Azure Application Gateway

Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, United States

Azure Application Gateway is a managed web traffic load balancer and full reverse proxy that enables scalable, highly available, and secure web application delivery on Azure.

According to our data, Azure Application Gateway ranks 11th among the load balancers we track.
It has 2.3% of the load balancer market share and is present on 0.1% of all websites.

πŸ’Έ Pricing

Azure Application Gateway is a commercial product priced starting at $0.0255 per hour.

Application Gateway Basic
Fixed cost$0.0255/hour
Capacity unit$0.0091/hour
Application Gateway Standard
Fixed cost$0.246/hour
Capacity unit$0.008/hour

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† Azure Application Gateway Awards

⚑ Sites Using Azure Application Gateway

We have data on 3,351 websites that use the Azure Application Gateway load balancer. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Azure Application Gateway is nhs.uk.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 nhs.uk #320 United Kingdom English
2 icicibank.com #1,015 India English
3 ey.com #1,418 United Kingdom American English
4 attheraces.com #1,556 Guernsey English
5 infojobs.com.br #1,712 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
6 sydney.edu.au #1,964 Australia American English
7 rtl.nl #2,339 Netherlands Dutch
8 questdiagnostics.com #2,565 United States English
9 uhc.com #2,741 United States English
10 goethe.de #2,770 Germany German
11 adac.de #2,947 Germany German
12 stlouisfed.org #3,070 English
13 buienradar.nl #3,272 Netherlands Dutch
14 szerencsejatek.hu #3,331 Hungary Hungarian
15 funda.nl #3,627 Netherlands Dutch
16 laliga.com #4,205 Spain English
17 lufthansa.com #5,393 Germany English
18 trekbikes.com #5,415 United States American English
19 houstonmethodist.org #5,548 United States English
20 dollargeneral.com #5,670 United States English

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Azure Application Gateway:

Most of the sites using Azure Application Gateway are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

  • United States 27.4%
  • United Kingdom 8.8%
  • Germany 6.1%
  • Japan 4.8%
  • Australia 4.5%
  • Netherlands 4%
  • France 3.5%
  • Canada 3%
  • Philippines 2.9%
  • Other 35%

Most Azure Application Gateway users speak English, German, or Japanese.

  • English 63.2%
  • German 5.4%
  • Japanese 4.6%
  • Spanish 4.4%
  • French 3.8%
  • Dutch 3%
  • Portuguese 1.8%
  • Italian 1.7%
  • Danish 1.5%
  • Other 10.6%

The Azure Application Gateway load balancer is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 39.5%
  • .org 5.1%
  • .co.uk 3.1%
  • .de 3.1%
  • .com.au 3%
  • .gov.ph 2.6%
  • .nl 2.5%
  • .ca 2.3%
  • .fr 1.8%
  • Other 37%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Azure Application Gateway include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.

  • Business 26%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 9.9%
  • Online Shopping 7.4%
  • Finance/Banking 7.3%
  • Education/Reference 7.2%
  • Health 6.7%
  • Travel 4%
  • Software/Hardware 3.7%
  • Real Estate 3.3%
  • Other 24.5%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Azure Application Gateway alternatives.

RankNameCompare
2 Google Cloud Load BalancerMountain View, California, United States

Distributes user traffic across virtual machine instances in the same region.

Azure Application Gateway vs. Google Cloud Load Balancer
3 AWS Elastic Load BalancerSeattle, Washington, United States

Automatically distributes incoming traffic across multiple targets, such as EC2 instances, containers, and IP addresses.

Azure Application Gateway vs. AWS Elastic Load Balancer
4 F5 BIG-IPSeattle, Washington, United States

A reverse proxy with web application security, load balancing and authentication capabilities.

Azure Application Gateway vs. F5 BIG-IP
5 Application Request RoutingRedmond, Washington, United States

A module for Internet Information Server that can load-balance between multiple servers in a server farm.

Azure Application Gateway vs. Application Request Routing
6 EnvoySan Francisco, California, United States

A high-performance, open source edge and service proxy, designed for cloud-native applications and large microservice β€œservice mesh” architectures.

Azure Application Gateway vs. Envoy

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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Azure Application Gateway?

Azure Application Gateway is owned by Microsoft Corporation, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States.

Can I use Azure Application Gateway for free?

No, Azure Application Gateway is a paid solution. However, there is a free trial available.

Which country uses Azure Application Gateway the most?

The majority of Azure Application Gateway users are from the United States.

Who uses Azure Application Gateway?

According to our data, Azure Application Gateway is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as nhs.uk, icicibank.com, and ey.com.

Is Azure Application Gateway used on government websites?

In total, we found Azure Application Gateway on 87 government sites in the Philippines and 16 in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Azure Application Gateway?

Yes. The most notable of these is sydney.edu.au. Overall, we know of 27 academic websites in the United States that use Azure Application Gateway.

How does Azure Application Gateway stack up against the competition?

Azure Application Gateway is a moderately popular load balancer, ranking ahead of 8 other load balancers we track.

What are the alternatives to Azure Application Gateway?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Azure Application Gateway may include Application Request Routing, Google Cloud Load Balancer, and AWS Elastic Load Balancer.

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