Load Balancer vs API Gateway Load balancers and API gateways both sit between your clients and backend servers. But they do very different things, and mixing th... (opens in new tab)

Load Balancer vs API Gateway<br><br>Load balancers and API gateways both sit between your clients and backend servers. But they do very different things, and mixing them up causes real problems in your architecture.<br><br>A load balancer has one job: distribute traffic. Clients send HTTP(s) requests from web, mobile, or IoT apps, and the load balancer spreads those requests across multiple server instances so no single server takes all the load. <br><br>It handles:<br>- Traffic distribution<...