Are melee and ranged DPS balanced?

I played league of legends and while that doesn't necessarily translate directly to this, I feel like this game hasn't really struck a balance between the two.

Not league has done it perfectly but there just doesn't seem to be a good enough reason IMO to ever pick a melee DPS hero vs a ranged one. And no I'm not including any of the vanguards when I say melee DPS.

It just seems like any semblance of them properly functioning only takes place in uncoordinated situations and needing the element of surprise.

Otherwise they just get looked at and are straight up deleted or CCed then deleted.