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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 Computer & Network Security
AC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best Load Balancing"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

It's the best for balçancing traffic between multiple sites. Additionally, the module waf it's simple and easy to use comparely other module on the market. I recommend also for balancing database likely patroni and galera clusters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing, at the moment i like all possibility about haproxy and use and abuse of haproxy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
CC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Used in my lab for startups"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Ease of use and debug. Affordable high availability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Pricing model shall encourage startups to integrate at early stages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

We appreciate you leaving your feedback about HAProxy!

Verified User in Apparel & Fashion
AA
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Always s good choice"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Fast and easy to configure. Scales very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

There ist nothing to dislike about haproxy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Great to hear! Thank you for leaving a review!

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The Most Consistent Loadbalancer I worked"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Easy to configure , Easy to deploy , Robust,Consistent, Fantastic Performance

It is going into running state very fast as same as response time you can get from HAProxy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

It was before such as supporting gRPC or creating Kubernetes Ingress with HAProxy.

Now like ingress controller and gRPC support there are lots of open source and enterprise options that is supporting new protocols as well as new environment like Kubernetes directly integrated with HAProxy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Apparel & Fashion
AA
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great load Balancer"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

It is fast and reliable. Realy helpful on promise Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Configurstion can get bulcky and complex Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

It's great to hear that HAProxy has been fast and reliable. To simplify complex configurations, we're developing HAProxy Fusion. Have you seen it? It provides management over a fleet of load balancers.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
CC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Quick and easy"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

The configuration is easy and its easy to do complex configurations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

The documentation can be sometimes hard to understand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy! We're always striving to improve. Any suggestions on how we could make the docs better?

Michael "Irish" O.
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Principal Infrastructure Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Fast and Flexible"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

HAProxy is amazingly fast and incredibly flexible. SSL termination makes certificate management simple. Being able to dynamically and programmatically configure frontends and backends gives you options for any circumstances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

The configuration language can be a bit complex, but it offers a lot of power. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"HaProxy LB"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Performance ans simpliciry for load balancing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

No Mesh networking across multiple clusters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thanks for reviewing HAProxy! Did you know that HAProxy integrates with Consul's service mesh?

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Haproxy is stable, fast and straightforward"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Performance out of the box is pretty decent to start with. The configuration DSL let's you express some really complicated logic eliminating the need for other traffic steering components. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Haproxy community edition needs a better UI, one that allows tweaking basic parameters directly from the UI without a full reload Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Tsc adc
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Nice experience & key lesson learned"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Get better of infrastructure with lower cost and power consumption Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Cli automation need fusion to minier this work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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