Comparison

AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs NGINX

No leader: the top candidate AWS Elastic Load Balancing has only 0.33 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

AWS Elastic Load Balancing full profile →NGINX full profile →

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AWS Elastic Load Balancing85

NGINX37

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AWS Elastic Load Balancing	NGINX
Vioscale score	85 / 100low · 33%	37 / 100low · 7%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	2
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	http://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

AWS Elastic Load Balancing85 / 100low · 33%

NGINX37 / 100low · 7%

Pricing

Free tier

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✓

NGINX✓

Model

AWS Elastic Load Balancingfreemium

NGINXopen_source

Price level

AWS Elastic Load Balancinglow

NGINXfree

Transparent

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✓

NGINX–

Integrations

Count

AWS Elastic Load Balancing–

NGINX2

Security

Disclosure policy

AWS Elastic Load Balancing–

NGINX✓

Fedramp

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✓

NGINX–

Gdpr

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✓

NGINX–

Hipaa

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✓

NGINX–

Iso27001

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✓

NGINX–

Pci

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✓

NGINX–

Soc2

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✓

NGINX–

Trust center

AWS Elastic Load Balancing–

NGINXhttp://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html

Market

Availability

AWS Elastic Load BalancingAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

NGINXAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for load balancers. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Load Balancers
Capability	AWS Elastic Load Balancing	NGINX
Capabilities
Layer	-	Both
Deployment form	-	Software/self host
Tls termination	-	-
Http2 http3 support	-	✓
Gslb multi region	-	-
K8s ingress or gateway API	-	✓
WAF bundled	-	✗
Autoscaling integration	-	-
Health check depth	-	-
Session persistence	-	-
Fips 140 validated	-	-
Open source	-	✓
Pricing model	-	Open source self host

Capabilities

Layer

AWS Elastic Load Balancing-

NGINXBoth

Deployment form

AWS Elastic Load Balancing-

NGINXSoftware/self host

Tls termination

AWS Elastic Load Balancing-

NGINX-

Http2 http3 support

AWS Elastic Load Balancing-

NGINX✓

Gslb multi region

AWS Elastic Load Balancing-

NGINX-

K8s ingress or gateway API

AWS Elastic Load Balancing-

NGINX✓

WAF bundled

AWS Elastic Load Balancing-

NGINX✗

Autoscaling integration

AWS Elastic Load Balancing-

NGINX-

Health check depth

AWS Elastic Load Balancing-

NGINX-

Session persistence

AWS Elastic Load Balancing-

NGINX-

Fips 140 validated

AWS Elastic Load Balancing-

NGINX-

Open source

AWS Elastic Load Balancing-

NGINX✓

Pricing model

AWS Elastic Load Balancing-

NGINXOpen source self host

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

AWS Elastic Load Balancing

A managed load balancing service that distributes incoming traffic across multiple targets and availability zones. Supports application, network, gateway, and classic load balancer types with automatic scaling and security features.

Independently observed

NGINX

An open-source HTTP web server and reverse proxy that handles traffic routing, content caching, load balancing, and TCP/UDP proxying. It powers core web infrastructure and Kubernetes deployments.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AWS Elastic Load Balancing

Usage-basedFree tier180-day trial

Free tier for 6 months (750 hours/month classic+ALB, 15 LCUs for ALB). After free tier, usage-based pricing per LCU or NLCU processed. New customers receive up to $200 in free credits.

Application Load BalancerFree
Network Load BalancerFree
Classic Load BalancerFree
Gateway Load Balancer-

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

NGINX

Open sourceFree tier30-day trial

Open source. Commercial support and NGINX Plus (30-day trial) available through F5, Inc.

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	AWS Elastic Load Balancing	NGINX
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✓

NGINX✗

Linux

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✗

NGINX✓

CLI

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✓

NGINX✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✓

NGINX✓

Self-hosted

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✗

NGINX✓

On-premise

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✓

NGINX✓

Hybrid

AWS Elastic Load Balancing✓

NGINX✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

AWS Elastic Load Balancing

Not documented yet.

NGINX

5 total

Kubernetes
Docker
OpenShift Container Platform
Gateway API
F5 WAF

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.