AWS Elastic Load Balancing
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What both publish
| Fact | AWS Elastic Load Balancing | OpenELB |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | Documented integrations include EC2, EC2 Auto Scaling, ACM, CloudWatch, ECS, Global Accelerator, Route 53 and AWS WAF. | The project lists installation guides for Kubernetes, K3s and KubeSphere. |
| Purpose | Elastic Load Balancing automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets and virtual appliances in one or more Availability Zones. | OpenELB exposes Kubernetes LoadBalancer services for external access in bare-metal, edge and virtualization environments. |
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—
OpenELB plans
No prices published.
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 OpenELB if…
OpenELB suits Kubernetes operators who need LoadBalancer services in bare-metal, edge, or virtualization environments. Your network setup matters: BGP needs a BGP- and ECMP-capable router, while Layer 2 needs anonymous ARP/NDP packets allowed.