Load Balancers vs Server Load Balancer (SLB)
Head-to-head comparison · Networking
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Load Balancers
DigitalOcean
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
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Server Load Balancer (SLB)
Alibaba Cloud
An Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer sits in front of your backend resources and distributes incoming traffic across them. It handles the routing logic, ensuring requests are spread evenly so no single server gets overw…
CATEGORY
Networking
PRICING
Pay-as-you-go
FREE TIER
None
TIER
pay-as-you-go
Pricing Tiers
LOAD BALANCERS
Regional
$24.00/month
Standard
$12.00/month
SERVER LOAD BALANCER (SLB)
On-Demand
$100.00/hour
On-Demand
$4.00/hour
On-Demand
$4.00/hour