Which is cheaper, Amazon ELB or Azure Load Balancer?

Azure is cheaper in 1 of 3 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 13.3%.

How do Amazon ELB and Azure Load Balancer compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSAzure

Overall Winner

Azure

AWS Wins

Azure Wins

Ties

Azure wins 1 of 3 price comparisons, averaging 13.3% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.004000/hr to $0.0125/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Load Balancer-Application workloads

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Best for Load Balancer workloads

Comparing Amazon ELB and Azure Load Balancer across 3 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Amazon ELB	Azure Azure Load Balancer	Diff	Cheapest
Load Balancer-Application - Load Balancer-Application	$0.0050/hr TS-LoadBalancerUsage ($3.65/mo)	$0.0040/hr Gateway ($2.92/mo)	+20.0%	Azure
Load Balancer - Load Balancer	$0.0080/hr DataProcessing-Bytes ($5.84/mo)	$0.0100/hr Gateway ($7.30/mo)	+20.0%	AWS
Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network	$0.0125/hr LoadBalancerUsage ($9.13/mo)	$0.0125/hr Gateway ($9.13/mo)	0.0%	Tie