Load Balancer

Scale Beyond a Single Server

Distribute traffic intelligently across your server fleet with Layer 4 and Layer 7 load balancing, automatic health checks, SSL termination, and real-time metrics — all managed from one dashboard.

Layer 4 & 7 support
Free SSL certificates
Auto health checks
16 global regions
10 Gbps
Max throughput
200K
Concurrent connections
16
Global regions
99.99%
Uptime SLA

Built for High-Availability Architectures

Everything you need to eliminate single points of failure and scale horizontally with confidence.

Layer 4 & Layer 7 Balancing

Support for both TCP/UDP (Layer 4) and HTTP/HTTPS (Layer 7) load balancing. Route traffic based on round-robin, least-connections, or IP-hash algorithms.

SSL/TLS Termination

Offload SSL/TLS termination at the load balancer. Upload your certificates or use our free Let's Encrypt integration for automatic HTTPS.

Health Checks

Continuous health monitoring with configurable intervals, thresholds, and protocols. Unhealthy backends are automatically removed and re-added when they recover.

Global Anycast

Deploy load balancers in any of our 16 regions. Combine with DNS-based geo-routing to direct users to the nearest healthy cluster.

Sticky Sessions

Cookie-based session persistence ensures returning users always hit the same backend — essential for stateful applications and shopping carts.

Real-Time Metrics

Live dashboards showing requests per second, active connections, backend health, and error rates. Export metrics to Prometheus or Datadog.

Firewall Integration

Pair with LightYear Cloud Firewall to apply IP allowlists, rate limiting, and DDoS protection at the load balancer edge — before traffic reaches backends.

Auto-Scaling Ready

Dynamically add or remove backend servers via API as your traffic scales. Integrates with your CI/CD pipeline for zero-downtime deployments.

Transparent, Predictable Pricing

Flat monthly rate. No per-request fees. No bandwidth surprises.

Starter
$12/mo
10,000 concurrent connections
500 Mbps throughput
Up to 5 backends
SSL termination
Health checks
Real-time metrics
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Standard
$28/mo
50,000 concurrent connections
2 Gbps throughput
Up to 20 backends
SSL termination
Health checks
Real-time metrics
Performance
$60/mo
200,000 concurrent connections
10 Gbps throughput
Up to 100 backends
SSL termination
Health checks
Real-time metrics

Built for Every Scale

From side projects to enterprise workloads — the LightYear Load Balancer grows with you.

High-Traffic Web Apps

Distribute HTTP/HTTPS traffic across multiple app servers, eliminating single points of failure.

API Gateways

Route API requests to versioned backends with path-based rules and rate limiting per endpoint.

Microservices

Load-balance internal service-to-service traffic with health checks and automatic failover.

Zero-Downtime Deploys

Use rolling deployments by draining connections from old backends before removing them.

Global CDN Origin

Place a load balancer in front of your origin servers to absorb CDN cache misses efficiently.

Game Server Clusters

Distribute UDP game traffic across server pools with IP-hash for connection consistency.

How Traffic Flows

From client request to backend response — every step is optimised for speed and reliability.

1
Client Request Arrives
A user request hits the load balancer's public IP or domain name.
2
Algorithm Selects Backend
Round-robin, least-connections, or IP-hash picks the optimal healthy backend server.
3
Health Check Verified
The selected backend is confirmed healthy within the last check interval.
4
Request Forwarded
Traffic is forwarded to the backend. SSL is terminated or passed through based on your config.
5
Response Returned
The backend's response is relayed back to the client. Metrics are updated in real time.

Ready to Scale Beyond One Server?

Deploy a load balancer in any of our 16 global regions and start distributing traffic in minutes.

Pair with Cloud Firewall for complete edge security.