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Users consistently praise HAProxy for its high performance and reliability, making it a trusted choice for managing heavy traffic loads. Many appreciate its straightforward setup and robust features, which enhance traffic control and security. However, the configuration syntax is often noted as complex, presenting a challenge for beginners.

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Moritz M.
MM
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Simple setup, huge benefits"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Throughput is awesome and latency is astonishing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I have not yet discovered any downsides of HAProcy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Terrific! Thank you for the feedback on HAProxy!

LF
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Used massively as a hub for all the traffic"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

The ease of setup, easily accessible for backend developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing, it's perfect. The documentation can be intimidating, but don't stop at the aesthetics! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Peter P.
PP
Bass Trombone
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Ingress and Loadbalancer"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Fast operation and easy config. Widespread Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Logging not so easy by default. Redirects sometimes complicated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for the feedback! Regarding logging and redirects, is there anything we could do to improve?

Rahul C.
RC
Associate Specilaist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"I have used it for Load Balancer, Good to use as LB"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

It is best for high Traffic Region, Not found any downtime so far, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I haven't found any cons so far, love to use it further. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RV
Technical Cloud Evangelist
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best LB so far"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Simplicity and automation capabilities especially with Ansible and such. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing so far. It has fulfill the needs i had on my platforms for many years Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
EI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"HA at its best, secure and reliable load balancing for our environment"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

HA is a really intuitive and trustworthy solution to secure environments against threats from untrusted networks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Every solution has room for improvement at anytime but at HA there are no explicit things i need to criticize. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thanks for reviewing HAProxy!

PB
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Very nice"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

This is a useful technology that we are using everyday Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

For the moment I don't have anything to dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FS
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Simple ans does the work"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Simplicity and efficiency, low CPU overhead Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

One main config file can be hard to maintain Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ER
Director, Production Operations
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Simply the best"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

An excellent solution for traffic balancing, routing, filtering, and secure offloading. It can be used in many different setups: as a load balancer, front end, HA solution for backend systems, and more. Simple to use, scalable, outstanding performance and great support from the community and HAProxy Enterprise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

I can't think of any dislikes; it is a great solution and does the job Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Goods
AC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Flawless, bit a good learning curve."
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Flexability and easy configuration. We usw ist for nearly every App also as a lb Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

We are ready Happy with haproxy. So nothing ist really bad Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for sharing your experience with HAProxy!

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Sumit Kumar K.
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Sumit Kumar Katiyar ☸
Last activity about 3 years ago

how can implement cors and session stickyness in ingress(haproxy)

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Guest User
Last activity over 2 years ago

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