Load Balancer as a Service (LBaaS) is a cloud-native solution that automatically distributes incoming user traffic across multiple backend servers or application instances. This managed service eliminates the need for physical load balancer appliances and provides seamless scalability, high availability, and fault tolerance for web applications and services. LBaaS supports both Layer 4 (transport) and Layer 7 (application) load balancing, enabling intelligent routing based on network protocols or application-level attributes. The service continuously monitors the health of backend resources, redirecting traffic away from failed or unhealthy instances to maintain uninterrupted service. LBaaS is platform-agnostic, integrates with multi-cloud and hybrid environments, and offers centralized management for configuration, monitoring, and policy enforcement. Features such as SSL termination, session persistence, and automatic scaling are included, allowing organizations to optimize performance, reduce operational complexity, and respond rapidly to changing traffic demands.

Key Features

Automatic Traffic Distribution Balances user requests across multiple servers or instances.

• Prevents overload on any single resource
• Improves application responsiveness

Health Checks and Failover Monitors backend server health and redirects traffic as needed.

• Ensures high availability and fault tolerance
• Minimizes downtime and service disruption

Layer 4 and Layer 7 Load Balancing Supports both network-level and application-level routing.

• Directs traffic based on protocol or application attributes
• Enables advanced routing and security policies

Seamless Autoscaling Automatically adjusts resources to match traffic demand.

• Handles traffic spikes without performance degradation
• Scales up or down instantly

SSL Termination Manages secure connections and offloads decryption from application servers.

• Enhances security and performance
• Simplifies certificate management

Session Persistence Maintains user sessions across requests.

• Supports applications requiring sticky sessions
• Improves user experience

Centralized Management Unified interface for configuration and monitoring.

• Simplifies policy enforcement
• Provides visibility into traffic and performance

Benefits

Scalability Effortlessly adapts to changing traffic volumes.

• Supports business growth and peak events
• Reduces manual intervention

Reliability and High Availability Ensures continuous service delivery.

• Automatically reroutes traffic during failures
• Minimizes risk of downtime

Cost Efficiency Eliminates need for physical hardware and reduces operational overhead.

• Pay-as-you-go pricing models
• Lower total cost of ownership

Performance Optimization Improves application speed and responsiveness.

• Distributes load for optimal resource utilization
• Offloads compute-intensive tasks