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Application Load Balancer vs Network Load Balancer vs Gateway Load Balancer

Application Load BalancerNetwork Load BalancerGateway Load Balancer
Layer 7 load balancingLayer 4 load balancingLayer 4 and Layer 7 load balancing
Supports routing based on contentSupports routing based on IP protocol dataSupports routing based on IP protocol data and content
Supports routing to different targets based on URL pathSupports routing to different targets based on IP protocol dataSupports routing to different targets based on IP protocol data and URL path
Supports connection draining, sticky sessions, and automatic failoverSupports connection draining and automatic failoverSupports connection draining, sticky sessions, and automatic failover
Supports WebSocket and HTTP/2Supports TCP and UDPSupports TCP and UDP
Supports content-based routing and path-based routingSupports protocol-based routingSupports content-based routing, path-based routing, and protocol-based routing
Integrated with AWS WAF for securityIntegrated with AWS Shield for securityIntegrated with AWS WAF and AWS Shield for security
Good for web applications, microservices, and containersGood for TCP and UDP-based applicationsGood for multi-protocol and mixed workloads.

Application Load Balancer:

Layer 7 load balancing Route traffic based on content Supports host-based routing Supports path-based routing Supports WebSocket protocol Supports HTTP/2

Network Load Balancer:

Layer 4 load balancing Route traffic based on IP protocol data Supports TCP and UDP protocols Supports static IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6) Supports connection-based stickiness

Global Accelerator Load Balancer:

Geo-routing Route traffic to optimal endpoints based on geographic location Provides a static IP address for global access to applications Improves application availability and performance by routing traffic to healthy endpoints.