Which is cheaper, Amazon ELB or DO Load Balancers?

AWS is cheaper in 3 of 3 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 56.6%.

How do Amazon ELB and DO Load Balancers compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSDO

Overall Winner

AWS

AWS Wins

DO Wins

Ties

AWS wins 3 of 3 price comparisons, averaging 56.6% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.005000/hr to $0.0205/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Load Balancer-Network workloads

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

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Category	AWS Amazon ELB	DO Load Balancers	Diff	Cheapest
Load Balancer-Application - Load Balancer-Application	$0.0050/hr TS-LoadBalancerUsage ($3.65/mo)	$0.0164/hr lb-regional-http ($12.00/mo)	+69.6%	AWS
Load Balancer - Load Balancer	$0.0080/hr DataProcessing-Bytes ($5.84/mo)	$0.0205/hr lb-regional-network ($15.00/mo)	+61.1%	AWS
Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network	$0.0125/hr LoadBalancerUsage ($9.13/mo)	$0.0205/hr lb-global ($15.00/mo)	+39.2%	AWS

✓Load Balancer-Application - Load Balancer-Application - saves $8.32/mo (69.6% cheaper)
✓Load Balancer - Load Balancer - saves $9.13/mo (61.1% cheaper)
✓Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network - saves $5.84/mo (39.2% cheaper)