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Users consistently praise HAProxy for its high performance and reliability, making it an essential tool for load balancing and traffic management. Many appreciate its flexibility in handling various workloads, which enhances operational efficiency. However, some users note that the configuration can be complex, particularly for advanced setups.

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GY
Platform engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Platform Enginner"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

It is quite performant and easy to configure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Enhancing documentation. Nginx has more intuitive page about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thanks for reviewing HAProxy! Are there specific ways we could improve the documentation?

Sabah Ul Z.
SZ
Big Data Consultant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"HAproxy User"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

It's install and forget. It doesn't create much problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

There is not much to hate about. It just works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy!

Verified User in Computer Hardware
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Very good"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

It work very good for distributing the traffic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I can't find any bad features for this service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy!

RB
Devops
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Good job"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

It's very performant and stable. It s also secure and configurable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I cant think.of a downside. We use open source version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy!

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Simple and elegant solution that works perfect"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

The simplicity managing the configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Not ready for kubernetes yet. Would love to see native ingress support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Have you checked out the HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller?

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"The best load balancer"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

The accommodation of services and configuration is very intuitive and offers a series of benefits without the need for other adjacent tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

The less good parts are quite few, but the possibility of a file structure like json yaml would help with their integration into other systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for leaving feedback on HAProxy!

ED
Head of Infrastructure
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"10 years experience in DevOps and Cloud Computing"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Efficiency and it's Layer 4 proxy and load balancing feature Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing actually, everything looks good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy!

MM
System specialist
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"We use haproxy as main reverse proxy for L3 and L7 endpoints"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Performances

Easy ton configure

Monitoring Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

It is sometime difficult to debug connections issues on local fallback Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

We appreciate your feedback about debugging. With some more details, we might find some features that could help.

Rajkumar  S.
RS
Senior devops Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Routing with HA proxy"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Effective, resilient and highly performant Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Mostly satisfied as a proxy solution. Easy to configure as well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy!

yogesh k.
YK
Senior Cyber Security Specialist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Its good"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Team likes it. And we would like to continue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing. Its working as expeted and we will continue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy!

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