Best Load Balancing Software with Network Load Balancer Capabilities

Below are the top-rated Load Balancing Software with Network Load Balancer capabilities, as verified by G2’s Research team. Real users have identified Network Load Balancer as an important function of Load Balancing Software. Compare different products that offer this feature so you can decide which is best for your business needs.
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HAProxy
(826)4.7 out of 5
Entry Level Price:FREE Open Source
3rd Easiest To Use in Load Balancing software
OverviewPros and Cons
Product Description

HAProxy is an open-source software load balancer and reverse proxy for TCP, QUIC, and HTTP-based applications. It provides high availability, load balancing, and best-in-class SSL processing. HAPr

Users: DevOps Engineer, Software Engineer · Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software · Market Segment: 43% Mid-Market, 35% Enterprise
User Sentiment

Reviewers appreciate HAProxy's reliability, high performance, and the control it provides over traffic and load balancing, as well as its security features and ease of installation and maintenance. Reviewers experienced complexity in configuring HAProxy, especially for beginners, and some found it lacking in compatibility with certain features and found the user interface could be improved for non-technical users.

Pros and ConsUser Satisfaction
ProsEase of Use, Load Balancing, Reliability, Performance, Configuration Ease
ConsDifficult Configuration, Learning Difficulty, Complex Setup, Complex Configuration, Complexity
User SatisfactionSeller Details
HAProxy features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.7
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
9.1
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
9.1
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
8.6
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
HAProxy
Company Website
Year Founded
2013
HQ Location
Newton, MA
Twitter
@HAProxy
21,284 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
128 employees on LinkedIn®
Progress Kemp LoadMaster
(214)4.7 out of 5
1st Easiest To Use in Load Balancing software
OverviewPros and Cons
Product Description

Progress Kemp LoadMaster is a high-performance load balancer and ADC (Application Delivery Controller) that maximizes application security availability and resilience in the cloud, as a virtual applia

Users: IT Manager · Industries: Information Technology and Services, Financial Services · Market Segment: 52% Mid-Market, 36% Enterprise
User Sentiment

Reviewers frequently mention the product's ease of use, stability, and advanced features such as layer-4/7 load balancing, SSL/TLS offloading, content switching, and compression, along with its flexible deployment options and excellent support. Reviewers experienced challenges with the initial setup, found the user interface outdated and less intuitive, had difficulties with log management, and expressed a need for better geo-fencing capabilities and a more modern and intuitive UI/UX.

Pros and ConsUser Satisfaction
ProsCustomer Support, Ease of Use, Easy Setup, Simple, Load Balancing
ConsGUI Improvements, Complex Configuration, Difficult Setup, UX Improvement, Expensive
User SatisfactionSeller Details
Progress Kemp LoadMaster features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.1
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
9.4
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
9.2
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
9.2
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
Progress Software
Company Website
Year Founded
1981
HQ Location
Burlington, MA.
Twitter
@ProgressSW
48,877 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
4,205 employees on LinkedIn®
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AWS Elastic Load Balancing
(92)4.5 out of 5
15th Easiest To Use in Load Balancing software
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OverviewPros and Cons
Product Description

Elastic Load Balancing automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets, such as Amazon EC2 instances, containers, and IP addresses. It can handle the varying load of you

Users: Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer · Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software · Market Segment: 46% Mid-Market, 28% Enterprise
Pros and ConsUser Satisfaction
ProsSecurity, Ease of Use, Scalability, Cloud Storage, Features
ConsComplexity, Learning Difficulty, Expensive, Not User-Friendly, Complex Configuration
User SatisfactionSeller Details
AWS Elastic Load Balancing features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.4
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
9.0
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
8.5
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
8.4
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Year Founded
2006
HQ Location
Seattle, WA
Twitter
@awscloud
2,220,322 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
152,002 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ: AMZN
F5 NGINX Ingress Controller
(17)4.6 out of 5
12th Easiest To Use in Load Balancing software
OverviewPros and Cons
Product Description

