# DigitalOcean Load Balancers: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/digitalocean-load-balancers

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Load balancers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/load-balancers/index.md) | 0% | 31 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "a simple, predictable option for small cloud deployments, starting around $12/month" (Perplexity Sonar, Load balancers)
- "Choose DigitalOcean ($12/mo)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named DigitalOcean Load Balancers, from 5 of the 13 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- costbench.com: 3
- softwareadvice.com: 3
- spotsaas.com: 3
- aws.amazon.com: 2
- guideflow.com: 2
- learn.g2.com: 2
- rankite.com: 2
- saasworthy.com: 2
- caddyserver.com: 1
- cloudflare.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://costbench.com/best/load-balancers-for-small-business: 2
- https://costbench.com/software/load-balancers/compare-all: 2
- https://guideflow.com/blog/load-balancer-software: 2
- https://learn.g2.com/best-load-balancing-software: 2
- https://rankite.com/blog/best-load-balancer-software: 2
- https://saasworthy.com/list/load-balancing-software: 2
- https://softwareadvice.com/load-balancing: 2
- https://spotsaas.com/category/load-balancing-software: 2

## In its own words

What DigitalOcean Load Balancers's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: A must-have for production apps, Load Balancers spread traffic across your compute resources to improve availability, performance, and scalability. (https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/load-balancers)
- For: production apps (https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/load-balancers)
- Price stated: Simple, predictable pricing (https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/load-balancers)
- Starting price: 12 per month (https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/load-balancers)
- Customers named: NoBid, Origin

## 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.