2 categories · RankedTraefik
Traefik is an API management product described as a unified control plane for APIs, models, and agents · traefik.io ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
HAProxy is first at 19%.
HAProxy is first at 32%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
F5 BIG-IP is first at 23%.
Why models recommend it
“modern reverse proxy and load balancer designed for containerized environments like Docker and Kubernetes”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · alternative
“Actively maintained open-source options like HAProxy, NGINX, Envoy, Traefik, or Caddy”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · alternative
“If your company uses Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud-native microservices, Traefik is designed for you.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Modern Infrastructure: Traefik – Excellent for Docker/Kubernetes environments”MiniMax M2.5 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“its "auto-discovery" logic can sometimes be unpredictable in highly dynamic environments”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Traefik, over the 77 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 21 | View → | |
| 65 | 11 | View → | |
| 37 | 7 | View → | |
| 35 | 7 | View → | |
| 29 | 0 | View → | |
| 26 | 2 | View → | |
| 26 | 1 | View → | |
| 24 | 0 | View → | |
| 23 | 2 | View → | |
| 21 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Traefik →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Traefik's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- enterprise
- Price stated
- Get Started Free
- Free plan or trial
- Get Started Free
- Certifications
- FIPS 140-3, FIPS 140-2
- Customers named
- Ippen Digital, BigBasket, Abax, SERVICE-REISEN, Axione, AmeriSave
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 45 of the 77 answers that named Traefik and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
115 of the 115 domain citations in answers naming Traefik came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 402 | 16 | 2026-09-28 | API gateways, API management | |
| Glossary or explainer | 99 | 1 | 2026-07-23 | API management, API gateways | |
| Comparison | 60 | 0 | 2026-06-03 | API gateways, API management | |
| Conference or event | 38 | 0 | 2021-09-01 | ||
| News or press | 33 | 2 | 2026-09-15 | API management, API gateways | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 24 | 0 | 2023-10-13 | API gateways | |
| Case study | 22 | 2 | 2026-09-03 | ||
| Report or ebook | 5 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Three ways to run jev behind traefik hub blog
- 2026-09-28Three ways to run jev behind traefik hub blog
- 2026-09-16Six ways traefik hub enforces one agentic refund blog
- 2026-09-16The two questions behind every agent authorization standard blog
- 2026-09-16The two questions behind every agent authorization standard blog
- 2026-09-16Six ways traefik hub enforces one agentic refund blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page traefik.io exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Of its titles that name a category, most name API gateways (34); 15 name its categories the models place it in. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.