# Top Free Load Balancing Software Check out our list of free Load Balancing Software. Products featured on this list are the ones that offer a free trial version. As with most free versions, there are limitations, typically time or features. If you'd like to see more products and to evaluate additional feature options, compare all [Load Balancing Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/load-balancing) to ensure you get the right product. ## View Free Load Balancing Software G2 takes pride in showing unbiased reviews on user satisfaction in our ratings and reports. We do not allow paid placements in any of our ratings, rankings, or reports. Learn about our [scoring methodologies](https://research.g2.com/g2-scoring-methodologies). **18** Load Balancing Products Available View all [Load Balancing Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/load-balancing) View all [Load Balancing Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/load-balancing) ### [HAProxy](https://www.g2.com/products/haproxy/reviews) [By HAProxy](https://www.g2.com/sellers/haproxy) [ (901)4.7 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/haproxy/reviews#reviews "Read HAProxy Reviews") 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:** 42% Mid-Market, 36% Enterprise User SentimentHow are these determined? Reviewers appreciate HAProxy's fast and reliable performance, its ability to handle high loads with low latency, advanced features like SSL termination, health checks, session persistence, and its seamless integration with various environments such as on-prem servers, VMs, containers, and Kubernetes setups. Users experienced challenges with HAProxy's complex configuration, steep learning curve, limited native GUI, and debugging difficulty, requiring careful tuning to avoid performance bottlenecks or misconfigurations. Year Founded 2013 HQ Location Newton, MA Company Website https://www.haproxy.com/ Twitter @HAProxy LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/1032008/ ### [Progress Kemp LoadMaster](https://www.g2.com/products/progress-kemp-loadmaster/reviews) [By Progress Software](https://www.g2.com/sellers/progress-software) [ (214)4.7 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/progress-kemp-loadmaster/reviews#reviews "Read Progress Kemp LoadMaster Reviews") 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:** 53% Mid-Market, 36% Enterprise User SentimentHow are these determined? Reviewers like the straightforward configuration, performance monitoring tools, built-in templates, and the ability to control user movement during server maintenance. Users experienced complications in setting up the product, found the user interface dated and cluttered, had issues with updates in an HA setup, and found locating appropriate versions for deployment or update confusing. Year Founded 1981 HQ Location Burlington, MA. Company Website https://www.progress.com/ Twitter @ProgressSW LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/progress-software/ Ownership NASDAQ:PRGS Phone 1-888-365-2779 [![G2 Advertising](/assets/my-g2-logo-41632af6f81a240a0a9886638f412b2ac9a29f4001534f8c83be89a58ef9d45d.svg "G2 Advertising")](https://sell.g2.com/case-studies/how-aisdr-uses-g2-ads-to-turn-g2-into-top-5-traffic-source) Sponsored G2 Advertising Get 2x conversion than Google Ads with G2 Advertising! G2 Advertising places your product in premium positions on high-traffic pages and on targeted competitor pages to reach buyers at key comparison moments. [ Learn More ](https://sell.g2.com/case-studies/how-aisdr-uses-g2-ads-to-turn-g2-into-top-5-traffic-source) ### [Akamai Cloud Computing](https://www.g2.com/products/akamai-cloud-computing/reviews) [By Akamai Technologies](https://www.g2.com/sellers/akamai-technologies) [ (406)4.6 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/akamai-cloud-computing/reviews#reviews "Read Akamai Cloud Computing Reviews") Product Description Akamai Cloud Computing is a platform and broad set of distributed cloud and edge computing services to help businesses build, deploy, and manage applications and workloads on the world’s most distribu **Users:** Founder, Software Engineer · **Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Computer Software · **Market Segment:** 67% Small-Business, 15% Mid-Market User SentimentHow are these determined? Reviewers like the cost-effectiveness, simplicity, and performance of Akamai Cloud Computing, highlighting its ease of use, competitive pricing, and the ability to deploy a wide range of ready-to-use machines and applications with minimal setup time. Reviewers mentioned that the user interface could be more intuitive, the documentation could be improved, and the support for uploading and managing pre-existing custom images is limited, as well as the available GPU options and regional coverage. Year Founded 1998 HQ Location Cambridge, MA Company Website https://www.akamai.com Twitter @Akamai LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/3925/ Ownership NASDAQ:AKAM ### [NetScaler](https://www.g2.com/products/netscaler/reviews) [By Cloud Software Group](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cloud-software-group) [ (85)4.4 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/netscaler/reviews#reviews "Read NetScaler Reviews") Product Description NetScaler is the application delivery and security platform of choice for the world’s largest companies. Thousands of organizations worldwide including eBay, IKEA, and Aria — and more than 90 percent **Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Hospital & Health Care · **Market Segment:** 62% Enterprise, 29% Mid-Market ![Shubham G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shubham G.") SG The best function of Citrix Web App Firewall is its user friendly interface which enables anyone to use the product hassle free.