Yes, Azure load balancers are free compared to aws's elbs ~20$ charge. aws elb support http and https termination, and can even provide free SSL certs. Azure's

Yes, Azure load balancers are free compared to aws's elbs ~20$ charge. aws elb support http and https termination, and can even provide free SSL certs. Azure's is tcp/udp only. And the new aws Application load balancers offer even more features. So it depends on your use-case.