Load Balancer vs Load Balancers

Head-to-head comparison · Networking

At a glance

Load Balancer has the lower starting price — $5.39 per month vs $12.00 per month.

Hetzner’s Load Balancer handles managed layer 4 and 7 traffic distribution, specifically taking care of health checks and TLS termination. It operates on a strict pay-as-you-go model, meaning you are billed hourly for th…

CATEGORY Networking

PRICING Pay-as-you-go

FREE TIER None

TIER pay-as-you-go

DigitalOcean’s Load Balancers handle traffic distribution across your infrastructure to boost availability, security, and performance. It’s a managed service that simplifies scaling applications without requiring you to …

CATEGORY Networking

PRICING Pay-as-you-go

FREE TIER None

TIER pay-as-you-go

Pricing Tiers

LOAD BALANCER

LB11 $5.39/month

LB21 $14.28/month

LOAD BALANCERS

Regional $24.00/month

Standard $12.00/month

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