Which is cheaper, Amazon ELB or Linode NodeBalancers?

AWS is cheaper in 3 of 3 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 86.8%.

How do Amazon ELB and Linode NodeBalancers compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Jul 3, 2026AWSLinode

Overall Winner

AWS

AWS Wins

Linode Wins

Ties

AWS wins 3 of 3 price comparisons, averaging 86.8% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.005000/hr to $0.4500/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 Linode NodeBalancers across 3 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Amazon ELB	Linode NodeBalancers	Diff	Cheapest
Load Balancer-Application - Load Balancer-Application	$0.0050/hr TS-LoadBalancerUsage ($3.65/mo)	$0.0150/hr nodebalancer ($10.95/mo)	+66.7%	AWS
Load Balancer - Load Balancer	$0.0080/hr DataProcessing-Bytes ($5.84/mo)	$0.2250/hr nodebalancer-pr100 ($164.25/mo)	+96.4%	AWS
Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network	$0.0125/hr LoadBalancerUsage ($9.13/mo)	$0.4500/hr nodebalancer-40GB-pr100 ($328.50/mo)	+97.2%	AWS

✓Load Balancer-Application - Load Balancer-Application - saves $7.30/mo (66.7% cheaper)
✓Load Balancer - Load Balancer - saves $158.41/mo (96.4% cheaper)
✓Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network - saves $319.38/mo (97.2% cheaper)