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Exploring IBM Cloud load balancers

Exploring IBM Cloud load balancers

IBM Cloud offers several load balancing solutions to choose from. The following table compares the load balancing solutions to help you choose the one that's right for you. To learn more about the individual offering, click its name in the table.

A comparison of IBM's load balancer offerings
This table lists all of IBM's load balancer offerings, and provides links to their documentation.
IBM Cloud® Load Balancer Citrix NetScaler VPX (Standard) Citrix NetScaler VPX (Platinum)
Public VIP Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
Private VIP Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
Layer 4 load balancer Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
Layer 7 load balancer Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
Health Checks Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
Horizontal Scaling Checkmark icon
SSL offload Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
Management IBM console Self-manage (Vendor GUI) Self-manage (Vendor GUI)
High Availability Built-in Optional Optional
Advance LB (TCP Optimization, Compress, Caching, WAF) Limited Checkmark icon
Global LB Checkmark icon