Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
Elastic Load Balancing is an AWS networking service designed to distribute incoming traffic across multiple targets. It ensures that requests are evenly spread among available resources, helping to maintain application availability and reliability. This tool is essential for managing traffic flow in cloud environments, allowing developers to handle varying loads without manual intervention.
You should choose this service when you need to balance traffic across multiple targets on AWS. A key consideration is that while the pricing model is listed as free, the free tier is limited to twelve months. After this period, standard pricing may apply, so budget planning for long-term usage is necessary to avoid unexpected costs beyond the initial year.