🆚 Google Cloud Load Balancer vs. Varnish

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Load balancer
Caching solution

About

Google Cloud Load Balancer distributes user traffic across virtual machine instances in the same region.

Varnish Cache is an open-source web application accelerator, also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States
Stockholm, Sweden

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source
Varnish Pro$1,500+/year
Varnish EnterpriseCustom

Categories

Load Balancers › Rank #2
Load Balancers › Rank #1
Caching › Rank #4

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Varnish caching solution is 1.6 times more popular than Google Cloud Load Balancer.
Total websites

Market share

Load Balancers

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Varnish is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, while Google Cloud Load Balancer is more popular in Japan, Brazil, and Australia.
United States
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Sweden
Netherlands
Japan
Denmark
Canada
Italy

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Varnish is more popular among sites focused on business, education and reference, and marketing and merchandising, while Google Cloud Load Balancer is more commonly used on fashion and beauty sites.
Business
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Entertainment
General News
Blogs/Wiki
Sports
Internet Services
Travel

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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