AWS Elastic Load Balancing
7.2#2 in load balancing softwareFree planFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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HAProxy Enterprise
5.3#18 in load balancing softwareAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | AWS Elastic Load Balancing | HAProxy Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | Documented integrations include EC2, EC2 Auto Scaling, ACM, CloudWatch, ECS, Global Accelerator, Route 53 and AWS WAF. | The product page lists service discovery for Kubernetes, Consul, and Consul Enterprise; AWS and Azure deployment; and native Prometheus integrations. |
| Purpose | Elastic Load Balancing automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets and virtual appliances in one or more Availability Zones. | HAProxy Enterprise distributes incoming traffic across servers and continuously checks server health, rerouting requests when a server starts to fail. |
| Security | ELB supports SSL/TLS termination, certificate management, and client certificate authentication. | Security features include a WAF, DDoS protection, bot management, global rate limiting, and mTLS encryption. |
AWS Elastic Load Balancing plans
- AWS Free TierFree
- Pay-as-you-go — Application Load Balancer—
- Pay-as-you-go — Classic Load Balancer—
- Pay-as-you-go — Gateway Load Balancer—
- Pay-as-you-go — Network Load Balancer—
HAProxy Enterprise plans
- HAProxy EnterprisePriced on request
Pick AWS Elastic Load Balancing if…
It suits teams distributing traffic across targets in AWS or on-premises environments, with load balancer types for HTTP, transport protocols, virtual appliances, and EC2-Classic applications. Kubernetes users may also find the listed controller support relevant.
Pick HAProxy Enterprise if…
HAProxy Enterprise suits organizations that need self-hosted traffic distribution across servers and want routing, security, and management controls. Its deployment options include air-gapped, hybrid-cloud, multi-cloud, and Kubernetes environments.