Five of fourteen models named Progress Kemp LoadMaster first on the direct prompt; two named AWS Elastic Load Balancing. Progress Kemp LoadMaster was named by ten of the fourteen models and AWS Elastic Load Balancing by thirteen and Progress Kemp LoadMaster carries 20 labels and AWS Elastic Load Balancing 33, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the load balancers page.
| Model | DirectPKAE | ParaphrasePKAE | ComparativePKAE | Budget-constrainedPKAE | Scale-constrainedPKAE | NegativePKAE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | AE | AE | AE | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | PKAE | PK | AE | AE | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | AE | |||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | PK | PK | AE | AE | AE | AE |
| Mistral Small | PK | AE | AE | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | PK | PK | AE | PKAE | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | PK | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | AE | PK | ||||
| Kimi K2 | PK | PK | AE | AE | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | PK | PK | AE | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | PKAE | PK | AE | AE | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | AE | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | PKAE | PK |
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Best All-Rounder (Hybrid/Virtual/On-Premises): Progress Kemp LoadMaster ... is widely considered the gold standard for the mid-market.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Progress Kemp LoadMaster as the best application delivery controller for a mid-sized B2B company” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Progress Kemp LoadMaster (now part of Progress) is the one I would suggest as the default starting point.” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid cloud-native load balancers (like AWS ALB/ELB) if your budget is tight” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Cloud-native load balancers (AWS ELB, Azure LB, GCP LB) excel in their ecosystems but may lack deep packet inspection” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Relies on CloudWatch; tuning timeouts/limits needed.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Cloud-native load balancers (AWS ALB, Azure LB) are often the best fit - they scale automatically, integrate with your infrastructure, and have predictable costs” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“For very small budgets: Start with cloud-native load balancers (AWS ALB, etc.) as they eliminate upfront costs” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Prefer managed cloud-native: AWS ALB/NLB, GCP Premium/Global, Azure Standard—high reliability scores” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.