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Managed Load Balancer · $17.28/mo
IONOS's $17.28/mo Network LB is moderately priced but lacks transparency on renewal costs and has limited rule capacity. Several competitors offer comparable or better load-balancing features at lower entry prices with clearer pricing structures, though you should verify feature parity (connection limits, request rates, TLS support) against your specific workload.
Entry load balancer with up to 25 services, 10,000 connections, and built-in TLS termination at less than half IONOS's price.
Caveat: Prices exclude VAT; load balancer pricing increased ~36-39% in April 2026, so renewal risk exists; traffic overage rates vary by region.
Includes 200GB transfer, 200 Mbps, 250 connections/s, and 10,000 req/s for $6.94/mo, significantly undercutting IONOS on both price and throughput.
Caveat: IPv4 addresses billed separately; APAC regions lose free egress after mid-2026; SLA is 99.99% but region-dependent.
Flat-rate load balancer at $10/mo with clear per-GB overage pricing ($0.015/GB) and 99.99% SLA, offering predictable costs.
Caveat: Outbound bandwidth overages are billed separately; no mention of rule limits, so verify feature parity with your 5-rule requirement.
Regional load balancer at $10/mo with 100% network uptime SLA, matching Linode's price with stronger availability guarantees.
Caveat: Bandwidth overage rates vary by data center; Windows licensing not included; feature limits (connections, rules) not itemized.
Per-node load balancer starting at $12/mo with 10,000 req/s, 10,000 connections, and 99.99% SLA; scales horizontally if needed.
Caveat: Bandwidth overages at $0.01/GB; pricing is per node, so multi-node setups cost more; verify connection/request limits match your workload.
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 |
| 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 | |
| DigitalOcean | Container Registry · Basic | $5/mo | 5 repositories, 5 GiB storage, $0.02/GiB overage | 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 |
| Vultr | CDN · CDN | $10/mo | Flat rate plus bandwidth usage | Visit |
| Vultr | Load Balancers · Regional | $10/mo | Visit | |
| Linode (Akamai) | NodeBalancers · NodeBalancer | $10/mo | Flat rate load balancer; outbound transfer billed at $0.015/GB beyond pooled allowance | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Load Balancers · Regional | $12/mo | Per node; +10,000 req/s, +10,000 connections, +250 SSL/s per additional node | Visit |
Hetzner
OVHcloud
Linode (Akamai)
Vultr
DigitalOcean
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