[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/netscaler/reviews/netscaler-review-4512097) ![Verified User in Pharmaceuticals](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Pharmaceuticals") UP Application performance acceleration is one of the feature of it.[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/netscaler/reviews/netscaler-review-4727080) HQ Location Fort Lauderdale, FL Company Website https://www.cloud.com/ Twitter @cloudsoftware LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloudsoftwaregroup/ ### [F5 NGINX](https://www.g2.com/products/f5-nginx/reviews) [By F5](https://www.g2.com/sellers/f5-f6451ada-8c47-43f5-b017-58663a045bc5) [ (107)4.6 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/f5-nginx/reviews#reviews "Read F5 NGINX Reviews") Product Description NGINX, Inc. is the company behind NGINX, the popular open source project trusted by more than 400 million sites. We offer a suite of technologies for developing and delivering modern applications. The **Users:** Software Engineer · **Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Computer Software · **Market Segment:** 42% Small-Business, 40% Mid-Market OP Generate data and documentation, free code to add to the server and organize data in the system, activity control and backup records. Perfect...[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/f5-nginx/reviews/f5-nginx-review-6721528) RC The tool is very fast and efficient, especially for companies that need to handle high volumes of data in their day-to-day operations. The software...[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/f5-nginx/reviews/f5-nginx-review-8507939) HQ Location Seattle, Washington Company Website https://f5.com/ Twitter @F5Networks LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/4841/ ### [Varnish Software](https://www.g2.com/products/varnish-software/reviews) [By Varnish Software AB](https://www.g2.com/sellers/varnish-software-ab) [ (100)4.6 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/varnish-software/reviews#reviews "Read Varnish Software Reviews") Product Description Varnish Software’s powerful caching technology helps the world’s biggest content providers deliver lightning-fast web and streaming experiences for huge audiences, all over the globe. Our solutions **Users:** Software Engineer · **Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Computer Software · **Market Segment:** 53% Mid-Market, 37% Enterprise ![Santiago A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Santiago A.") SA Good commercial modules like https and json handling[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/varnish-software/reviews/varnish-software-review-8392736) ![Verified User in Telecommunications](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Telecommunications") AT Varnish is really fast and powerfull . The Varnish Configuration Langage (VCL) is a must (think embedding Javascript to configure the cache). You...[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/varnish-software/reviews/varnish-software-review-8544868) Year Founded 2010 HQ Location Stockholm, Stockholm Company Website https://www.varnish-software.com Twitter @varnishsoftware LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/varnish-software/ ### [Load Balancer Enterprise ADC](https://www.g2.com/products/load-balancer-enterprise-adc/reviews) [By Loadbalancer.org](https://www.g2.com/sellers/loadbalancer-org) [ (38)4.8 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/load-balancer-enterprise-adc/reviews#reviews "Read Load Balancer Enterprise ADC Reviews") 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' **Industries:** Hospital & Health Care · **Market Segment:** 47% Mid-Market, 39% Enterprise ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") AR Support will always get back to you within an hour or less. You are always working with a Sr. Level engineer.[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/load-balancer-enterprise-adc/reviews/load-balancer-enterprise-adc-review-5077528) ![Suat U.