2019-06-04T07:43:00Z
Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Delivery Manager at PeerSpot
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HAProxy?

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We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

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Aleksei Grishutin - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 5
2022-10-31T18:22:51Z
Oct 31, 2022

The solution is open source so is free.

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Roger Seelaender - PeerSpot reviewer
UCaaS Engineering Manager at EarthLink
Real User
Top 5
2022-10-19T18:06:00Z
Oct 19, 2022

The licensing fee for the entire WAF solution is very affordable with Loadbalancer.org. There are no separate charges for HAProxy and WAF.

Nasir Otis - PeerSpot reviewer
Network & Cloud Architect at Koala Compute Inc.
Real User
Top 10
2022-06-28T00:55:00Z
Jun 28, 2022

The setup was not difficult it usually takes a day to complete for a VPC. When it comes to pricing HAProxy is free.

Nathanel Sulimanov - PeerSpot reviewer
Platform Architect at SES
Real User
Top 10
2022-06-27T21:30:45Z
Jun 27, 2022

HAProxy is mostly open-source, so I cannot provide any pricing or licensing numbers.

Bhaskar Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Network Engineer at Yamaha
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-06-26T13:10:00Z
Jun 26, 2022

HAProxy is free open-source software.

JT
UNIX System Administrator at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
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2021-11-10T07:23:25Z
Nov 10, 2021

I'm using the freeware version. I have no idea if there is a paid solution because I've never looked into it. I might in the future if I have a use case for it. But right now, I'm leveraging the free version, and it seems to fit well in this stack because I'm using the free Redis.

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Director at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
2021-07-23T09:21:59Z
Jul 23, 2021

It is free of cost.

IY
Network security at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2020-08-30T08:33:45Z
Aug 30, 2020

HAProxy is free in the initial offer. However, pricing can be improved.

JT
UNIX System Administrator at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
2019-06-04T07:43:00Z
Jun 4, 2019

We are not paying for HAProxy support. We're using the free version, compiling it in a container, and using it. The only cost is for the image manager, who is responsible for uploading the image, and that is trivial.

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Beth Safire - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Blogger
Jun 14, 2022
I do recommend HAProxy for more simple applications or for companies with a low budget, since HAProxy is a free, open-source product. HAProxy is also a good choice for someone looking for a stable load balancing product. HAProxy is relatively easy to set up for anyone with a basic understanding of how containers and VMware operate. However, I find that It can be a little tricky to customize for specific application requirements. HAProxy does have a nice user interface and I also like its WAF feature. For users who want additional support, HAProxy does offer a premium support option.Below are of some of the pros of HAProxy: Open-source: HAProxy is an open-source product and therefore free of charge. This makes it a viable solution for companies with smaller budgets. HAProxy’s contributors are constantly providing updates and customizations for the product. Stable: HAProxy is stable. It is well maintained by its creators and a large open source community. Load balancing: HAProxy can be used as a powerful load balancing solution. Scalable: HAProxy scales well. It easily handles multiple connections per second without adding any stress on the solution. User-friendly: HAProxy is user-friendly and simple to use. Support: Although it is a free product, HAProxy does offer paid support. It also has a helpful online community. Some of the improvements that could improve the solution: Better monitoring and reports: Sometimes it can be challenging to understand the logs that HAProxy provides. Improved documentation: There is no standardized documentation available. So inexperienced users might have difficulties setting up and configuring the solution. Overall, I would rate HAProxy a seven out of ten. Its load balancer is valuable and it is an adequate solution for users with lower budgets.
Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Community Director at PeerSpot
Oct 31, 2022
Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with HAProxy. What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?
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JT
UNIX System Administrator at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jun 4, 2019
The logging functionality could use improvement, as it is a little cryptic. Additional logging functionality with better documentation would be helpful.
IY
Network security at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Aug 30, 2020
Pricing, monitoring, and reports can be improved.
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