# HAProxy alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 119 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where HAProxy 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/haproxy/alternatives

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

- F5 BIG-IP: 10
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: 8
- AWS Application Load Balancer: 6
- Kemp LoadMaster: 6
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: 6
- F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: 4

## Load balancers

**Small business**: 35 of 84 answers did not name HAProxy (HAProxy is #1 of 14 at 19%).

- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 4 of those 35
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 4 of those 35
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: first choice in 3 of those 35
- HAProxy Community Edition: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Application Gateway v2 with WAF: first choice in 1 of those 35
- Azure Application Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 35

**Mid-market**: 40 of 84 answers did not name HAProxy (HAProxy is #1 of 16 at 32%).

- Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 4 of those 40
- A10 Thunder ADC: first choice in 2 of those 40
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 2 of those 40
- HAProxy Community Edition: first choice in 2 of those 40
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 2 of those 40
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 1 of those 40
- Application Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 40
- Azure Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 40

**Enterprise**: 44 of 84 answers did not name HAProxy (HAProxy is #2 of 16 at 18%).

- F5 BIG-IP: first choice in 10 of those 44
- F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: first choice in 4 of those 44
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 3 of those 44
- F5 BIG-IP LTM: first choice in 3 of those 44
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 2 of those 44
- Akamai Edge: first choice in 1 of those 44
- Application Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 44
- Azure Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 44

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