# Azure Load Balancer alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 220 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Azure Load Balancer 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/azure-load-balancer/alternatives

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

- HAProxy: 41
- F5 BIG-IP: 22
- NGINX: 21
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: 16
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: 12
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: 9

## Load balancers

**Small business**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Azure Load Balancer (Azure Load Balancer is #7 of 14 at 3%).

- HAProxy: first choice in 13 of those 75
- NGINX: first choice in 12 of those 75
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: first choice in 9 of those 75
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 8 of those 75
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 5 of those 75
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Caddy: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Traefik: first choice in 3 of those 75

**Mid-market**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Azure Load Balancer (Azure Load Balancer is #9 of 16 at 2%).

- HAProxy: first choice in 16 of those 67
- NGINX: first choice in 6 of those 67
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 6 of those 67
- Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 5 of those 67
- A10 Thunder ADC: first choice in 2 of those 67
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 2 of those 67
- HAProxy Community Edition: first choice in 2 of those 67
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 67

**Enterprise**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Azure Load Balancer (Azure Load Balancer is #13 of 16 at 2%).

- F5 BIG-IP: first choice in 22 of those 78
- HAProxy: first choice in 12 of those 78
- F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: first choice in 8 of those 78
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 5 of those 78
- Citrix ADC: first choice in 3 of those 78
- F5 BIG-IP LTM: first choice in 3 of those 78
- NGINX: first choice in 3 of those 78
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 2 of those 78

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