AWS Elastic Load Balancing
7.2#2 in load balancing softwareFree planFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
7.0#3 in load balancing softwareFrom $150 a monthWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | AWS Elastic Load Balancing | Loadbalancer.org Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Company founding | Gartner lists Amazon Web Services as founded in 2006. | LinkedIn lists the company as founded in 2003. |
| Documentation depth | AWS publishes user guides for ALB, NLB, GWLB and Classic Load Balancer plus CLI references and API references. | The v8.13 administration manual documents appliance setup, configuration, maintenance, security and API operations across more than 250 pages. |
| Health checks | Load balancers monitor registered-target health and send traffic only to targets that pass health checks. | Health checks detect failed servers and remove them from service so traffic can be sent to healthy nodes. |
| Integrations | Documented integrations include EC2, EC2 Auto Scaling, ACM, CloudWatch, ECS, Global Accelerator, Route 53 and AWS WAF. | The product lists Prometheus, Grafana, Syslog, NTS, Ansible, Puppet, Chef and Terraform integrations. |
| Purpose | Elastic Load Balancing automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets and virtual appliances in one or more Availability Zones. | Loadbalancer Enterprise is an Application Delivery Controller designed to deliver high-performing applications in hybrid and multi-cloud setups. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.5 out of 5 from 94 reviews | 4.8 out of 5 from 38 reviews |
| Rating on Gartner Peer Insights | 4.3 out of 5 from 118 ratings | 4.8 out of 5 from 145 ratings |
| Security | ELB supports SSL/TLS termination, certificate management, and client certificate authentication. | Security features include ACLs, IP filtering, WARP Tunnel support, DDoS mitigation, LDAP/RADIUS authentication and ISO 27001:2022 compliance. |
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—
Loadbalancer.org Enterprise plans
- Enterprise VA Basic subscription$150 a month
- Enterprise VA Prime subscription$280 a month
- Enterprise VA Max subscription$590 a month
- Enterprise VA Basic$2,600, paid once
- Enterprise AWS$4,710, paid once
- Enterprise GCP$4,710, paid once
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 Loadbalancer.org Enterprise if…
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.