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Users consistently praise the product for its ease of use and reliable performance, making it a preferred choice for load balancing and proxy needs. Many appreciate its ability to handle high traffic with low latency, which enhances overall efficiency. However, some note that the configuration complexity can be a challenge for beginners.

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Lingeshwara Chary K.
LK
Lead Technical Architect
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Nothing to Hate—A Product I Love"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Yes its better and lovely good and easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing to dislike .its good in the sense Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Great to hear! Thanks for this review.

MM
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Very User-Friendly and Easy to Use"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Very good in user and user friendly and easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing as such, so far all good and working finr Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for writing this review of HAProxy.

Naga S S B K.
NK
Principal Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Intelligent Threat Detection You Can Rely On"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Intelligent threat detection and simplifying approach to faster results Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Need to learn more about HAProxy next gen platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for writing this review of HAProxy.

Sathyajit J.
SJ
Security Architect
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Strong Security Mitigation for Emerging Threats"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

A security solution which provide mitigation for recent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Need data leak prevention which can improve security further Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for writing this review.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
AN
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Rock-Solid Reliability for Our Services"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

It's realiable, we have been using it for our services a long time now and never had issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Configuration can be too complex sometimes. You need a long time sometimes to understand the documentation well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

What could we do to improve the documentation? What's missing?

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Fast, Reliable HAProxy with Fine-Grained Traffic Control"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

HAProxy is fast, reliable, and gives very fine control over how traffic is routed.

You can change things without downtime and clearly see what’s happening when something breaks.

It’s simple, predictable, and works well at large scale without surprises. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Hard to manage and configure at the start.

Troubleshooting needs deeper knowledge; not beginner-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

We're working to improve the learning curve. Thank you for this feedback.

NITESH KAUSHIK .
N
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"The Most Interesting Proxy Service I’ve Come Across"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

It the most intresting proxy service i have came accross Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Its bit complicated and bit more towards ai. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Christian Gennaro F.
CF
Senior Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Reverse Proxying Made Easy with Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificates"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Reverse proxying for SSL certificates using let’s encrypt Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

A bit of complexity at the beginning, not super beginner friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

We're working to make it easier to get started with HAProxy. Have you found our tutorials?

Verified User in Manufacturing
AM
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Powerful, Consistent, and User-Centric Solutions with Outstanding Support"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

HAProxy solutions are incredibly powerful tools. All have been build in a consistent way in order to achieve their purpose as efficiently as possible: provide visibility (logs), redundancy (loadbalancing), security (reverse-proxy).

The company mindset itself is incredibly user-centric, with an amazing support : whether I am facing an issue, raise a security concern or have an improvement suggestion, I always feel confident my voice will be heard, and in a very efficient way. This probably comes from the open-source mindset of the team! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

"Disliking" is a harsh word to describe the feeling I have here. Although I think this traces back to the DNA of the team, being rooted in open-source often underlines you get to have a lot of autonomy in understanding and configuring your solution : so I agree with other people here, it can be harsh at times to "get into" the configuration of the solution.

However, this difficulty is appeased by all the support the HAProxy team is able and willing to provide : it can be difficult at times, but I never feel lonely behind my laptop when I need to work on my infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

The learning curve of the configuration syntax is the most challenging aspect for users, and we're working to improve this. Thank you for the feedback!

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Easy to Use with a Smooth Migration Experience"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

HAProxy is extremely fast and efficient, even under heavy traffic. It provides advanced load balancing algorithms and fine-grained control. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

The configuration syntax can be difficult to understand for beginners. Debugging issues is not always straightforward, especially in complex setups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

What could we do to improve the debugging experience?

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GU
Guest User
Last activity over 2 years ago

What is HAProxy and why it is used?

Sumit Kumar K.
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Sumit Kumar Katiyar ☸
Last activity over 3 years ago

how can implement cors and session stickyness in ingress(haproxy)

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