Alternatives to MetalLB

10 alternatives

  1. 1Load Balancer Software, Container Orchestration

    Ingress-NGINX

    Load Balancer Software

    Kubernetes ingress controller using NGINX as reverse proxy and load balancer for incoming traffic.

    Free planKubernetes SecurityKubernetes Management
  2. 2Load Balancer Software, Kubernetes Management

    Contour

    Kubernetes Management

    High-performance Kubernetes ingress controller based on Envoy proxy with advanced routing capabilities.

    Httpproxy API for declarative ingress configurationDynamic configuration updates without load balancer restartMulti team ingress delegation with namespace isolation
  3. 3Load Balancer Software

    Avinetworks

    Load Balancer Software

    Accelerate application delivery with plug-and-play software-defined load balancers for VMware Cloud Foundation.

  4. 4Load Balancer Software

    Citrix NetScaler

    Load Balancer Software

    Application delivery and security platform (NetScaler ADC) with load balancing, global server load balancing, and web app firewall.

    Load balancingAPI security and protection
  5. 5Load Balancer Software, Kubernetes Management

    Kubermatic

    Kubernetes Management

    Enterprise-grade Kubernetes management platform for multi-cloud, edge, and on-premises environments.

    Free planKubernetes SecurityHybrid Cloud Management
  6. 6Load Balancer Software, Container Orchestration

    Traefik

    Load Balancer Software

    Traefik is an open-source edge router and reverse proxy that automatically discovers services and configures routing for microservices and container environments.

    Kubernetes native API gateway and ingress controllerGitops driven API management and configuration
  7. 7Load Balancer Software

    NGINX

    Load Balancer Software

    NGINX is the world's most popular web server and reverse proxy, handling load balancing, caching, and API gateway functionality for millions of websites.

    Free planFree trialAPI Gateway PlatformsCloud Hosting

    Price$208.33+ / month

  8. 8Load Balancer Software

    HAProxy

    API Management

    Reliable high-performance TCP/HTTP load balancer used by major internet companies for traffic distribution.

    Load balancing and traffic distributionConfiguration automation and gitops
  9. 9Load Balancer Software

    Hetzner

    Cloud Infrastructure

    Hetzner is a European cloud and dedicated hosting provider offering bare-metal servers, cloud instances, and managed services at competitive pricing with German data center reliability.

    Dedicated bare metal serversDomain registration and managementDns management

    Price$3.69+ / month

    Starting price: below the category median.
  10. 10Kubernetes Management, Container Orchestration

    CloudNativePG

    Kubernetes Management

    Kubernetes operator for managing PostgreSQL clusters with high availability and automated failover.

    Free planFree trialDatabase ManagementContainer Orchestration