AWS Elastic Load Balancing
Automatically distribute application traffic across multiple computing resources
- Vendor
- Amazon Web Services, Inc.
- Also known as
- aws-elastic-load-balancing
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is 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.
AWS Elastic Load Balancing pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
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 Balancer
FreePay-per-LCU model for application layer load balancing
- free_tier_hours
- 750 hours/month
- free_tier_data_processing
- 15 LCUs
Network Load Balancer
FreePay-per-NLCU model for high-performance network layer load balancing
Classic Load Balancer
FreeLegacy load balancer with usage-based pricing
- free_tier_hours
- 750 hours/month
- free_tier_data_processing
- 15 GB
Gateway Load Balancer
Deploy third-party virtual appliances at scale
What AWS Elastic Load Balancing does
The capabilities that matter for load balancers, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Layer
- -
- Deployment form
- Cloud managed service
- 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
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
AWS Elastic Load Balancing FAQ
Common questions about AWS Elastic Load Balancing, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is 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. It is indexed under Load Balancers.
Source: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=3
Is AWS Elastic Load Balancing free?
AWS Elastic Load Balancing offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Application Load Balancer, Network Load Balancer, Classic Load Balancer and Gateway Load Balancer. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=3
What platforms does AWS Elastic Load Balancing support?
AWS Elastic Load Balancing supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=3
Can AWS Elastic Load Balancing be self-hosted?
Yes. AWS Elastic Load Balancing can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and on-premise, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=3
What security certifications does AWS Elastic Load Balancing have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for AWS Elastic Load Balancing. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as AWS Elastic Load Balancing not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Where is AWS Elastic Load Balancing available?
AWS Elastic Load Balancing is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.
AWS Elastic Load Balancing alternatives
Other load balancers we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Envoy Proxylow · 27%
- Cloudflare Load BalancingCloud-agnostic traffic distribution with automatic multi-region failoverlow · 20%
- NGINXA lightweight, high-performance web server and reverse proxylow · 6%
- MetalLBlow · 14%
- Google Cloud Load BalancingA managed service that distributes traffic across applications for optimal performance and reliabilitylow · 7%
- Kemp LoadMasterlow · 8%
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for AWS Elastic Load Balancing, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 95 | 0.12 | 10.9 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.06 | 5.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.05 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.16 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Deployment form: cloud-managed-service · Tls termination: Yes · Autoscaling integration: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-09-05 · 50% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
| Hipaa | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
| Pci | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
| Fedramp | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
| Trust center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
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