Which is cheaper, Amazon ELB or Google Cloud Load Balancing?

AWS is cheaper in 3 of 3 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 30.9%.

How do Amazon ELB and Google Cloud Load Balancing compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSGCP

Overall Winner

AWS

AWS Wins

GCP Wins

Ties

AWS wins 3 of 3 price comparisons, averaging 30.9% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.005000/hr to $0.0200/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Load Balancer-Application workloads

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Best for Load Balancer workloads

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Best for Load Balancer-Network workloads

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

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Category	AWS Amazon ELB	GCP Google Cloud Load Balancing	Diff	Cheapest
Load Balancer-Application - Load Balancer-Application	$0.0050/hr TS-LoadBalancerUsage ($3.65/mo)	$0.0056/hr 0306-635A-BA67 ($4.09/mo)	+10.7%	AWS
Load Balancer - Load Balancer	$0.0080/hr DataProcessing-Bytes ($5.84/mo)	$0.0144/hr 00FD-1480-5509 ($10.51/mo)	+44.4%	AWS
Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network	$0.0125/hr LoadBalancerUsage ($9.13/mo)	$0.0200/hr 07CF-8F4E-F367 ($14.60/mo)	+37.5%	AWS

✓Load Balancer-Application - Load Balancer-Application - saves $0.44/mo (10.7% cheaper)
✓Load Balancer - Load Balancer - saves $4.67/mo (44.4% cheaper)
✓Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network - saves $5.47/mo (37.5% cheaper)