# A10 Thunder ADC alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 235 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where A10 Thunder ADC holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/a10-thunder-adc/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- HAProxy: 50
- NGINX: 26
- F5 BIG-IP: 18
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: 16
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: 14
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: 10

## Load balancers

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name A10 Thunder ADC.

- HAProxy: first choice in 17 of those 83
- NGINX: first choice in 15 of those 83
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 10 of those 83
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: first choice in 10 of those 83
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Caddy: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Traefik: first choice in 3 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name A10 Thunder ADC (A10 Thunder ADC is #6 of 16 at 4%).

- HAProxy: first choice in 20 of those 77
- NGINX: first choice in 8 of those 77
- Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 4 of those 77
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 3 of those 77
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 2 of those 77
- HAProxy Community Edition: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Application Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 75 of 84 answers did not name A10 Thunder ADC (A10 Thunder ADC is #14 of 16 at 0%).

- F5 BIG-IP: first choice in 18 of those 75
- HAProxy: first choice in 13 of those 75
- F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: first choice in 7 of those 75
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 5 of those 75
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Citrix ADC: first choice in 3 of those 75
- NGINX: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Application Load Balancer: first choice in 2 of those 75

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