Chalk and cheese, balrogs are spirits, much like Gandalf, though he was of greater strength and power. The balrogs were fire spirits that sauron bent to his will, whereas he bred the dragons himself. Gandalf could have marched into Smaugs lair and killed him but he had other motives, he wanted to avoid sauron using smaug in his upcoming wars but couldn't let on to Saruman that he knew sauron was back. He disposed of the dragon without looking like he did it. Dragons are beasts, balrogs are spirits. You cannot compare the two.
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