# GCP Cloud Load Balancing alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 245 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where GCP Cloud Load Balancing 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/gcp-cloud-load-balancing/alternatives

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

- HAProxy: 49
- F5 BIG-IP: 24
- NGINX: 24
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: 16
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: 14
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: 10

## Load balancers

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name GCP Cloud Load Balancing.

- HAProxy: first choice in 16 of those 82
- NGINX: first choice in 14 of those 82
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 10 of those 82
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: first choice in 10 of those 82
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Caddy: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Traefik: first choice in 3 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 81 of 84 answers did not name GCP Cloud Load Balancing (GCP Cloud Load Balancing is #15 of 16 at 0%).

- HAProxy: first choice in 20 of those 81
- NGINX: first choice in 7 of those 81
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 6 of those 81
- Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 5 of those 81
- A10 Thunder ADC: first choice in 2 of those 81
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 2 of those 81
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 2 of those 81
- HAProxy Community Edition: first choice in 2 of those 81

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name GCP Cloud Load Balancing (GCP Cloud Load Balancing is #11 of 16 at 2%).

- F5 BIG-IP: first choice in 24 of those 82
- HAProxy: first choice in 13 of those 82
- F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: first choice in 8 of those 82
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Citrix ADC: first choice in 3 of those 82
- F5 BIG-IP LTM: first choice in 3 of those 82
- NGINX: first choice in 3 of those 82
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 2 of those 82

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