HAProxy is considered by many in the industry to be one of the fastest and most popular and trusted software load balancer products in the marketplace today. Organizations are able to immediately deploy HAProxy solutions to enable websites and applications to optimize performance, security, and observability. HAProxy solutions are available to scale to any environment.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| HAProxy | 11.9% |
| F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) | 15.7% |
| NetScaler | 14.4% |
| Other | 58.0% |
| Type | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) | Aug 27, 2025 | Download |
| Product | Reviews, tips, and advice from real users | Aug 27, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | HAProxy vs NetScaler | Aug 27, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | HAProxy vs F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) | Aug 27, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | HAProxy vs Microsoft Azure Application Gateway | Aug 27, 2025 | Download |
| Title | Rating | Mindshare | Recommending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure Application Gateway | 3.7 | 7.6% | 79% | 48 interviewsAdd to research |
| F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) | 4.1 | 15.7% | 83% | 122 interviewsAdd to research |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 13 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 11 |
| Large Enterprise | 11 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 317 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 225 |
| Large Enterprise | 642 |
HAProxy is an open-source product and has a robust, active, reliable community. The solutions are continually tested and improved on by the community. HAProxy offers a dynamic design to support the most modern architectures, microservices, and deployment environments (appliances, containers, virtual, and cloud).
HAProxy utilizes a cloud-native protocol, which makes it a complete solution for cloud services such as Red Hat OpenShift, OVH, Rackspace, Digital Ocean, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and more. It also can be used as the reference load balancer in OpenStack.
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Reviews from Real Users
“Having the right load balancing solution – which is what HAProxy is – and protection in place gives organizations peace of mind.” - Nathanel S., Platform Architect at SES
“I use HAProxy for individuals who can not buy low balancers. I built NFV in a box and send individuals a pathway into an HAProxy VM. The setup was not difficult; it usually takes a day to complete for a VPC. When it comes to pricing, HAProxy is free.” - Nasir O., Network & Cloud Architect at Koala Compute Inc.
HAProxy was previously known as HAProxy Community Edition, HAProxy Enterprise Edition, HAPEE.
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| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Manager - IT Infrastructure and Network at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees | 3.5 | I use HAProxy for load balancing and find it effective but challenging to implement and troubleshoot. The dashboards and reports need improvement to compete better with F5, HAProxy's main competitor in the market. |
| Co-Founder at tenekit | 4.0 | I use HAProxy primarily for quick, small load-balancing tasks, appreciating its simplicity and speed. It's straightforward to configure, integrates well with Docker, and efficiently manages basic tasks, though enhanced documentation with diverse scenarios would improve its usability. |
| Manager server admin and security at Vivaconnect | 3.5 | In my company, I use HAProxy for TCP streams, specifically handling SMTP, SMPP, and POP3 services. While effective for traffic forwarding, it lacks robust logging and monitoring. HAProxy is cost-effective compared to high-end alternatives like DNS Made Easy. |
| UCaaS Engineering Manager at EarthLink | 4.0 | No summary available |
| Consultant at Pi DATACENTERS | 4.0 | No summary available |
| System Administrator at Styria IT | 4.5 | I use HAProxy for load balancing HTTP and TCP traffic across application and database servers, ensuring resource efficiency. While HAProxy is versatile and easy to integrate, its dynamic configuration needs improvement as reloading loses changes. NGINX, though simpler to configure, serves different purposes. |
| Développeur applications at Trust Merchant Bank | 4.5 | We use HAProxy as a load balancer for our application servers, including Bonita and Telus solutions. Although we are still exploring its features, it seems to offer extensive capabilities. However, the pricing model could be more affordable. |
| Manager - IT Infrastructure and Network at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees | 3.5 | No summary available |
