We performed a comparison between HAProxy and NGINX Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We use it as a load balancer for our application servers."
"The solution is user-friendly and efficient."
"Having the right load balancing solution – which is what HAProxy is – and protection in place gives organizations peace of mind."
"It is scalable."
"Performance configuration options with threads, processes, and core stickiness are very valuable."
"The support for all major Linux distros makes running and testing a breeze."
"I can't speak to all of the HAProxy features because we don't use them all, but load balancing is very good."
"HAProxy's TCP load balancer is excellent and super stable."
"The best solution, by far, for web traffic control for things in production and just around the house."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is simple to configure."
"Application Gateway with application-level firewall tool and load distributor and balancer (also serves for A/B testing)."
"Supports IMAP, POP and SMTP protocols for the reverse proxy."
"Zero Downtime has always been a strength in recommending infrastructure web services. NGINX allows me to execute such infrastructure with less complications and the ability to switch from server to server easily."
"The robust software architecture allows for it to be scalable and very stable."
"The product is resilient."
"Valuable features include authentication, caching, reverse proxy routing, and load balancing."
"We would like to see dynamic ACL and port update support. Our infrastructure relies on randomly allocated ports and this feature would allow us to update without restarting the process."
"The visibility could be improved."
"There are three main areas to improve: 1) Make remote management more modern by adding API. 2) Propose a general HA solution for HAProxy (no I'm using keepalived for this). 3) Thread option should be a bit more stable."
"The web stats UI, which provides the status of the health and numbers, could greatly benefit from having a RESTful interface to control the load-balanced nodes. Although there is a hack around the UI (by issuing a POST request to HAProxy with parameters), a RESTful interface would greatly improve the automation process (through Chef and Ansible)."
"Dynamic update API. More things should be possible to be configured during runtime."
"HAProxy could improve by making the dashboards easier to use, and better reports and administration tickets."
"There is no standardized document available. So, any individual has to work from scratch to work it out. If some standard deployment details are available, it would be helpful for people while deploying it. There should be more documentation on the standard deployment."
"HAProxy is very weak in the logging and monitoring part and requires improvement."
"Make modules easier to enable or disable. The beauty and ugly side of the NGINX modules is you have to know how to compile the module. For beginners or non-very technical aspirant(s) going for NGINX, they have to learn how to compile the modules."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The center management system could be improved."
"The biggest room for improvement would be to allow NGINX Core machines to cluster for memory zones in some way with a plug and play module. "
"The solution's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"Our most challenging part was to run an older PHP website reverse-proxied through NGINX. That was not fun."
"The KPI should be more focused on load balancing and the latency in application calling from the end system."
HAProxy is ranked 3rd in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 41 reviews while NGINX Plus is ranked 5th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 28 reviews. HAProxy is rated 8.2, while NGINX Plus is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of HAProxy writes "Useful for for small and quick load-balancing tasks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX Plus writes "Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation". HAProxy is most compared with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Kemp LoadMaster, Citrix NetScaler, Envoy and F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), whereas NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Apache Web Server and Citrix NetScaler. See our HAProxy vs. NGINX Plus report.
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