Best Load Balancing Software in 2026
Updated
In short: AWS Elastic Load Balancing is ranked #1 of 16 as of 2 October 2026, ahead of Progress Kemp LoadMaster and Google Cloud Load Balancing. The best-ranked option with a free plan is HAProxy Community Edition.
16 load balancing software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
| # | Platform | Score | Why | From | Free plan | Paid from | Managed service | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS Elastic Load Balancing | 8.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | No | — | Yes | View |
| 2 |  Progress Kemp LoadMaster | 8.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | No | View |
| 3 | Google Cloud Load Balancing | 8.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 4 | HAProxy Enterprise | 7.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | No | View |
| 5 | Loadbalancer.org Enterprise | 7.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | 150 /mo | — | View |
| 6 |  HAProxy Community Edition | 7.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | No | View |
| 7 |  Radware Alteon | 6.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 8 | Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | No | View |
| 9 |  Array APV | 5.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 10 |  Linux Virtual Server | 5.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 11 | kube-vip | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | No | View |
| 12 |  OpenELB | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | No | View |
| 13 |  MetalLB | 5.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | No | View |
| 14 | PureLB | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | No | View |
| 15 |  A10 Thunder ADC | 4.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 16 | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS | 4.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
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Questions about this list
Which load balancing software is ranked first on Inferse?
AWS Elastic Load Balancing is ranked #1 of 16 with a score of 8.9. Progress Kemp LoadMaster is second and Google Cloud Load Balancing third.
How many of these have a free plan?
2 of the 16 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it. Paid placements never change a rank.