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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Orkun E.

Data and Integration Supervisor

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/4/2025

"Data and Integration Supervisor"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

Onpremise Cluster management, reverse proxy, API management, loadbalancing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Complex syntax, hard to read configuration files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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We're working to simplify configuration. Future updates should improve this.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/4/2025

"Amazing customer support"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

The best thing about HAProxy is the customer support. The enterprise slack channel helps us solve configuration issues quickly. Chad is the man. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I can’t think of any negatives about using HAProxy. It’s been one of the best decisions we’ve made. 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 Hospitality

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/4/2025

"Solid engineering and great customer service"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

Performance, performance, performance!

Low latency with high security. Can’t be beat. Great product by great people. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

You can’t access the customer doc page until you’re officially a customer yet this is where all the answers are. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Thank you for leaving this stellar review! We'll work to make documentation as available as we can, and consider your feedback.

Anirudh R.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer II

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/4/2025

"Worlds fastest load balancer"

4.5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

Reliability and simplicity along with faster release cycles Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Documentation on fusion control plane can be improved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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I'm glad that you've found HAProxy to be the fastest load balancer! What could we do to improve the docs?

Jose G.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/4/2025

"Interesting"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

Simplicity and reliability at a lower cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

You might need a bit of experience with linux Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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It's great to hear that you've found HAProxy simple and reliable!

Boris B.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/4/2025

"Best solution"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

Stability

Performance

Clear configuration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

API

I think you should implement read only mode for dataplane api Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Thank you for this feedback about HAProxy!

Anj L.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/4/2025

"Support is Top Notch"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

After sales support. they’re very responsive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

documentation and sometimes hard to find information Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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What information did you have trouble finding? We're looking for ways to improve.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/6/2025

"Building and creating POCs"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

Very good product! High performance, delivers, and also open source! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing, it’s just really good!easy to configure and use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Thank you for leaving a review!

Verified User in Higher Education

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/6/2025

"I’ve been using for an education purposes."

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

Flexibility and dynamism. It has good documentation and online supoort Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

configuration syntax can be non-intuitive for beginners Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Thank you for leaving a review of HAProxy!

Niclas S.

Unix-/Linux-Systemadministrator

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/2/2025

"OpenShift HA-Proxy & HomeLab"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

HAProxy integrates perfectly with OpenShift, ensuring that traffic is distributed smoothly across nodes. This not only boosts the reliability of your applications but also scales them efficiently to meet growing demands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Setting up HAProxy can be challenging, requiring significant trial and error for optimal results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Thank you for the feedback about setup. Are there ways that come to mind that we could make this better?