Network Load Balancer

IONOSNetworking

Layer 4 network load balancer for high-throughput applications in EU datacentres

FluffyStack tools
Add to Service BuilderAdd to CompareCompare with equivalentsExplore IONOS in TreemapExplore networking in Honeycomb
DocumentationPricing

Sub-services (3)

Forwarding Rules

TCP/UDP port-based traffic distribution rules

Health Checks

TCP and HTTP backend probes with configurable intervals

Flow Logs

Per-connection metadata for traffic analysis

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

GDPRISO 27001

Where this runs

8 regions
5 countries
5sovereign
Sovereign regions (5)
  • FrankfurtIONOS Sovereign Cloud (DE)
  • BerlinIONOS Sovereign Cloud (DE)
  • LogroñoIONOS Sovereign Cloud (EU)
  • ParisIONOS Sovereign Cloud (EU)
  • LondonIONOS Sovereign Cloud (UK)
Commercial regions (3)

North America (3)

  • Kansas City
  • Las Vegas
  • Newark

Tags

load-balancernetworkingL4europe

Equivalent services on other platforms

Elastic Load BalancingAWS

Distribute incoming traffic across multiple targets with four load balancer types: Application (L7), Network (L4), Gateway (inline appliances), and Classic (legacy)

Azure Load BalancerAzure

High-performance L4 load balancing with public and internal endpoints, zonal and zone-redundant SKUs, TCP/UDP health probes, and outbound SNAT rules

Cloud Load BalancingGCP

Global software-defined L4 and L7 load balancing with a single anycast IP, cross-region failover, CDN integration, and Cloud Armor DDoS protection

Pricing

Pricing model:per-instance-and-bandwidth