Server Load Balancer (SLB)
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 overwhelmed. This keeps your application available and responsive by managing connections between clients and your infrastructure.
This setup suits teams already operating within the Alibaba ecosystem who need basic traffic distribution without complex configuration overhead. The main friction point is the lack of a free tier, meaning you start paying immediately. With a starting price of $4.00 per hour on a pay-as-you-go model, even small test environments incur costs right away.
- Free tier No
- Starting price from $4.00 per hour
- Regions 8 · 4 continents
- SLA uptime 99.99%
- Compliance 10 certifications
- Provider health A
Decision score
Computed from catalog breadth, pricing, provider reliability (uptime & SLA), community signal, and ecosystem (compliance & regions). Weighted equally.
Trust & reach via Alibaba Cloud
- C5
- CSA STAR
- FedRAMP
- GDPR
- HIPAA
- ISO 27001
- ISO 27017
- ISO 27018
- ISO 9001
- PCI DSS
- SOC 1 Type II
- SOC 2 Type II
- compute99.95%
- database99.95%
- networking99.95%
- storage99.99%
8 regions across 4 continents
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
Pricing tiers 3
| Tier / Plan | Price | Unit | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scenarios | $4.00 | per hour | us-east-1 |
| Service Scope | $4.00 | per hour | us-east-1 |
| Performance | $100.00 | per hour | us-east-1 |
Prices in USD. Micro-prices are quoted per 1M units; "< $0.000001" marks rates below our stored precision. Subject to change — check the provider's official page.
Alternatives on other providers
Equivalent services on other clouds:
- DigitalOcean Load Balancers $12.00 per month Compare
- Google Cloud Platform Cloud Load Balancing no price Compare
- Hetzner Load Balancer $5.39 per month Compare