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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 Consumer Electronics
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Super solid service"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

The possibility to configure and the stability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing it is really all around. Have the possibility to do plugins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Great to hear. Any plugins in particular?

Verified User in Public Safety
AP
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"HAproxy was only solution"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

I was using pgbouncer solution to load balancer for cluster of rds reader nodes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Documentation seems old and hard to follow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Do you mean the documentation at haproxy.com/documentation?

Verified User in Insurance
AI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Haproxy the best front end proxy"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

It's is a great product and comes out of the box for some k8s products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I wish it came in all k8s products that are available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for adding your review!

Verified User in Airlines/Aviation
AA
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"I love haproxy and have been using it for years"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Super simple to use and the stats page gives a great overview of my frontend and backend Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I really love everything about it, no issues at all Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

The Stats Page is very powerful. Thank you for leaving a review!

Verified User in Consulting
CC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Reliable Load Balancer with high efficiency"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

I like how fast it is and how it can handle big loads with no significant impact on the infrastructure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Complexity and learning curve is quite high Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thanks for sharing this feedback. Do you have suggestions for how to improve the learning curve?

Verified User in Utilities
UU
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Informative"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

I like how Fusion makes life easier for networking with Kubernetes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Fusion is probably too expensive for our company to replace existing solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for sharing this feedback.

Verified User in Accounting
AA
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"System administrator"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

This is a great product; it's very useful for proxy purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Hard to set up. Can get complicated to set up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Are there specific aspects that made setup difficult?

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
AC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Good open source experience for CDN"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

CDN and load balancing simplicity in conparsion to ngnix Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Not a fully managed aws service

Not fedramp compliant Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thanks for reviewing HAProxy.

Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
AH
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great product for our K8S clusters"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

I love the ease of deployment and the speed it provides to our applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

No complaints about the platform. It helps us serve our traffic Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

I'm glad that it has worked well for you, thank you for leaving a review.

Verified User in Pharmaceuticals
AP
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Setting up HA for web frontend"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Its a quiet large community space and continuous updates abd support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Detail documentation on various use cases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Excellent to hear!

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