![Peter D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Peter D.") PD Peter D. DevOps Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/24/2026 "The industry standard for a reason: Unmatched performance and reliability." 5/5 What do you like best about HAProxy? HAProxy is an absolute workhorse. It offers rock-solid stability and handles massive amounts of traffic with remarkably low CPU and memory consumption. Once you understand the configuration structure, the flexibility it offers through ACLs (Access Control Lists) and traffic routing rules is incredibly powerful. It just runs quietly in the background and rarely ever needs to be babysat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about HAProxy? The learning curve can be pretty steep for beginners. The configuration syntax is highly specific, and making a small typo can sometimes be frustrating to debug. Additionally, the open-source version lacks a native, modern GUI, meaning you have to be comfortable doing everything via the command line and config files (unless you upgrade to the Enterprise version). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is HAProxy solving and how is that benefiting you? We use HAProxy primarily for load balancing, SSL termination, and ensuring high availability across our web servers and database clusters. It allows us to perform zero-downtime maintenance by smoothly routing traffic away from backend servers when they need updates. It has significantly improved our application's uptime and resilience against traffic spikes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/haproxy-review-12534904/official_response/edit) Thank you for leaving this feedback about HAProxy. The ingress controller sometimes is complex. When using HAProxy as a load balancer, you can also validate your configuration . https://www.haproxy.com/blog/testing-your-haproxy-configuration Validated ReviewerSource: Organic See what 904 reviewers think of HAProxy 4.7 out of 5 ยท Verified reviews from real users [ Read all reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/haproxy/reviews)