HAProxy Reviews & Product Details

HAProxy is an open-source software load balancer and reverse proxy for TCP, QUIC, and HTTP-based applications. It provides high availability, load balancing, and best-in-class SSL processing. HAProxy One is an application delivery and security platform that combines the HAProxy core with enterprise-grade security layers, management and orchestration, cloud-native integration, and more. Platform components: HAProxy Enterprise: a flexible data plane layer for TCP, UDP, QUIC, and HTTP-based applications that provides high-performance load balancing, high availability, an API/AI gateway, container networking, SSL processing, DDoS protection, bot detection and mitigation, global rate limiting, and a web application firewall (WAF). HAProxy Fusion: a scalable control plane that provides full-lifecycle management, observability, and automation of multi-cluster, multi-cloud, and multi-team HAProxy Enterprise deployments, with infrastructure integration for AWS, Kubernetes, Consul, and Prometheus. HAProxy Edge: a globally distributed application delivery network that provides fully managed application delivery and security services, a secure partition between external traffic and origin networks, and threat intelligence enhanced by machine learning that powers the security layers in HAProxy Fusion and HAProxy Enterprise. Learn more at HAProxy.com

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Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/3/2025

"Outstanding DDoS Protection—Highly Recommended"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

I have used for DDoS protection and it was super useful and we liked it at AWS and recommend to our customers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing major as such. Would be super useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Thanks for reviewing HAProxy!

Verified User in Entertainment

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/9/2025

"Unmatched Scalability and Flexibility with usage"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

Scalability and flexibility of usage. Easy to understand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I don't know. For now no issue with the application comes in mind Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Great to hear!

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/3/2025

"Exceptionally Reliable with Robust DDoS Protection"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

It is very reliable and ddos protection works really well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

It does not support netbsd on the systems I use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Thanks for reviewing HAProxy!

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/2/2025

"Cost-Effective Load Balancing at Its Best"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

Cost effective load balancing in high throughput workloads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Can take time to learn to deploy for someone unfamiliar with some of the concepts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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The learning curve can pose a challenge, but it's great to hear that you've been successful in the end.

Verified User in Financial Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/2/2025

"HAProxy fast and just works!"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

I like that HAProxy is insanely reliable and fast - it just works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

The config can get complex and unforgiving. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Which areas of the configuration, if you could, would you want to be simpler the most?

Verified User in Retail

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/11/2025

"Configuration-Driven Simplicity Makes It a Breeze"

4.5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

The product is primarily configuration-driven, which makes it straightforward and user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

There isn't anything that comes to mind that I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Jithin X.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/4/2025

"Excellent Ingress solution"

4/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

We are using HAProxy as ingress solution in production environment and it’s responsible for routing all the micros service based and non micro services routes to respective services. In addition HAproxy helps to build our blue-green deployment using weight based routing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

We are currently in process of moving to K8s, HAProxy k8s support is limited Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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For Kubernetes, you can either go the route of using HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller, or HAProxy Fusion also has support for K8s.

Verified User in Online Media

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/2/2025

"Excellent Ingress Solution for Our Applications"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

It is a good ingress solution for our applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I use HAProxy to load balance our applications. The basic features are good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/4/2025

"HAProxy for Strict Latency Requirement"

4/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

HAProxy has really enabled Liftoff to simplify, scale, and secure our entire infrastructure. It’s helped us streamline our operations, handle growth with confidence, and ensure that our platform stays reliable and protected—all while giving us the flexibility to keep evolving for the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

HAProxy’s configuration can be complex for beginners, and making changes often requires a full reload rather than seamless, dynamic updates. Additionally, its built-in monitoring and SSL certificate management are less user-friendly compared to some modern alternatives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HAProxy solving and how is that benefiting you?

HAProxy solves the problem of efficiently distributing incoming network traffic across multiple servers, ensuring high availability, reliability, and scalability for web applications. This benefits users by minimizing downtime, improving application performance, and allowing seamless scaling as demand grows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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