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A10 Networks Lightning ADC vs Amazon Elastic Load Balancing comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

A10 Networks Lightning ADC
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
17th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Amazon Elastic Load Balancing
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category, the mindshare of A10 Networks Lightning ADC is 2.2%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Amazon Elastic Load Balancing is 2.6%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon Elastic Load Balancing2.6%
A10 Networks Lightning ADC2.2%
Other95.2%
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
 

Featured Reviews

RONALDO DE MELO - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Account Executive at l8
Efficient application security while optimizing connections
The initial setup is simple; it is not complex. The configuration itself is simple and can be done in a couple of hours. However, the migration of the system to A10 Networks takes longer due to critical applications. Clients prefer to move them one by one, which is why it takes a significant amount of time. The configuration itself is simple, especially for this application.
Mohd Farhan - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Cloud Solution Developer | DevOps | SpringBoot | Android/iOS at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Manage complex traffic routing with ease and ensure system availability
The ELB would benefit from allowing deployment in a single availability zone for test servers to avoid unnecessary costs. Additionally, the ability to directly block specific IP addresses without additional service integration would be beneficial. Furthermore, sometimes ALB has a delay in recognizing the need to scale the system based on CloudWatch metrics, which could use improvement.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Our clients appreciate that this is a security enabled solution."
"It allows you to secure the application while balancing the connections for many other customers, reducing CPU usage and server load."
"What I like about Lightning ADC, is that instead of having a big appliance sitting in front of the Kubernetes cluster, Lightning can pretty much go inside of Kubernetes."
"Our clients have reported an increase in revenue by around 5% on a year to year basis, since this solution was implemented."
"We use the solution for internet-exposed websites and internal load-balancing purposes."
"The best part about ALB is its ability to connect with different services including EC2, ECS, API Gateway, or Lambda functions, offering a lot of benefits like attaching a WAF."
"It has very good features, it is very configurable, security with TLS, et cetera is also very easy, it is good performance-wise, and the logging mechanism is also very good because we get the VPC log whenever a request comes so we can easily find out where the request is coming from."
"Amazon Elastic Load Balancing helps me efficiently distribute incoming application or network traffic across multiple targets, such as Amazon EC2 instances."
"Amazon Elastic Load Balancing has shown great performance and efficiency, especially in high-traffic e-commerce applications during sales times."
"I would recommend Amazon Elastic Load Balancing for its flexibility and scalability, which is ideal for AWS workloads."
"I find it valuable that you can provide rule prioritization and set priorities for path-based routing."
"Amazon Elastic Load Balancing has improved our application availability by routing client requests only to healthy EC2 instances."
 

Cons

"A10 documentation is not as open and accessible as AWS and Azure documentation is."
"The support from A10 should be improved."
"We would like to see some improvement in the rapidity with which we can customize security facts within the solution."
"The documentation is pretty much closed and I think A10 crashes sometimes because initially, I was not able to set up Lightning ADC."
"Improvements could involve making Amazon Elastic Load Balancing a global service, as currently, it is region-specific."
"Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is superior for load balancing in terms of both cost and functionality."
"We faced some issues with the health check."
"The machines created by Amazon Elastic Load Balancing have different IP addresses, which we are not able to whitelist or predict."
"It would be good if we had a product that integrates well with third-party vendors. Some of our customers want a multi-cloud solution. They don't want to be tied up to or be in just one cloud."
"I do not have any notes for improvements."
"The ELB would benefit from allowing deployment in a single availability zone for test servers to avoid unnecessary costs."
"Clients sometimes face issues with Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, and it can take a long time to detect these issues."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution's pricing is low and I rate it a nine out of ten."
"The solution is expensive."
"The licensing fees are based on the number of connections one uses. It is a free tool for a certain amount of connections, which runs into thousands, and after that, there is a certain amount to be paid to Amazon."
"There is a yearly license."
"The cost for using the application load balancer is approximately $18 to $21 per month."
"The product is not cheap."
"I have no issues with the tool's pricing."
"The solution's pricing is $30 per month."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
University
8%
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise7
 

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What needs improvement with Amazon Elastic Load Balancing?
Cost is definitely an area of improvement for Amazon. Availability can be improved through the addition of more regions. For example, in India, we have just two regions at the moment, which impacts...
What is your primary use case for Amazon Elastic Load Balancing?
We use several Amazon solutions including Lambda, S3, and EKS. Within EKS, there are various microservices, and DynamoDB is one of them in terms of databases. We also use various applications such ...
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I would prefer to remain totally anonymous. I am a partner with Amazon. I rate this solution as 8 out of 10.
 

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