# NGINX Open Source: 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/nginx-open-source/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Load balancers | 0% | 24 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "NGINX Open Source is also a good choice, especially if you already use NGINX as a web server or reverse proxy." (GPT-6 Luna, Load balancers)
- "If your team already knows NGINX: Stick with NGINX Open Source to minimize training time." (Kimi K2, Load balancers)
- "For performance-oriented, self-hosted setups: HAProxy or NGINX." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Load balancers)

## What it publishes

Every page nginx.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1295 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 200 pages, 9 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- webinar or virtual event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-09
- conference or event: 12 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-19
- report or ebook: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 8 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- glossary or explainer: 9 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-18
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-05-14
- news or press: 59 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Stop writing authentication checks into every service combine them in your kubernetes gateway https://blog.nginx.org/blog/stop-writing-authentication-checks-into-every-service-combine-them-in-your-kubernetes-gateway
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Nginx control api view in memory configuration and reload via http requests https://blog.nginx.org/blog/nginx-control-api-view-in-memory-configuration-and-reload-via-http-requests
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: NGINX Routing on HTTP Request Body https://blog.nginx.org/blog/nginx-routing-on-http-request-body
- Recent: 2026-09-15 comparison: 10982 https://community.nginx.org/t/session-persistence-with-nginx-oss-vs-nginx-plus/10982
- Recent: 2026-09-10 blog: HTTP Strict Transport Security Policy in NGINX Ingress Controller https://blog.nginx.org/blog/http-strict-transport-security-policy-in-nginx-ingress-controller
- Recent: 2026-09-08 blog: Predicate Routing for Native Handling of API Traffic https://blog.nginx.org/blog/predicate-routing-for-native-handling-of-api-traffic

## 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.