# AWS Elastic Load Balancing alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 195 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where AWS Elastic Load Balancing holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/aws-elastic-load-balancing/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- HAProxy: 31
- F5 BIG-IP: 20
- NGINX: 18
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: 18
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: 11
- Kemp LoadMaster: 7

## Load balancers

**Small business**: 63 of 84 answers did not name AWS Elastic Load Balancing (AWS Elastic Load Balancing is #4 of 13 at 10%).

- HAProxy: first choice in 11 of those 63
- NGINX: first choice in 10 of those 63
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: first choice in 7 of those 63
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 6 of those 63
- Traefik: first choice in 6 of those 63
- Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 5 of those 63
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 4 of those 63
- Application Load Balancer: first choice in 3 of those 63

**Mid-market**: 63 of 84 answers did not name AWS Elastic Load Balancing (AWS Elastic Load Balancing is #4 of 13 at 6%).

- HAProxy: first choice in 14 of those 63
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 12 of those 63
- NGINX: first choice in 5 of those 63
- Radware Alteon: first choice in 2 of those 63
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 63
- Application Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 63
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: first choice in 1 of those 63
- F5 NGINX One: first choice in 1 of those 63

**Enterprise**: 69 of 84 answers did not name AWS Elastic Load Balancing (AWS Elastic Load Balancing is #9 of 10 at 0%).

- F5 BIG-IP: first choice in 20 of those 69
- HAProxy: first choice in 6 of those 69
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: first choice in 3 of those 69
- NGINX: first choice in 3 of those 69
- F5: first choice in 2 of those 69
- F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Loadbalancer.org Enterprise ADC: first choice in 2 of those 69

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