Compare All Load Balancers Software 2026
Side-by-side comparison of 11 load balancers tools. Find the right fit for your team and budget.
Quick Answer
Load Balancers software pricing ranges from Free to $5K per user per month in 2026. The category average is $425/user/month. 1 of 11 tools offer free tiers.
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| Product | Starting Price | Popular Tier | Enterprise | Free Tier | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F5 BIG-IP | Custom | Custom | Custom | No | Basic load balancing needs |
| Kemp LoadMaster | Custom | Custom | Custom | No | Small deployments |
| HAProxy Community | Custom | Custom | Custom | No | - |
| Citrix ADC (NetScaler) | Custom | Custom | Custom | No | - |
| AWS Elastic Load Balancing (ALB/NLB) | $0.02 /per month (varies by usage) | $0.02 /per month (varies by usage) | $0.02 /per month (varies by usage) | No | HTTP/HTTPS applications with advanced routing |
| Cloudflare Load Balancing | $5 /mo | $5 /mo | $5 /mo | No | - |
| Linode NodeBalancers | $10 /mo | $10 /mo | $10 /mo | No | - |
| DigitalOcean Load Balancers | $12 /per month | $12 /per month | $12 /per month | No | - |
| Loadbalancer.org | Free /mo | $150 /mo | $150 /mo | Yes | - |
| NGINX Plus | $849 /per instance per year | $1.5K /per instance per year | $2.1K /per instance per year | No | General users and teams |
| HAProxy Enterprise | $995 /per instance per year | $3K /per instance per year | $5K /per instance per year | No | General users and teams |
Category Summary
11
Products
$170
Avg Starting
$425
Avg Popular
1
Free Tiers