# Cloudflare 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 Cloudflare 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/cloudflare-load-balancing/alternatives/

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

- HAProxy: 31
- F5 BIG-IP: 28
- NGINX: 21
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: 17
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: 12
- Kemp LoadMaster: 8

## Load balancers

**Small business**: 52 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare Load Balancing (Cloudflare Load Balancing is #3 of 13 at 11%).

- NGINX: first choice in 12 of those 52
- HAProxy: first choice in 11 of those 52
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 6 of those 52
- Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 6 of those 52
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 5 of those 52
- Traefik: first choice in 5 of those 52
- Azure Load Balancer: first choice in 4 of those 52
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 2 of those 52

**Mid-market**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare Load Balancing (Cloudflare Load Balancing is #5 of 13 at 4%).

- HAProxy: first choice in 14 of those 66
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 10 of those 66
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 6 of those 66
- NGINX: first choice in 6 of those 66
- Traefik: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Application Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Azure Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Azure Standard Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 66

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare Load Balancing (Cloudflare Load Balancing is #3 of 10 at 6%).

- F5 BIG-IP: first choice in 28 of those 77
- HAProxy: first choice in 6 of those 77
- F5: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Loadbalancer.org Enterprise ADC: first choice in 3 of those 77
- NGINX: first choice in 3 of those 77
- F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 2 of those 77

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