# Caddy: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 9 judge labels across 3 categories by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/caddy

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Load balancers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/load-balancers/index.md) | 0% | 28 | 17% | 6 |
| [API gateways](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/api-gateways/index.md) | 0% | 25 | 0% | 2 |
| [Certificate lifecycle management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/certificate-lifecycle-management/index.md) | 0% | 43 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Auto-HTTPS web server with built-in certificate management. Great if you can standardize on this server." (Claude Haiku 4.5, Certificate management)
- "Free and open-source web server with built-in load balancing capabilities." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Load balancers)
- "Simple web app / Ease of setup | Caddy, Cloudflare, NGINX" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Load balancers)
- "Simple Edge Routing & Microservices | Traefik, Caddy" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, API gateways)

## And against it

- "Caddy offers simple configuration and automatic HTTPS but with fewer algorithms" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Load balancers)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Caddy, from 20 of the 27 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- dev.to: 8
- geekflare.com: 8
- contabo.com: 6
- devopsschool.com: 6
- g2.com: 6
- github.com: 6
- haproxy.org: 4
- loadbalancer.org: 4
- sourceforge.net: 4
- spotsaas.com: 4

### Pages cited

- https://contabo.com/blog/best-open-source-load-balancers: 6
- https://devopsschool.com/blog/top-10-load-balancers-features-pros-cons-comparison: 5
- https://geekflare.com/software/best-open-source-load-balancer: 4
- https://haproxy.org/: 4
- https://dev.to/devstackhub/6-best-api-gateways-for-developers-breaking-their-routing-logic-4a99: 3
- https://dupple.com/learn/best-api-gateways: 3
- https://geekflare.com/guides/best-api-gateways: 3
- https://github.com/quanpan302/KB-engineering-handbook/blob/main/content/hld/part-2-building-blocks/01-reverse-proxies-api-gateways.md: 3

## 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.