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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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Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Stability, proven"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

You set it up, set your base parameters and it will just work.

Out of sight and mind :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Not that much, if anything should be mentioned it's that the tool stack have become quite large. HAProxy isn't just HAProxy any more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy. It's true that it now includes much more than its original load balancing features. But hopefully that's not such a bad thing.

Wladimir J.
WJ
Principaö it architect
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Pretry easy to use and robust"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

very rubust and scalable. easy to operate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

community support in vomparison to competitors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy!

Verified User in Higher Education
AH
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"HAProxy ease of setup"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Documentation allows for simple setup to complete personalization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Images for quicker deployment, however this was resolved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy!

balamurugan s.
BS
DevOps Lead
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"DevOps using ingress"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Load balancing and ingress in kubernetes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I don’t find anything to dislike …………….. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy!

Michael M.
MM
Lead Software Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Just works"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Used in openshift routes. Just works.

Unclear if least conn is applicable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing................................. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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ML
Devops
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best ever"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Very good reverse proxy, easy access and conf. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing, everything id great and helpfull Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Zero downtime"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

We used Haproxy as a middleware while migrating between different k8s flavors, we had to use proxy that was super fast, reliable and easy to spin. We chose Haproxy for that and it was unbelievably simple and painless Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing comes to mind, so its good for me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Artem L.
AL
DevOps Manager (Database)
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Amazing product"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Load balancing and shared infrastructure in kubernetes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Everything works amazing, operator is great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Verified User in Government Administration
AG
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Stable, secure and easy to manage"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Robust feature set, stability, and extensive configurability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I'd like to see simplified certificate management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for this feedback on HAProxy.

fth .
F
Architect
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Love ha"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Performance robust reduntant highly available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Configuration complexity management and no uswr friendly ui Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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