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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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John R.
JR
Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great service."
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Very informative and a great service for kubernetes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I haven't found anything that I don't like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for leaving a review!

Verified User in Telecommunications
ET
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Good Product"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

We operate a highly redundant platform that requires reliable hardware and software. The HAProxy's product give a sucure and flexible soultion for our load balancing needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

A bit of a learning curve to get through the configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy! If you have suggestions on how we can make the learning curve easier, please let us know.

Bharat Raj V.
BV
Cloud Solutions Architect
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Kubecom"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Proxy is really good compared to other clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Not everything looks good as we want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for adding a review!

PK
Architect
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Single plane monitoring"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Ui and single control plane for monitoring all traffic Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Manual configuration in community edittion Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

There are options for dynamic configuration in the community edition too, for example with the Data Plane API.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
EI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"HA Proxy works well"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Performant and efficient, excels at load balancing and SSL termination. It offers granular control over traffic distribution and advanced features like session persistence and health checks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Steep learning curve due to a complex configuration language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

How could we improve the learning experience?

Verified User in Government Administration
EG
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Frontline"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Easy to stand up and deploy for load balancing and proxying traffic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Limited waf capabilities meant we needed to find a more robust solution to do waf, lb, and proxy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

HAProxy Enterprise bundles a WAF. Not sure if that would have worked for your use case?

SB
Head of Digital Architecture
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"High performance reliable reverse proxy"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

It has low resource usage, high performance and is very configurable.

One particularly useful feature is that you can apply configuration changes to a live server with zero downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing really, it does the job I need it to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy! It's also great to hear that it has been working well for you.

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Excellent and fast software"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Speed and configuration is very good, it's easy to run it in a container and easy to customize. Documentation is well maintained. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Validating that it's been configured properly without any accidental holes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for this feedback.

Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Amazing and high performance service"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

It's great for L4 lb and routing traffic. The pther product probably has same capabilities only when paid Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Sometimes lack of features for l7. Could be easer to manage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

HAProxy has lots of L7 features too. Check out the latest updates. :-)

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Cost effective load balancing solutions"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

- cost reduction compared to traditional load balancers.

- integration with WAF and other security rules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

- would like to see work on websocket connections as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Are there additional features you'd like to see on top of the existing WebSocket support?

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