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title: Enable
description: Learn how to enable load balancing.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
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# Enable

Load balancing is an add-on for your account, meaning your account needs a [billing profile](https://developers.cloudflare.com/billing/get-started/create-billing-profile/).

To enable [Load Balancing ↗](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/traffic/load-balancing):

1. In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to the **Load Balancing** page.  
[ Go to **Load Balancing** ](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/load-balancing)
2. Select **Enable Load Balancing** in the **Status** column.
3. Choose your plan options and confirm payment.

Note

Enterprise customers can preview this product as a [non-contract service](https://developers.cloudflare.com/billing/understand/preview-services/), which provides full access, free of metered usage fees, limits, and certain other restrictions.

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