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A10 Networks Lightning ADC vs Amazon Elastic Load Balancing comparison

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Categories and Ranking

A10 Networks Lightning ADC
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
19th
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)
6th
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 October 2026, in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category, the mindshare of A10 Networks Lightning ADC is 2.0%, 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 ADC2.0%
Other95.4%
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

"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."
"It allows you to secure the application while balancing the connections for many other customers, reducing CPU usage and server load."
"Our clients appreciate that this is a security enabled solution."
"The tool integrates well with Amazon native services. Its valuable feature is integrations."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon Elastic Load Balancing is scaling."
"Amazon Elastic Load Balancing transfers the data securely from servers to users and splits the traffic based on peak times."
"Amazon Elastic Load Balancing has shown great performance and efficiency, especially in high-traffic e-commerce applications during sales times."
"Overall, I would rate the ELB solution ten out of ten."
"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."
"I appreciate the checks that Elastic Load Balancer performs with the instances to ensure they are running properly."
"Our company is an AWS partner that sets up, integrates, and supports the solution for our customers."
 

Cons

"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."
"A10 documentation is not as open and accessible as AWS and Azure documentation is."
"The support from A10 should be improved."
"The solution needs to guarantee stability because multiple loads behind a load balancer can cause service unavailability."
"The machines created by Amazon Elastic Load Balancing have different IP addresses, which we are not able to whitelist or predict."
"AWS is doing well with Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, however, they could improve provisioning speed."
"Improvement is needed in the integration with Terraform, especially in writing scripts for creating load balancers and target groups."
"I do not have any notes for improvements."
"The product's stability is an area with a slight shortcoming, which can be improved."
"One issue that we faced with ALB was that leaf-level certificate validation was not happening. It is not that user-friendly in that aspect."
"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 product is not cheap."
"There is a yearly license."
"The solution's pricing is $30 per month."
"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 cost for using the application load balancer is approximately $18 to $21 per month."
"The solution's pricing is low and I rate it a nine out of ten."
"The solution is expensive."
"I have no issues with the tool's pricing."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

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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 ...
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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