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Amazon ELB vs Azure Load Balancer: Pricing Comparison (2026)

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSAzure
Overall Winner
Azure
AWS Wins
1
Azure Wins
1
Ties
1

Pricing Analysis

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.

Choose Azure
Best for Load Balancer-Application workloads
Choose AWS
Best for Load Balancer workloads

Side-by-Side Pricing

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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CategoryAWS Amazon ELBAzure Azure Load BalancerDiffCheapest
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

When to Choose AWS Amazon ELB

  • Load Balancer - Load Balancer - saves $1.46/mo (20% cheaper)

When to Choose Azure Azure Load Balancer

  • Load Balancer-Application - Load Balancer-Application - saves $0.73/mo (20% cheaper)

Monthly Cost Examples

Load Balancer-Application - Load Balancer-Application
AWS TS-LoadBalancerUsage$3.65/mo
Azure Gateway$2.92/mo
Load Balancer - Load Balancer
AWS DataProcessing-Bytes$5.84/mo
Azure Gateway$7.30/mo
Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network
AWS LoadBalancerUsage$9.13/mo
Azure Gateway$9.13/mo

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