, IP filtering, WARP Tunnel support, DDoS mitigation, LDAP/RADIUS authentication, and TLS options. The Enterprise VA Basic plan is listed at $2,360, paid once, billed Perpetual, with a $150 /mo subscription; a 30-day trial is also listed. Other plans include perpetual and cloud BYOL options with different prices and specifications.
Good
- Supports Layer 4 and Layer 7 traffic management
- WAF includes OWASP Top 10 protection
- Global load balancing supports active-active or active-passive
- Offers hardware, virtual, and cloud appliances
- Includes centralized ADC Portal access
Watch out
- No free plan is listed
- Enterprise VA Basic is $2,360, paid once
- The trial lasts 30 days
Who it suits
Enterprise may suit organizations managing application traffic across hybrid or multi-cloud deployments. The listed customer sectors include healthcare, storage, broadcast media, print, and education.
Verdict
Enterprise combines traffic management, WAF, global failover, and multiple deployment options. Its plans vary by throughput, TLS capacity, and billing model, so compare the listed specifications and costs against deployment needs.
Plans and prices
From Loadbalancer.org Enterprise's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise VA Basic subscription | $150 a month | 400Mbps throughput · unlimited servers · 400 SSL TPS · subscription |
| Enterprise VA Prime subscription | $280 a month | 4Gbps throughput · unlimited servers · unrestricted SSL TPS · GSLB · WAF · subscription |
| Enterprise VA Max subscription | $590 a month | 40Gbps throughput · unlimited servers · unrestricted SSL TPS · GSLB · WAF · subscription |
| Enterprise VA Basic | $2,600, paid once | 400Mbps throughput · entry-level virtual ADC · perpetual license |
| Enterprise AWS | $4,710, paid once | Unrestricted throughput · unrestricted SSL TPS · unlimited servers · BYOL; $0.55 /hr pay-as-you-go |
| Enterprise GCP | $4,710, paid once | Unrestricted throughput · unrestricted SSL TPS · unlimited servers · BYOL; $0.55 /hr pay-as-you-go |
| Enterprise Azure | $4,710, paid once | Unrestricted throughput · unrestricted SSL TPS · unlimited servers · BYOL; $0.55 /hr pay-as-you-go |
| Enterprise VA Prime | $5,190, paid once | 4Gbps throughput · fully featured virtual ADC · perpetual license |
| Enterprise Prime | $7,390, paid once | 4Gbps throughput · unlimited servers · Perpetual |
| Enterprise VA Max | $9,900, paid once | 40Gbps throughput · fully featured high-performance virtual ADC · perpetual license |
| Enterprise Flex | $14,770, paid once | 48Gbps throughput · unlimited servers · Perpetual |
| Enterprise Max | $35,720, paid once | 90Gbps throughput · unrestricted capabilities · Perpetual |
The facts
Each one read from Loadbalancer.org Enterprise's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- ADC Portal
- All Enterprise load balancers include free access to the centralized ADC Portal for managing the estate, including third-party load balancers.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Administration
- Administration includes a Web User Interface, SSH and physical console access, RESTful and PowerShell APIs, configuration backup and selective restore.checked 1 Oct 2026
- API endpoint
- The administration manual documents JSON API calls posted to an HTTPS endpoint ending in /api/v2/.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API library
- Loadbalancer.org publishes a GitHub repository containing API access examples and command snippets.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Automation integrations
- The datasheet lists Prometheus, Grafana, Syslog, Ansible, Puppet, Chef and Terraform integration or automation support.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The v8.13 administration manual documents appliance setup, configuration, maintenance, security and API operations across more than 250 pages.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Global failover
- GSLB distributes traffic across multiple regions and supports active-active or active-passive high availability.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Global server load balancing
- GSLB distributes traffic between data centers for multi-site resilience and failover.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Health checks
- Health checks detect failed servers and remove them from service so traffic can be sent to healthy nodes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- High availability
- Enterprise supports active/passive and active/active high-availability designs with stateful failover.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The product lists Prometheus, Grafana, Syslog, NTS, Ansible, Puppet, Chef and Terraform integrations.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Latest changelog
- Version 8.13.11, dated 14 October 2026, upgraded OpenSSH and OpenSSL, added ML-DSA/Ed25519 SSH keys and fixed SNMP and backup-restore issues.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Layer 4 and Layer 7
- The product supports Layer 4 and Layer 7 traffic management.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence model
- The commercial Enterprise appliance is sold under perpetual, subscription, cloud and site/global licensing models rather than as a freely downloadable open-source product.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: pool administration
- A Capterra reviewer reports that re-adding the same servers to multiple pools is tedious because there is no server pick list.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Cloud platforms
- Cloud editions are available for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment platforms
- Enterprise is available as hardware, virtual appliances on VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Xen, Proxmox, Nutanix and Red Hat, and cloud appliances on AWS, Azure, GCP and HPE Private Cloud.checked 1 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founding
- LinkedIn lists the company as founded in 2003.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- LinkedIn lists Wilmington, Delaware as headquarters.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company security certification
- Loadbalancer states that it is certified to ISO 13485:2016, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2022.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Loadbalancer.org as a privately held software-development company with 51–200 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Wilmington, Delaware, USA; Portsmouth, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Independent company record
- Crunchbase describes Loadbalancer.org as founded in 2002, headquartered in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, with additional offices in the United States, Canada and Germany.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free trial
- The Enterprise product page provides a Start your free trial option for the listed virtual appliance plans.checked 1 Oct 2026
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