NGINX Ingress Controller provides Kubernetes traffic management with API gateway, identity, and observability features. NGINX Ingress Controller provides a feature set to secure, strengthen, and scal

Industries: Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 65% Mid-Market, 24% Enterprise
Pros and ConsUser Satisfaction
ProsConfiguration Ease, Integrations, Scaling, Traffic Management
User SatisfactionSeller Details
F5 NGINX Ingress Controller features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.1
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
9.4
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
9.3
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
8.8
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
F5
HQ Location
Seattle, Washington
Twitter
@F5Networks
1,389 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
6,155 employees on LinkedIn®
Google Cloud Load Balancing
(27)4.4 out of 5
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OverviewPros and Cons
Product Description

High performance, scalable load balancing on Google Cloud Platform

Industries: Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 48% Small-Business, 30% Enterprise
Pros and ConsUser Satisfaction
ProsEase of Use, Integrations, Cloud Computing, Application Development, Azure Services
ConsComplexity, Limited Customization, Security Issues
User SatisfactionSeller Details
Google Cloud Load Balancing features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.2
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
8.6
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
8.6
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
8.3
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
Google
Year Founded
1998
HQ Location
Mountain View, CA
Twitter
@google
31,798,732 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
325,935 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ:GOOG
Azure Load Balancer
(30)4.4 out of 5
OverviewPros and Cons
Product Description

Azure Load Balancer is a cloud-based service designed to distribute incoming network traffic across multiple virtual machines (VMs) or virtual machine scale sets (VMSS), ensuring high availability and

Market Segment: 40% Mid-Market, 37% Small-Business
Pros and ConsUser Satisfaction
ProsEase of Use, Features, Scalability, Automation, Flexibility
ConsComplexity, Learning Difficulty, Billing Issues, Cost Issues, Poor Customer Support
User SatisfactionSeller Details
Azure Load Balancer features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.8
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
9.3
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
8.2
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
9.4
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
Microsoft
Year Founded
1975
HQ Location
Redmond, Washington
Twitter
@microsoft
13,090,136 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
226,132 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
MSFT
F5 NGINX Plus
(28)4.1 out of 5
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

NGINX Plus is the all-in-one load balancer, reverse proxy, web server, content cache, and API gateway.

Industries: Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 57% Small-Business, 29% Enterprise
User SatisfactionSeller Details
F5 NGINX Plus features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.2
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
8.8
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
8.5
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
8.1
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
F5
HQ Location
Seattle, Washington
Twitter
@F5Networks
1,389 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
6,155 employees on LinkedIn®
FortiADC and FortiGSLB
(10)4.6 out of 5
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

Fortinet Application Delivery Controller (ADC) appliances optimize the availability, user experience, and scalability of enterprise application delivery.

Market Segment: 40% Small-Business, 30% Enterprise
User SatisfactionSeller Details
FortiADC and FortiGSLB features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.0
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
8.9
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
8.3
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
9.4
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
Fortinet
Year Founded
2000
HQ Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Twitter
@Fortinet
151,488 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
15,801 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ: FTNT
Load Balancer Enterprise ADC
(29)4.7 out of 5
Entry Level Price:$3,220.00
6th Easiest To Use in Load Balancing software
OverviewPros and Cons
Product Description

The Loadbalancer.org Enterprise appliance is an easy to use, secure and fully functional ADC. When people rely on your business, downtime simply isn't an option. Talk to us about load balancing that'

Market Segment: 45% Mid-Market, 38% Enterprise
Pros and ConsUser Satisfaction
ProsCustomer Support, Load Balancing, Reliability, Helpful, Configuration Ease
ConsComplexity, Difficult Setup, Expensive, Limited Compatibility, Limited Customization
User SatisfactionSeller Details
Load Balancer Enterprise ADC features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.5
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
9.5
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
10.0
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
9.5
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
Loadbalancer.org
Year Founded
2003
HQ Location
Wilmington, Delaware
Twitter
@loadbalancerorg
1,557 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
45 employees on LinkedIn®
Hostwinds
(438)4.9 out of 5
Entry Level Price:Starting at $5.24
4th Easiest To Use in Load Balancing software
OverviewPros and Cons
Product Description

