# NLB: 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/nlb

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Load balancers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/load-balancers/index.md) | 0% | 39 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "use NLB or the appropriate L4 service instead" (Perplexity Sonar, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named NLB, from 4 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- learn.microsoft.com: 3
- docs.cloud.google.com: 2
- linkedin.com: 2
- loadbalancer.org: 2
- scmgalaxy.com: 2
- adapture.com: 1
- alivedise.github.io: 1
- aws.amazon.com: 1
- aws.github.io: 1
- cisa.gov: 1

### Pages cited

- https://docs.cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/choosing-load-balancer: 2
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-best-practices: 2
- https://scmgalaxy.com/tutorials/top-10-load-balancers-features-pros-cons-comparison: 2
- https://adapture.com/f5-gartner-magic-quadrant-application-delivery-controllers: 1
- https://adapture.com/f5-reigns-supreme-remains-leader-gartners-application-delivery-controller-magic-quadrant: 1
- https://alivedise.github.io/backend-engineering-essentials/networking-fundamentals/load-balancers: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/faqs: 1
- https://aws.github.io/aws-networking-best-practices/application-networking/load-balancing: 1

## 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.