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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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Obulesu D.
OD
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Awesome"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Traffic scaling the best in the industry Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Need to complete with envoy now it is leasing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for leaving a review.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"easy and efficient reverse proxy"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

The tcp forwarding for https connections so i can keep certificates in cluster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

The config file is pretty verbose and stats are hard to extracts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy! The configuration file has a learning curve, that's true. But it's good to know that you still found it easy and efficient overall.

Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism
AL
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"User friendly, good documentation , open source is always good"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

The documentation and the functionality are realy simple to get Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Lack of UI for community version

Complex go set up in large scale k8s clusters Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy! The enterprise edition has a UI called HAProxy Fusion, but you're correct that the community edition doesn't.

Verified User in Computer Networking
AC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Head of DecOps"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Loadbalancing features are top and at level of F5 or Citrix. Open source community and knowledge base Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing at all ! It's really a nice app to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy!

Verified User in Consumer Goods
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Absolutely necesary tool in our environment"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

I like how reliable it is and how easy is to handle it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

The amount of ram that it uses over a long period of time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

It's good to know that you've found HAProxy reliable and easy to handle. For memory usage, we'd like to learn more about the problem. Could you please send us some details?

Verified User in Pharmaceuticals
AP
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"HAProxy for Ingress controller & egress"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

We use HAProxy as ingress controller, as well as proxy server for outgoing connections, where cloud to shop floor weighing scales are routed through Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

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

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for leaving a review!

Verified User in Defense & Space
UD
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"My review"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

The way it is build to be stable and efficient Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

A bit complex when being new to all those technologies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

The learning curve is the most common dislike, and we're looking for ways to improve this. Thank you for this feedback.

Verified User in Events Services
AE
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Dean Shorter HA proxy usage"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

I enjoy the Flexibility and ease of use that HAproxy offers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

There's nothing i don't like about HA proxy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy!

TC
Linux System Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Reliable load balancer with some of the best documentation I have seen in Open Source"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

- stable and reliable

- documentation is very good

- there are a lot of examples on Stack Overflow

- very few beaking changes, even on major version upgrade

- friendly mailing list Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

- default install requires you to setup log

- Integrations could be simplifed/built-in, like ACME/Let's Encrypt , GEOIP... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

I'm glad that you've found the documentation helpful. And that the load balancer has helped you save on costs. Thank you for leaving a review!

Verified User in Newspapers
AN
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Nice product, we want to use it in our organization"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Ease of use, overall UX. Doesn’t know what else to add Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Limited free options, but might not a an issue for enterprise Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Can you tell us more about the options you'd like to see added?

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