# F5 BIG-IP alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 202 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where F5 BIG-IP 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/f5-big-ip/alternatives

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

- HAProxy: 42
- NGINX: 23
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: 14
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: 13
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: 10
- F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: 8

## Load balancers

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name F5 BIG-IP (F5 BIG-IP is #14 of 14 at 0%).

- HAProxy: first choice in 17 of those 82
- NGINX: first choice in 15 of those 82
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: first choice in 10 of those 82
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 9 of those 82
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Caddy: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Traefik: first choice in 3 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 68 of 84 answers did not name F5 BIG-IP (F5 BIG-IP is #11 of 16 at 2%).

- HAProxy: first choice in 16 of those 68
- NGINX: first choice in 6 of those 68
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 6 of those 68
- Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 5 of those 68
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 2 of those 68
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 2 of those 68
- HAProxy Community Edition: first choice in 2 of those 68
- A10 Thunder ADC: first choice in 1 of those 68

**Enterprise**: 52 of 84 answers did not name F5 BIG-IP (F5 BIG-IP is #1 of 16 at 23%).

- HAProxy: first choice in 9 of those 52
- F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: first choice in 8 of those 52
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 4 of those 52
- F5 BIG-IP LTM: first choice in 3 of those 52
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 2 of those 52
- NGINX: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Akamai Edge: first choice in 1 of those 52
- Application Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 52

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