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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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Andrew G.
AG
Senior Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"I self host and love it. Super reliable"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Easy configuration and so so so reliable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Learning curve for all the concepts, but itd a minor nitpick 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
AD
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"makes a great load balancer"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

I use haproxy as a round robin point of ingress to k8s clusters. Works reliably and has never not worked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Config is a little hard to parse, but works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for sharing this feedback.

Šarūnas A.
ŠA
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"No issues running it at home"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Open source nature, ease of self hosting at home Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

N/A, it worked perfectly for my needs hosting it on kubernetes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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AZ
Software engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Very interesting technology"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

It is an impactful technology that simplify load balancing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing specific, I love everything of it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Excellent! Great to hear.

Anshul M.
AM
Lead Solutions Architect
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Easy setup and efficient"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

HA. Proxy set up was so easy and we were able to have .multiple types cloud + vm backends Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

No front end. We need more observability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Observability is where HAProxy Fusion with HAProxy Enterprise shines. It might be what you need.

Diego C.
DC
network architect
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Use HAProxy for TCP and HTTP"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

the flexibility of the system, you can do whatever you want Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Lack of easy integration with CI/CD pipelines Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

In regards to CI/CD pipelines, what could we improve? For instance, are there portions of the API that we could make better?

Marcio G.
MG
Head of platform
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Outstanding"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Versatility and stability are the main features I love Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing come to my mind at the moment but maybe cluster unavailability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Great to hear, thank you for leaving a review!

ANDRES FELIPE V.
AV
SRE
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"The best ingress controller"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

We use HAProxy in production environments as an ingress controller and in on-premise infrastructure as Roxy ibverso. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Little documentation in many use cases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for sharing your opinion.

Chaitanya K.
CK
Technical Lead
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great product"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Kubernetes workload managemnt simple and affordable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

The product UI can have ai chat window so that makes qa easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Verified User in Computer & Network Security
TC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Responsive and helpful support while testing HAProxy Futurex HSM integration"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Ease of downloading the HAProxy Community Edition while still having access to top-tier support by the G2 team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

The only item I wasn't sure about was if HSM support was included in the Community Edition, but the support team answered that question for me :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thanks for this feedback!

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