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Load Balancers · $12/mo
DigitalOcean's Regional Load Balancer at $12/mo per node is moderately priced but lacks bundled transfer and has per-node scaling costs. OVHcloud's Load Balancer S ($6.94/mo) and Hetzner's LB11 ($7.49/mo) offer comparable or better specs at significantly lower entry prices, though with regional bandwidth limits and recent price increases to monitor.
Delivers 10,000 req/s and 250 connections/s (matching DigitalOcean's per-node specs) at 42% lower cost, with 200GB transfer included monthly.
Caveat: Limited to 200 Mbps throughput; APAC regions lose free egress after mid-2026; IPv4 addresses billed separately.
Entry load balancer with 10,000 connections, TLS termination included, and 20TB EU traffic pool for 38% less than DigitalOcean.
Caveat: Prices rose 36-39% in April 2026; USA/Singapore regions have much smaller traffic pools (0.5-1TB); VAT excluded from listed price.
Flat-rate regional load balancer at $10/mo, 17% cheaper than DigitalOcean with no per-node scaling required for baseline capacity.
Caveat: Bandwidth overage rates vary by data center; no published throughput or connection limits in spec; 100% network uptime SLA is non-standard claim.
Flat-rate load balancer at $10/mo with 99.99% SLA; no per-node fees and includes pooled outbound transfer allowance.
Caveat: Outbound transfer beyond allowance costs $0.015/GB (higher than DigitalOcean's $0.01/GB); no published capacity specs; HA clusters require separate $60/mo add-on.
Before you switch
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fly.io | Private Networking / Egress · North America / Europe - private cross-region | $0.01/mo | WireGuard (6PN) private cross-region transfer, per GB, North America and Europe. Within-region private transfer is free. | Visit |
| Bunny CDN | CDN · Europe & North America | $0.01/mo | Standard Network CDN, per-GB pay-as-you-go rate for Europe & North America. | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Outbound Data Transfer · Prior policy: overage to internet | $0.01/mo | Legacy per-GB overage rate beyond the 10TB free allowance, prior to the stated 2026 free-egress policy change | Visit |
| Fly.io | IP Addresses & Certificates · SSL certificate (single hostname) | $0.1/mo | Per custom hostname; first 10 certificates free per organization. | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud DNS · DNS Zone | $1.65/mo | Priced per zone per 30 days. | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Gateway · Gateway S | $2.34/mo | 200 Mbps public network | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Floating IP · Floating IP IPv4 (/32) | $2.34/mo | Reassignable public IPv4 address, /32. | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | CDN · 50 GB transfer | $2.5/mo | First year free | Visit |
| Vultr | Direct Connect · 50 Mbps Hosted | $5/mo | Visit | |
| IONOS | Additional Static IPv4 · Additional Static IPv4 | $6/mo | Per additional static IPv4 address per 30 days | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Load Balancer · Load Balancer S | $6.94/mo | 200 Mbps, 250 connections/s, 10000 req/s | Visit |
| Hetzner | Load Balancers · LB11 | $7.49/mo | Entry load balancer: up to 25 services, 10,000 connections, HTTP/HTTPS/TCP with TLS termination included. Price raised from 0.0088/h in April 2026 adjustment. | Visit |
| IONOS | Managed Load Balancer · Application LB - additional rules | $8.64/mo | Per additional rule beyond first 5 | Visit |
| Vultr | CDN · CDN | $10/mo | Flat rate plus bandwidth usage | Visit |
| Vultr | Load Balancers · Regional | $10/mo | Visit |
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