# Azure IP-based Load Balancer outbound: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-ip-based-load-balancer-outbound

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Load balancers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/load-balancers/index.md) | 0% | 83 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "IP-based Load Balancers are currently not secure-by-default and will use the backend instances' default outbound access IPs" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Load balancers)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Azure IP-based Load Balancer outbound, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cf-assets.www.cloudflare.com: 1
- dlt.com: 1
- docs.azure.cn: 1
- gane.ai/index: 1
- github.com: 1
- kemptechnologies.com: 1
- learn.microsoft.com: 1
- loadbalancer.org: 1
- safeguard.sh: 1
- securityboulevard.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://cf-assets.www.cloudflare.com/slt3lc6tev37/7siMQh0goJJnH4PYbAzOxC/f4a66ebdf20cca2ec85c2b9261fb8a38/Optimize-Web-Performance.pdf: 1
- https://dlt.com/sites/default/files/resource-attachments/2025-12/Progress_Load-Balancing-in-a-Hybrid-Multi-Cloud-World_co-branded.pdf: 1
- https://docs.azure.cn/en-us/load-balancer/load-balancer-best-practices: 1
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/load-balancers: 1
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/load-balancers/enterprise: 1
- https://github.com/aws/aws-networking-best-practices/blob/main/content/application-networking/load-balancing.md: 1
- https://github.com/quanpan302/KB-engineering-handbook/blob/main/content/hld/part-2-building-blocks/00-load-balancers.md: 1
- https://kemptechnologies.com/blog/load-balancing-best-practices: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.