Amazon Elastic Load Balancing · FinOps Profile

Amazon Elastic Load Balancing Finops

FinOps mapping for Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, derived from the prices Amazon Elastic Load Balancing publishes (https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/pricing/), transcribed verbatim in plans/amazon-elastic-load-balancing-plans-pricing.yml. Nothing here is estimated.

Amazon Elastic Load Balancing Finops is the FinOps profile for Amazon Elastic Load Balancing on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

The provider bills by load balancer-hour, as read on 2026-10-28.

It defines 8 billable meters, billed in USD, on a continuous cycle, and pricing category usage-based.

The profile maps 4 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Amazon Web Services, High Availability, Load Balancing, Networking, and Scalability.

Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Continuous FOCUS v1.3 Bills by: load balancer-hour
Derived by API Evangelist from the provider's plans and contracts on 2026-10-28.
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Amazon Web ServicesHigh AvailabilityLoad BalancingNetworkingScalability

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
PricingUnit
load balancer-hour
ProviderName
Amazon Elastic Load Balancing
ServiceName
Amazon Elastic Load Balancing

Meters

load_balancer_hour
Unit: load balancer-hour
lcu_hour
Unit: lcu-hour
nlcu_hour
Unit: nlcu-hour
glcu_hour
Unit: glcu-hour
load_balancer_hour_per_az
Unit: load balancer-hour per az
endpoint_hour_plus_0_0035_per_gb
Unit: endpoint-hour, plus $0.0035 per gb
gb_of_data_processed
Unit: gb of data processed
credits
Unit: credits

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