F5 Load Balancing Products and Solutions

Ensure your applications can be seamlessly delivered to your customers, regardless of where they are hosted.


How F5 Does Load Balancing

F5 delivers industry-leading load balancing that ensures high availability, security, and performance for any app, anywhere. From hardware and software to SaaS-based solutions, F5 optimizes traffic management, scales with demand, and enhances application resilience.


F5 Load Balancing Deployment Flexibility


DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS

At the Edge—Hardware or Software

BIG-IP centralizes & manages routing, security, & monitoring with dynamic policies, ensuring apps are fast & available.
Consider: Enterprise Networking Hardware  or Virtual Software

Near the App—Software

NGINX modernizes apps at scale with fast, reliable, secure app connectivity & granular control in diverse environments.
Consider: NGINX Software

In the Cloud

Cloud-based load balancing scales globally on demand for any environment, with centralized management and automation.
Consider: F5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer


Load Balancing Services

Hardware, Software, SaaS, or Cloud-Native, F5 has a Load Balancer that’s perfect for you.


BIG-IP DNS
Hyperscale & secure infrastructure for highly available apps between multiple instances & across hybrid environments.
BIG-IP LTM
Optimize network traffic with static and dynamic load balancing so apps are always reliable, secure, and available.
BIG-IP Container Ingress Services
Support Kubernetes applications with automated and scalable front-door BIG-IP app delivery and security services.
BIG-IP Next DNS CNF
Hyperscale & secure infrastructure in a cloud-native format, integrating with tools and environments like Kubernetes.
BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes
Central point for networking, security, & visibility for transitioning complex networks to a cloud-native infrastructure.
NGINX One
Takes the core NGINX data plane software and enhances it with SaaS-based tools for observability, management, and security.
NGINX Ingress Controller
Implements unified API gateways, load balancers, and ingress controllers across Kubernetes environments and provides insights into app health and performance.
NGINX Gateway Fabric
Streamlines app, service, and API connectivity across hybrid and multicloud Kubernetes environments with a unified app delivery fabric.
NGINXaaS for Azure
Streamline app delivery and enhance security in Azure without the operational toil: Accelerate performance, strengthen protection, and improve visibility at scale, while keeping costs optimized.
F5 NGINXaaS for Google Cloud
Enhance app delivery and security in Google Cloud without the operational toil: Accelerate performance, strengthen protection, and improve visibility at scale, while keeping costs optimized.
Distributed Cloud App Connect
Securely connect modern applications, services, and APIs across environments with consistent operations and security policies.
Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer
Simplify cloud-based DNS management & load balancing; get disaster recovery to ease the operational burden on teams.

Resources

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Explore video & interactive demos for some of F5’s most popular load-balancing solutions from BIG-IP, NGINX, & Distributed Cloud.

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Technical articles, demos, and learning resources

BIG-IP: What is Load Balancing? ›

Using Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer with Geo-Proximity and failover scenarios ›

Use F5 Distributed Cloud to Connect Apps Running in Multiple Clusters and Sites ›

Dynamic A/B Kubernetes Multi-Cluster Load Balancing and Security Controls with NGINX Plus ›

Migrating from the Community Ingress Controller to F5 NGINX Ingress Controller ›

Optimizing MQTT Deployments in Enterprise Environments with NGINX Plus ›

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