Hostwinds provides dependable cloud solutions at a competitive price. Since founded in 2010, our primary compassion has been providing the best customer service and products to worldwide hosting cust

Users: Manager, Admin · Industries: Internet, Consumer Electronics · Market Segment: 105% Small-Business, 0% Enterprise
Pros and ConsUser Satisfaction
ProsCustomer Support, Helpful, Problem Solving, Reliability, Reliable
User SatisfactionSeller Details
Hostwinds features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.9
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
9.9
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
9.9
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
9.9
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
Hostwinds
Year Founded
2010
HQ Location
Seattle, WA
Twitter
@HostWinds
3,532 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
19 employees on LinkedIn®
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Load Balancing
(14)4.6 out of 5
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OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

Increase application availability and performance with highly-available and provisioned bandwidth load balancing.

Market Segment: 57% Enterprise, 36% Mid-Market
User SatisfactionSeller Details
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Load Balancing features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.7
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
8.9
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
8.5
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
10.0
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
Oracle
Year Founded
1977
HQ Location
Austin, TX
Twitter
@Oracle
825,410 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
198,071 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NYSE:ORCL
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
(39)4.5 out of 5
OverviewPros and Cons
Product Description

F5 BIG-IP LTM optimizes the speed and reliability of your applications via both network and application layers. Using real-time protocol and traffic management decisions based on application and serve

Industries: Information Technology and Services, Banking · Market Segment: 67% Enterprise, 21% Mid-Market
Pros and ConsUser Satisfaction
ProsConfiguration Ease, Features, Load Balancing, Reliability, Security
ConsDebugging Issues, Difficult Setup, Expensive
User SatisfactionSeller Details
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.0
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
8.9
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
8.6
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
8.8
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
F5
HQ Location
Seattle, Washington
Twitter
@F5Networks
1,389 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
6,155 employees on LinkedIn®
Edgenexus ADC (Application Delivery Controller)
(11)4.8 out of 5
Free trial available
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

Edgenexus ADC (Application Delivery Controller) is an advanced, software-based solution designed to optimize, secure, and accelerate the delivery of applications across various network environments. T

Market Segment: 36% Enterprise, 27% Small-Business
User SatisfactionSeller Details
Edgenexus ADC (Application Delivery Controller) features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.5
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
9.7
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
9.5
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
9.3
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
Edgenexus
Company Website
Year Founded
2007
HQ Location
Marlow, GB
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
14 employees on LinkedIn®
GCore Load Balancer
(22)4.7 out of 5
13th Easiest To Use in Load Balancing software
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

Ensure the availability of web applications during spikes or bursts of traffic.

Market Segment: 50% Small-Business, 36% Mid-Market
User SatisfactionSeller Details
GCore Load Balancer features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.6
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
8.3
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
9.6
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
7.5
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
Gcore
Year Founded
2014
HQ Location
Luxembourg, Europe
Twitter
@gcore_official
2,942 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
475 employees on LinkedIn®
Radware Alteon Application Delivery and Security
(20)4.2 out of 5
OverviewPros and Cons
Product Description

Alteon is Radware’s next-generation application delivery controller (ADC) and the only network load balancer that guarantees application SLA. It provides advanced, end-to-end local and global load bal

Market Segment: 55% Enterprise, 40% Mid-Market
Pros and ConsUser Satisfaction
ProsCloud Integration, Configuration Ease, Customer Support, Customization, Ease of Implementation
ConsComplexity, Complex Setup, Expensive
User SatisfactionSeller Details
Radware Alteon Application Delivery and Security features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
7.7
Ease of Use
Average: 8.9
8.5
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 9.2
9.0
Quality of Support
Average: 8.5
8.3
Ease of Admin
Average: 8.8
Seller Details
Seller
Radware
Year Founded
1997
HQ Location
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Twitter
@radware
12,476 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
1,556 employees on LinkedIn®
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