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Amazon ELB vs Hetzner Load Balancers: Pricing Comparison (2026)

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSHetzner
Overall Winner
AWS
AWS Wins
3
Hetzner Wins
0
Ties
0

Pricing Analysis

AWS wins 3 of 3 price comparisons, averaging 58.8% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.005000/hr to $0.0436/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Load Balancer-Application workloads
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Best for Load Balancer-Network workloads

Side-by-Side Pricing

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

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CategoryAWS Amazon ELBHetzner Load BalancersDiffCheapest
Load Balancer-Application - Load Balancer-Application
$0.0050/hr
TS-LoadBalancerUsage ($3.65/mo)
$0.0090/hr
lb11 ($6.54/mo)
+44.2%AWS
Load Balancer - Load Balancer
$0.0080/hr
DataProcessing-Bytes ($5.84/mo)
$0.0205/hr
lb21 ($14.98/mo)
+61.0%AWS
Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network
$0.0125/hr
LoadBalancerUsage ($9.13/mo)
$0.0436/hr
lb31 ($31.85/mo)
+71.3%AWS

When to Choose AWS Amazon ELB

  • Load Balancer-Application - Load Balancer-Application - saves $2.92/mo (44.2% cheaper)
  • Load Balancer - Load Balancer - saves $9.13/mo (61% cheaper)
  • Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network - saves $22.70/mo (71.3% cheaper)

Monthly Cost Examples

Load Balancer-Application - Load Balancer-Application
AWS TS-LoadBalancerUsage$3.65/mo
Hetzner lb11$6.54/mo
Load Balancer - Load Balancer
AWS DataProcessing-Bytes$5.84/mo
Hetzner lb21$14.98/mo
Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network
AWS LoadBalancerUsage$9.13/mo
Hetzner lb31$31.85/mo

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