Load Balancers pricing across 5 tracked products: entry-tier median $0.02, top-tier median $0.02. Cheapest: F5 BIG-IP. Most premium: HAProxy Enterprise. Updated April 2026.
Load Balancers pricing varies across per-seat, per-usage, and enterprise-quoted tiers. Published list prices on vendor pricing pages form the basis of this benchmark; negotiated deals typically land 15-40% below list for teams over 20 seats.
Entry-tier median is $0.02, top-tier median $0.02. Negotiated enterprise deals typically land 15-40% below list.
| Product | Entry | Median | Top | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS Elastic Load Balancing (ALB/NLB) | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | month |
| F5 BIG-IP | $0 | $0 | $0 | month |
| HAProxy Enterprise | $995 | $2,995 | $4,995 | annual |
| Kemp LoadMaster | $0 | $0 | $0 | month |
| NGINX Plus | $849 | $1,500 | $2,099 | annual |
Low is the entry-tier price (often a free or starter plan). Median is the middle price across published tiers. High is the top published tier — enterprise contracts with negotiated discounts usually land 15-40% below the published high.
Across 5 tracked products, the entry-tier median is $0.02 and the top-tier median is $0.02. Individual products vary significantly — see the per-product table above.
F5 BIG-IP has the lowest entry-tier price in our tracked set.
HAProxy Enterprise has the highest top-tier list price among tracked products.
Prices are sourced from vendor pricing pages and automatically re-checked. Any tier marked 'custom' has no public list price; negotiated deals aren't shown here.