# What do you actually get with the Enterprise load balancer that you don't get with the open source version?

We're comparing the open source and Enterprise options and want a practical view of the difference.
Which features, management tools, security capabilities, and support services make the Enterprise edition worth
considering?

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- Posted at: 6 days ago
- Net upvotes: 1


## Comments
### Comment 1

You keep the same high-performance open source core and add the layers you need to run it in production. The HAProxy Enterprise load balancer adds production modules for security and traffic management, such as a WAF, bot management, DDoS protection, and GSLB, plus 24/7 support recognized with G2 Best Relationship awards across every load balancing segment. It also includes the HAProxy Fusion Control Plane, which handles full-lifecycle management across your whole fleet: monitoring with over 150 runtime and security metrics, automated updates, role-based access control, and customizable dashboards, all through a GUI and an API with complete coverage of HAProxy Enterprise configuration. Put simply, the open source core gives you the fundamentals, and Enterprise adds production-grade modules with their own engines, like the Intelligent WAF Engine, plus the support to run it reliably at scale.
Learn more on our HAProxy Enterprise
vs. Community page - https://www.haproxy.com/products/upgrade-haproxy-to-haproxy-enterprise

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- Posted at: 5 days ago




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[Load Balancing](https://www.g2.com/categories/load-balancing)

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