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Amazon Elastic Load Balancing vs Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Elastic Load Balancing
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
9th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Ivanti Virtual Web Applicat...
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
16th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (44th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category, the mindshare of Amazon Elastic Load Balancing is 2.3%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall is 1.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon Elastic Load Balancing2.3%
Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall1.9%
Other95.8%
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
 

Featured Reviews

Syed Azhar - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Efficient traffic distribution and resource monitoring enhance operational reliability
Although I haven't faced any issues, improvements could involve making Amazon Elastic Load Balancing a global service, as currently, it is region-specific. Simplifying components required for load balancing, such as targets, target groups, listeners, and health checks, could also be beneficial. Ports or listeners present potential security vulnerabilities, so making it free of listeners may enhance security.
MD
Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Good feature set and is simple to deploy
In terms of what needs improvement, the price could be lowered. We've tried to deploy more of them but our purchasing department has said that they're way too expensive and they would prefer to use something else. We sort of stopped deploying them because of that. There are additional costs to the standard licensing. There are bandwidth prices. The feature set is quite good. We've been told to stop using them because of the price. If they can do something to address that I believe it would be better. On the latest version they've got a community edition, which is quite a good bandwidth, but in essence, it's to address the entry-level price. When you get to 10 gig bandwidth, it's way too expensive.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The support team at Amazon is excellent, and in my experience of generating more tickets with AWS support, they were very supportive and understanding, solving issues swiftly within one or two days."
"I would recommend Amazon Elastic Load Balancing for its flexibility and scalability, which is ideal for AWS workloads."
"Our company is an AWS partner that sets up, integrates, and supports the solution for our customers."
"I recommend the AWS network load balancer for high-traffic web applications due to its speed and control over configuration settings, which allows handling low-level details efficiently."
"The most valuable feature is the Lambda function due to its utility with serverless technology."
"Security and monitoring for high-performance applications are some of the top features."
"The solution offers good load balancing."
"I appreciate the checks that Elastic Load Balancer performs with the instances to ensure they are running properly."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that it is simple to deploy. The deployment took us ten minutes."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that it is simple to deploy."
 

Cons

"The solution needs to guarantee stability because multiple loads behind a load balancer can cause service unavailability."
"They could improve provisioning speed."
"The tool could enhance the internal load balancer with better health monitoring. The external load balancer needs more security parameters to protect it from the internet, as it currently lacks protection. It's okay for basic load balancing and those looking for basic functionality in an application load balancer. However, if someone is going to onboard a critical application, like in the banking sector, I wouldn't suggest Amazon Elastic Load Balancer because of security issues. There are no firewall restrictions."
"I do not have any notes for improvements."
"We faced some issues with the health check."
"The product's stability is an area with a slight shortcoming, which can be improved."
"Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is superior for load balancing in terms of both cost and functionality."
"AWS is doing well with Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, however, they could improve provisioning speed."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the price could be lowered; we've tried to deploy more of them but our purchasing department has said that they're way too expensive and they would prefer to use something else."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the price could be lowered. We've tried to deploy more of them but our purchasing department has said that they're way too expensive and they would prefer to use something else."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is not cheap."
"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."
"The solution's pricing is $30 per month."
"There is a yearly license."
"The solution is expensive."
"I have no issues with the tool's pricing."
"The solution's pricing is low and I rate it a nine out of ten."
"The cost for using the application load balancer is approximately $18 to $21 per month."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
25%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Media Company
6%
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Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise5
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Questions from the Community

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 ...
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon Elastic Load Balancing?
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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Pulse vWAF, Pulse Virtual Traffic Manager
 

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