Reduce Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) costs with these tips
Distribute incoming traffic across multiple targets
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) cost saving tips
Optimize your Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) costs with these tips
Share Load Balancers
Since the billing of load balancers is per hour and LCU, it might make sense to share a single load balancer between multiple applications. You can redirect the traffic to the right application using target groups and the right listener rules.
Application / Network
Depending on your use-case it might be more cost effective to switch to a network load balancer. The hourly cost for NLB and ALB are the same, however the LCU-hour cost for network load balancers is 25% lower. You must however factor in SSL costs!
Consider Targets / Rules.
Load balancers can have several target types. EC2, ECS and Lambda. Depending on your traffic patterns it might be more cost efficient to serve your traffic from a more cost-effective target type. In addition, try to reduce your target rule count as it affects LCU as well.
Service information & pricing
About Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
- About Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
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Elastic Load Balancing elevates app scalability by balancing network traffic. Guaranteeing security and high availability, it offers features like auto-scaling, real-time monitoring, and SLA compliance. Numerous load balancers cater to different needs. Enjoy 750 free hours/month with AWS Free Tier.
- Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) pricing
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Elastic Load Balancing offers four types of high-availability, auto-scaling, secure load balancers. Costs depend on balancer type, usage hours, and capacity units. Extra charges may apply for data transfer. Since load balancers are highly scalable you can reduce costs by sharing load balancers.