# Progress Kemp LoadMaster: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 11 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/progress-kemp-loadmaster

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Load balancers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/load-balancers/index.md) | 12% | 4 | 9% | 11 |

## What the models said for it

- "Progress Kemp LoadMaster — if you value ease of use, good security features out-of-the-box" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Load balancers)
- "For most mid-market B2B companies, Progress Kemp LoadMaster is the best default choice." (Perplexity Sonar, Load balancers)
- "Best Overall for Value, Simplicity & Hybrid IT: Progress Kemp LoadMaster" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Load balancers)
- "Progress Kemp LoadMaster is the best default recommendation" (Perplexity Sonar, Load balancers)

## And against it

- "CVE-2026-8037 - a pre-authentication command injection vulnerability ... Actively being exploited in attacks" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Progress Kemp LoadMaster, from 31 of the 35 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 20
- loadbalancer.org: 16
- kemptechnologies.com: 14
- f5.com: 11
- aws.amazon.com: 10
- gane.ai/index: 10
- peerspot.com: 10
- capterra.com: 8
- capterra.co.uk: 7
- costbench.com: 7

### Pages cited

- https://g2.com/discussions/which-load-balancing-platforms-have-the-clearest-pricing-and-no-surprise-per-request-or-bandwidth-overage-charges-for-a-company-that-has-been-burned-by-unpredictable-costs-before: 8
- https://loadbalancer.org/blog/whats-the-best-cloud-load-balancer: 7
- https://softwareadvice.com/load-balancing: 7
- https://costbench.com/best/load-balancers-for-enterprise: 6
- https://g2.com/products/progress-kemp-loadmaster/reviews: 6
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/load-balancers/enterprise: 6
- https://guideflow.com/blog/load-balancer-software: 6
- https://capterra.com/load-balancing-software: 5

## 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.
