# GCP Cloud Load Balancing alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 240 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where GCP Cloud 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/gcp-cloud-load-balancing/alternatives/

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

- HAProxy: 39
- F5 BIG-IP: 27
- NGINX: 24
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: 20
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: 16
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: 14

## Load balancers

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name GCP Cloud Load Balancing.

- HAProxy: first choice in 16 of those 82
- NGINX: first choice in 14 of those 82
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: first choice in 11 of those 82
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Traefik: first choice in 6 of those 82
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 4 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name GCP Cloud Load Balancing (GCP Cloud Load Balancing is #11 of 13 at 0%).

- HAProxy: first choice in 16 of those 77
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 13 of those 77
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 7 of those 77
- NGINX: first choice in 7 of those 77
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Radware Alteon: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Traefik: first choice in 2 of those 77
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 81 of 84 answers did not name GCP Cloud Load Balancing.

- F5 BIG-IP: first choice in 27 of those 81
- HAProxy: first choice in 7 of those 81
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: first choice in 3 of those 81
- F5: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Loadbalancer.org Enterprise ADC: first choice in 3 of those 81
- NGINX: first choice in 3 of those 81
- F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 2 of those 81

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