What is the difference between an Application Load Balancer (ALB) and a Network Load Balancer (NLB)?

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Lingesh Kumar K · Accepted Answer

An Application Load Balancer works at Layer 7, it routes based on HTTP/HTTPS requests, host, or path. A Network Load Balancer works at Layer 4, it routes based on IP and TCP/UDP, and handles millions of requests with very low latency.

What is the difference between an Application Load Balancer (ALB) and a Network Load Balancer (NLB)?

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