# Progress Kemp LoadMaster alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 220 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Progress Kemp LoadMaster 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/progress-kemp-loadmaster/alternatives/

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

- HAProxy: 39
- F5 BIG-IP: 27
- NGINX: 25
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: 16
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: 14
- Kemp LoadMaster: 9

## Load balancers

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Progress Kemp LoadMaster.

- HAProxy: first choice in 18 of those 77
- NGINX: first choice in 15 of those 77
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: first choice in 11 of those 77
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 8 of those 77
- Kemp LoadMaster: first choice in 7 of those 77
- Traefik: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Azure Load Balancer: first choice in 4 of those 77
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 3 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Progress Kemp LoadMaster (Progress Kemp LoadMaster is #2 of 13 at 27%).

- HAProxy: first choice in 16 of those 66
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: first choice in 8 of those 66
- NGINX: first choice in 7 of those 66
- Radware Alteon: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Traefik: first choice in 2 of those 66
- AWS Application Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Application Load Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Azure Application Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 66

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Progress Kemp LoadMaster.

- F5 BIG-IP: first choice in 27 of those 77
- HAProxy: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Cloudflare Load Balancing: first choice in 3 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

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