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Suat U.") SU The best side is support quality and the speed[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/load-balancer-enterprise-adc/reviews/load-balancer-enterprise-adc-review-5090424) Year Founded 2003 HQ Location Wilmington, Delaware Company Website https://www.loadbalancer.org Twitter @loadbalancerorg LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/loadbalancer-org ### [Fastly Content Delivery](https://www.g2.com/products/fastly-content-delivery/reviews) [By Fastly](https://www.g2.com/sellers/fastly) [ (86)4.7 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/fastly-content-delivery/reviews#reviews "Read Fastly Content Delivery Reviews") Product Description Fastly is an extension of your infrastructure - speeding up and optimizing the delivery of your web apps, mobile traffic, APIs, and AI workloads, allowing you to scale globally, improve performance, a **Users:** Software Engineer · **Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Computer Software · **Market Segment:** 48% Mid-Market, 30% Small-Business ![guloria s.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "guloria s.") GS Fastly Managed CDN is a amazing set of CDN for the faster web content delivery. Fastly Managed CDN key features are success to achoeve the goals...[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/fastly-content-delivery/reviews/fastly-content-delivery-review-4508408) ![Scott G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Scott G.") SG Request collapsing made a huge difference for our environment. Also, the Fastly support team is very knowledgeable, making things relatively simple...[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/fastly-content-delivery/reviews/fastly-content-delivery-review-4694154) Year Founded 2011 HQ Location San Francisco, California, United States Company Website https://www.fastly.com Twitter @Fastly LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/2602522/ Ownership NYSE: FSLY ### [Traefik](https://www.g2.com/products/traefik/reviews) [By Traefik Labs](https://www.g2.com/sellers/traefik-labs) [ (35)4.6 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/traefik/reviews#reviews "Read Traefik Reviews") Product Description Traefik Labs helps enterprises migrate, modernize, and transform any workload, across any environment. The Traefik Runtime Platform unifies operations for VMs, containers, and AI workloads across lega **Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services · **Market Segment:** 54% Small-Business, 29% Mid-Market ![Ernest O.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ernest O.") EO Traefik is an awesome reverse proxy that works seamlessly with various orchestration backends (e.g Kubernetes, Docker, Docker Swarm, Amazon ECS,...[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/traefik/reviews/traefik-review-548700) ![Gianluigi M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Gianluigi M.") GM Total integration with Kubernetes and automatic service discovery, HTTP2 automatically enabled the built-in integration with Let's Encrypt with...[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/traefik/reviews/traefik-review-7005439) Year Founded 2016 HQ Location San Francisco, CA Company Website https://traefik.io/ Twitter @traefik LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/17887475/ ### [TR7 ASP](https://www.g2.com/products/tr7-asp/reviews) [By TR7](https://www.g2.com/sellers/tr7) [ (22)4.9 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/tr7-asp/reviews#reviews "Read TR7 ASP Reviews") Product Description An application security platform (ASP) designed by IT users angry and frustrated with the time-to-manage complex legacy application delivery and WAF products. TR7's friendly design, dynamic flow-panel **Market Segment:** 50% Enterprise, 41% Mid-Market User SentimentHow are these determined? Users frequently mention the product's user-friendly interface, fast performance, and the exceptional responsiveness and helpfulness of the support team. Reviewers mentioned minor bugs in the user interface and the lack of built-in documentation or self-service learning resources for new administrators. Year Founded 2020 HQ Location Ankara, TR Company Website https://tr7.com LinkedIn® Page http://www.linkedin.com/company/tr7-asp ### [FortiAppSec Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/fortiappsec-cloud/reviews) [By Fortinet](https://www.g2.com/sellers/fortinet) [ (31)4.4 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/fortiappsec-cloud/reviews#reviews "Read FortiAppSec Cloud Reviews") Product Description FortiAppSec Cloud - the next evolution of FortiWeb Cloud - simplifies and strengthens web application security and delivery across your cloud environments. This SaaS platform secures network availabil **Industries:** Computer & Network Security, Information Technology and Services · **Market Segment:** 61% Mid-Market, 19% Enterprise User SentimentHow are these determined? Users frequently mention the ease of deployment, AI-powered automation, reliable customer support, and the centralized dashboard that improves visibility and response time, as well as the platform's ability to integrate smoothly with existing cloud environments. Reviewers experienced some complexity during the initial setup, particularly when fine-tuning custom security policies, occasional performance dips under high traffic or complex rules, and