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Amazon ELB vs Google Cloud Load Balancing: Pricing Comparison (2026)

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSGCP
Overall Winner
AWS
AWS Wins
3
GCP Wins
0
Ties
0

Pricing Analysis

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

Side-by-Side Pricing

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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CategoryAWS Amazon ELBGCP Google Cloud Load BalancingDiffCheapest
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

When to Choose AWS Amazon ELB

  • 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)

Monthly Cost Examples

Load Balancer-Application - Load Balancer-Application
AWS TS-LoadBalancerUsage$3.65/mo
GCP 0306-635A-BA67$4.09/mo
Load Balancer - Load Balancer
AWS DataProcessing-Bytes$5.84/mo
GCP 00FD-1480-5509$10.51/mo
Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network
AWS LoadBalancerUsage$9.13/mo
GCP 07CF-8F4E-F367$14.60/mo

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