Load balancer that works at the application layer, routing traffic based on content like URLs, headers, and cookies. Like a smart receptionist who reads your request and directs you to the right department.
A Layer 7 load balancer routes /images requests to image servers, /api requests to API servers, and /videos to video servers based on the URL path.
All of these provide application-layer (HTTP/HTTPS) load balancing with content-based routing (host/path/header), TLS termination, health checks, and policy features like redirects and WAF integration (service capabilities vary by provider and SKU).