AWS Elastic Load Balancing vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster

AWS Elastic Load Balancing9.3Visit Progress Kemp LoadMaster8.9Visit

Higher score AWS Elastic Load Balancing #1 in Load Balancing Software 9.3/10 Paid ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit AWS ELB

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Progress Kemp LoadMaster #5 in Load Balancing Software 8.9/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 5 features Visit Progress Kemp

• AWS Elastic Load Balancing fits best

  AWS-native production workloads

• Progress Kemp LoadMaster fits best

  Enterprise teams wanting a free starting option

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Side by side

Feature	AWS Elastic Load Balancing 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Progress Kemp LoadMaster 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.9
Ranking	#1 in Load Balancing Software	#5 in Load Balancing Software
Best for	AWS-native production workloads	Enterprise teams wanting a free starting option
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	—
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web, Linux, Windows
Support	Docs	Community, Docs, Phone
Integrations	12 integrations	9 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features AWS Elastic Load Balancing 5/5 · Progress Kemp LoadMaster 4/5
Managed service	✓ (best)	—
Layer 7 routing	✓	✓
Layer 4 routing	✓	✓
Global traffic management	✓	✓
TLS termination	✓	✓
Specs
Backend limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Supports Layer 4, Layer 7, and gateway load balancing Automatic scaling, health checks, and Availability Zone high availability Deep integrations across AWS compute, networking, and observability services	Layer 4 and Layer 7 routing with SSL/TLS termination Global traffic management, security, authentication, and Kubernetes support Web, Linux, Windows, API, and self-hosted deployment options
Cons	Usage-based pricing varies by AWS Region and traffic dimensions The AWS Free Tier is limited to eligible new AWS customers Classic Load Balancer is intended for legacy workloads	Free LoadMaster is capacity-limited for low-volume environments Paid tiers use quote-based pricing rather than public numeric prices Advanced capabilities require higher Enterprise tiers
Our verdict	AWS Elastic Load Balancing is a managed cloud service that distributes incoming traffic across registered targets in one or more Availability Zones. It is designed for AWS-native web applications, APIs, container workloads, network… Read the review →	Progress Kemp LoadMaster is an application delivery controller for distributing traffic across web and application servers. It supports Layer 4 TCP/UDP balancing, Layer 7 content switching, application-aware routing, health checks, traffic… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• AWS Elastic Load Balancing — where it wins

  • Supports Layer 4, Layer 7, and gateway load balancing
  • Automatic scaling, health checks, and Availability Zone high availability
  • Deep integrations across AWS compute, networking, and observability services

  Where it doesn't

  • Usage-based pricing varies by AWS Region and traffic dimensions
  • The AWS Free Tier is limited to eligible new AWS customers
  • Classic Load Balancer is intended for legacy workloads

• Progress Kemp LoadMaster — where it wins

  • Layer 4 and Layer 7 routing with SSL/TLS termination
  • Global traffic management, security, authentication, and Kubernetes support
  • Web, Linux, Windows, API, and self-hosted deployment options

  Where it doesn't

  • Free LoadMaster is capacity-limited for low-volume environments
  • Paid tiers use quote-based pricing rather than public numeric prices
  • Advanced capabilities require higher Enterprise tiers

• AWS Elastic Load Balancing9.3/10 · Paid

  Broad Layer 4 and Layer 7 load balancing for AWS production environments.

  Visit AWS ELBFull verdict →
• Progress Kemp LoadMaster8.9/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A broad Layer 4/7 load balancer with a free, capacity-limited starting option.

  Visit Progress KempFull verdict →