a lack of flexibility in the reporting features. Year Founded 2000 HQ Location Sunnyvale, CA Company Website https://www.fortinet.com Twitter @Fortinet LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/6460/ Ownership NASDAQ: FTNT ### [Edgenexus ADC (Application Delivery Controller)](https://www.g2.com/products/edgenexus-adc-application-delivery-controller/reviews) [By Edgenexus](https://www.g2.com/sellers/edgenexus) [ (11)4.8 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/edgenexus-adc-application-delivery-controller/reviews#reviews "Read Edgenexus ADC (Application Delivery Controller) Reviews") 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 AC Offers more than native cloud LB's at a price point that makes it a bit of a no-brainer. Intuitive GUI with no need to break out the CLI....[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/edgenexus-adc-application-delivery-controller/reviews/edgenexus-adc-application-delivery-controller-review-7759006) Year Founded 2007 HQ Location Marlow, GB Company Website https://www.edgenexus.io/ LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/edgenexus ### [Azion](https://www.g2.com/products/azion/reviews) [By Azion](https://www.g2.com/sellers/azion) [ (32)4.7 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/azion/reviews#reviews "Read Azion Reviews") Product Description Azion is the web platform that enables businesses to build, secure, and scale modern applications on a fully managed global infrastructure, with a robust suite of solutions for Application Development **Industries:** Retail · **Market Segment:** 34% Enterprise, 28% Mid-Market User SentimentHow are these determined? Reviewers like the high reliability, flexibility, and quality of Azion's services, praising its excellent customer service, fast response times, and the autonomy it gives to developers. Users reported that some features in the administration console are not user-friendly, the console interface can be difficult to navigate, and the product lacks features for integration with Web3, NFTs, and related services. Year Founded 2011 HQ Location Palo Alto, California, United States Company Website https://www.azion.com/ LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/aziontech ### [HashiCorp Consul](https://www.g2.com/products/hashicorp-consul/reviews) [By HashiCorp](https://www.g2.com/sellers/hashicorp) [ (23)4.3 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/hashicorp-consul/reviews#reviews "Read HashiCorp Consul Reviews") Product Description HashiCorp Consul is a service networking solution that enables teams to manage secure network connectivity between services and across multi-cloud environments and runtimes. Consul offers service disc **Industries:** Information Technology and Services · **Market Segment:** 48% Enterprise, 30% Small-Business ![Verified User in Construction](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Construction") CC Great software to use, Super easy to figure out[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/hashicorp-consul/reviews/hashicorp-consul-review-2065923) ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") AF Consul helps in service discovery and sets us free to operate on other aspects of automation. Automatic DNS is very notable experience IMO[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/hashicorp-consul/reviews/hashicorp-consul-review-3390136) Year Founded 2012 HQ Location San Francisco, CA Company Website https://www.hashicorp.com/ Twitter @hashicorp LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/2830763/ Ownership NASDAQ: HCP ### [ngrok](https://www.g2.com/products/ngrok/reviews) [By ngrok](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ngrok) [ (15)4.2 out of 5 ](https://www.g2.com/products/ngrok/reviews#reviews "Read ngrok Reviews") Product Description One gateway for all your traffic. ngrok replaces your networking hodgepodge—reverse proxies, load balancers, VPNs, auth layers, model routers, and the rest of the kludge—with one cloud networking p **Market Segment:** 73% Small-Business, 33% Mid-Market ![Sathya K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sathya K.") SK Undeployed can easily deploy with the help of the ngrok software application.[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/ngrok/reviews/ngrok-review-6931079) ![Gerald C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Gerald C.") GC free version is okay, quick and easy to use, but of course, you are limited with the bandwidth and the ugly URLs.[Read review](https://www.g2.com/products/ngrok/reviews/ngrok-review-7142648) Year Founded 2015 HQ Location San Francisco, US Company Website https://ngrok.com Twitter @ngrokHQ LinkedIn® Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/ngrok [![G2 Advertising](/assets/my-g2-logo-41632af6f81a240a0a9886638f412b2ac9a29f4001534f8c83be89a58ef9d45d.svg "G2 Advertising")](https://sell.g2.com/case-studies/how-aisdr-uses-g2-ads-to-turn-g2-into-top-5-traffic-source) Sponsored G2 Advertising Get 2x conversion than Google Ads with G2 Advertising! 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