HAProxy Reviews & Product Details

HAProxy is an open-source software load balancer and reverse proxy for TCP, QUIC, and HTTP-based applications. It provides high availability, load balancing, and best-in-class SSL processing. HAProxy One is an application delivery and security platform that combines the HAProxy core with enterprise-grade security layers, management and orchestration, cloud-native integration, and more. Platform components: HAProxy Enterprise: a flexible data plane layer for TCP, UDP, QUIC, and HTTP-based applications that provides high-performance load balancing, high availability, an API/AI gateway, container networking, SSL processing, DDoS protection, bot detection and mitigation, global rate limiting, and a web application firewall (WAF). HAProxy Fusion: a scalable control plane that provides full-lifecycle management, observability, and automation of multi-cluster, multi-cloud, and multi-team HAProxy Enterprise deployments, with infrastructure integration for AWS, Kubernetes, Consul, and Prometheus. HAProxy Edge: a globally distributed application delivery network that provides fully managed application delivery and security services, a secure partition between external traffic and origin networks, and threat intelligence enhanced by machine learning that powers the security layers in HAProxy Fusion and HAProxy Enterprise. Learn more at HAProxy.com

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Marcelo Martin R.

12/1/2025

"Outstanding Performance and Scalability"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

I use HAProxy as a reverse proxy and I love how it delivers excellent results in terms of network performance and security. Since I started using it, I haven't received any attacks, which demonstrates its effectiveness. I admire its scalability, allowing me to manage large amounts of connections for my sites without issues. I also like its ability to handle multiple domains efficiently. Additionally, the initial setup was very quick, which makes my work easier from the start. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Maybe have a statistics management portal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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HAProxy Fusion has a dashboard, in case you're looking on the enterprise side?

Dhakshnamoorthy M.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/22/2026

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"Well-Balanced Clustering in HAProxy"

4/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

The clustered are well balanced in the ha proxy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

No flaws so far from the usage in ha proxy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Thank you for writing this review of HAProxy.

Bartosz K.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/24/2026

"Elastic Configuration with a Rich Feature Set"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

Elastic configuration and a lot of features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

The documentation could be better; sometimes it takes some time to find the right configuration option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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What is missing from the documentation or how could we improve it?

RAMINDER N.

Associate Specialist

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/22/2026

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"A Great Company Experience"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

All the best to the company. You’re doing a good job, and I wish you continued success. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

All the best to the company. You’re doing a good job, and I wish you continued success. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Thanks for writing this review of HAProxy.

Florian R.

Staff Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/25/2026

"Rock-Solid Stability with Flexible Load Balancing"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

It's stability, it just always work and often forgotten in a corner, it's flexibility and it's load balancing capabilities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

So stable that people forget it even exist, yet always there Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Great to hear! Thanks for writing this review.

Milena R.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/24/2026

"Thanks Haproxy!"

4/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

I liked the high-performance traffic management. I used the load-balancing features, which helped me connect to my cluster more smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I think I was a bit afraid to use HAProxy at first because of all the features the give Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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It's great that HAProxy was able to help you in a dire situation -- crashing because of too much traffic. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Jordan W.

Lead DevOps Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/22/2026

"Open Source Flexibility That Fits My Homelab"

4/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

The open source aspect was a really nice addition when trying this out on my homelab Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Honestly, I'm not sure. It was the only product recommended when researching Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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You're learning a skill that will come in handy in larger projects. Thanks for your review!

Pushpit G.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/22/2026

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"Proxy Support I Love"

4/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

Proxy is a good feature that I like about haproxy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

No proxy is a good feature that haproxy should include Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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Great to hear, thanks for reviewing HAProxy!

Goutam P.

Cloud Engineering Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/22/2026

"Works Nicely as a Proxy Load Balancer"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

It's works nicely as a proxy load nalancer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing as such, most of it are good so good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

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It's good to know that HAProxy is working well for you. Thanks for writing this review!

Rudo N T.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/22/2026

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"Connectivity, user friendly"

5/5

What do you like best about HAProxy?

User friendly, can relate to the user, meet the required taks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

None at all. The software or app is user friendly and relatable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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