# AWS Classic Load Balancer: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/aws-classic-load-balancer/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Load balancers | 0% | 90 | 100% | 3 |

## And against it

- "AWS officially retired and phased out the Classic Load Balancer in favor of modern options... migrate away immediately." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Load balancers)
- "Load Balancers to Avoid (Deprecated/Legacy) ... AWS Classic Load Balancer (ELB v1)" (Kimi K2, Load balancers)
- "Definite "Avoid" (Deprecated or Obsolete Tech) ... AWS Classic Load Balancer (CLB)" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Load balancers)

## In its own words

What AWS Classic Load Balancer's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: create an internal load balancer in your VPC and place your non-internet-facing instances behind the internal load balancer (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/internal-elastic-load-balancers)
- For: customers who need to load balance between tiers of an application (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/internal-elastic-load-balancers)
- Hosting: Virtual Private Cloud

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.