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Load balancers · November 2026 Edition
Progress Kemp LoadMaster vs Cloudflare Load Balancing
Three of fourteen models named Progress Kemp LoadMaster first on the direct prompt; one named Cloudflare Load Balancing. Progress Kemp LoadMaster was named by six of the fourteen models and Cloudflare Load Balancing by eleven and Progress Kemp LoadMaster carries 11 labels and Cloudflare Load Balancing 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Progress Kemp LoadMaster
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share12%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#8A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels1129A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Progress Kemp LoadMaster reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.NGINX was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. HAProxy vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster · HAProxy vs Cloudflare Load Balancing · NGINX vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the load balancers page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Progress Kemp LoadMasterFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCloudflare Load Balancing
Direct31
Paraphrase30
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Progress Kemp LoadMaster
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Progress Kemp LoadMaster and Cloudflare Load Balancing stood in it.
| Model | DirectPK | ParaphrasePK | ComparativePK | Budget-constrainedPK | Scale-constrainedPK | NegativePK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | PK | PK | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | PK | PK | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | PK | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | PK | PK | | PK | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | ||||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | PK | | | PK | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | PK |
PK Progress Kemp LoadMaster Cloudflare Load BalancingPK first choicePK named as an alternativePK argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Progress Kemp LoadMaster on the left and Cloudflare Load Balancing on the right.
Cloudflare Load BalancingPK first choicePK named as an alternativePK argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Progress Kemp LoadMaster on the left and Cloudflare Load Balancing on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Progress Kemp LoadMaster and Cloudflare Load Balancing stood in it.
Progress Kemp LoadMaster first, Cloudflare Load Balancing an alternative
3 of 14 modelsCloudflare Load Balancing was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Perplexity SonarProgress Kemp LoadMaster alternatives: AWS Elastic Load Balancing, Cloudflare Load Balancing, HAProxy, NGINX
DeepSeek V4 FlashHAProxy, Progress Kemp LoadMaster alternatives: NGINX
GLM 4.7 FlashXProgress Kemp LoadMaster alternatives: Cloudflare Load Balancing, HAProxy, NGINX
Cloudflare Load Balancing first, Progress Kemp LoadMaster an alternative
1 of 14 modelsProgress Kemp LoadMaster was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashCloudflare Load Balancing alternatives: AWS Application Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway, GCP Cloud Load Balancing, HAProxy, NGINX, Progress Kemp LoadMaster
Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniAWS Application Load Balancer alternatives: AWS Network Load Balancer, Cloudflare Load Balancing, Google Cloud Application Load Balancer
Grok 4.20HAProxy alternatives: AWS Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) – ALB/NLB, Cloudflare Load Balancing, Loadbalancer.org Enterprise ADC, NGINX, Progress Kemp LoadMaster
Muse Glimmer 30BHAProxy alternatives: AWS Elastic Load Balancing, Azure Load Balancer, NGINX, Progress Kemp LoadMaster
Neither was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5AWS Application Load Balancer, Azure Load Balancer, Network Load Balancer alternatives: Google Cloud Load Balancing, NGINX
Mistral SmallNGINX alternatives: Citrix ADC, F5 BIG-IP, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, Loadbalancer.org Enterprise ADC
Llama 4 MaverickNGINX alternatives: Citrix ADC, F5 BIG-IP, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster
Qwen 3.7 FlashNGINX alternatives: Application Load Balancer, HAProxy
Kimi K2Kemp LoadMaster alternatives: HAProxy
MiniMax M2.5no first choice alternatives: AWS Application Load Balancer, Azure Load Balancer, Citrix ADC, F5 BIG-IP, Google Cloud Load Balancing, HAProxy, NGINX
GPT-6 LunaApplication Load Balancer alternatives: Application Gateway, External Application Load Balancer, Front Door, Network Load Balancer
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
Progress Kemp LoadMaster9%#– of 14
Cloudflare Load Balancing9%#4 of 14Mid-marketThe figures above
Progress Kemp LoadMaster leads by ten points.
Progress Kemp LoadMaster12%#4 of 16
Cloudflare Load Balancing2%#8 of 16Enterprise
Progress Kemp LoadMaster leads by seven points.
Progress Kemp LoadMaster8%#4 of 16
Cloudflare Load Balancing2%#7 of 16What the models said about Progress Kemp LoadMaster
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“CVE-2026-8037 - a pre-authentication command injection vulnerability ... Actively being exploited in attacks” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Progress Kemp LoadMaster — if you value ease of use, good security features out-of-the-box” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Progress Kemp LoadMaster is the best default choice.” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“Best Overall for Value, Simplicity & Hybrid IT: Progress Kemp LoadMaster” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Cloudflare Load Balancing
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Cloudflare is often the top recommendation for mid-market tech companies.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“If you need a fully managed solution with zero maintenance overhead, Cloudflare's free tier is an excellent starting point.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · alternative
“Cloudflare Load Balancing is strong because it supports health checks, intelligent routing, and global traffic management” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · alternative
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.