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As of January 2025, the mindshare of HAProxy in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category stands at 12.6%, down from 13.1% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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TypeTitleDate
CategoryApplication Delivery Controllers (ADC)Jan 9, 2025Download
ProductReviews, tips, and advice from real usersJan 9, 2025Download
ComparisonHAProxy vs NetScalerJan 9, 2025Download
ComparisonHAProxy vs F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)Jan 9, 2025Download
ComparisonHAProxy vs Microsoft Azure Application GatewayJan 9, 2025Download
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TitleRatingMindshareRecommending
Microsoft Azure Application Gateway3.68.5%78%46 interviewsAdd to research
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)4.115.3%83%120 interviewsAdd to research
 
 
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Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
5%
Educational Organization
5%
University
5%
Healthcare Company
4%
Insurance Company
3%
Energy/Utilities Company
3%
Retailer
3%
Media Company
3%
Non Profit
2%
Hospitality Company
2%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
Transportation Company
2%
Wholesaler/Distributor
2%
Construction Company
2%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
2%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Logistics Company
1%
Outsourcing Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%

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Mehdi El Filahi - PeerSpot user
Co-Founder at tenekit
Verified user of HAProxy
Apr 23, 2024
Useful for for small and quick load-balancing tasks

Pros

"What I like best about the product is its simplicity and speed. When you need to set up a load balancer quickly, HAProxy offers options like sticky sessions and round-robin. It's also fast to configure, including adding SSL for security. While it may have fewer options than other solutions like F5, HAProxy gets the job done for basic load-balancing tasks. "

Cons

"Improving the documentation with multiple examples and scenarios would be beneficial. Most users encounter similar situations, so having a variety of scenarios readily available on the tool's website would be helpful. For instance, if I were part of the HAProxy team, I'd create a webpage with different scenarios and provide files for each scenario. This way, users wouldn't have to start from scratch every time. "
Vijay Muddu - PeerSpot user
Manager server admin and security at Vivaconnect
Verified user of HAProxy
Mar 12, 2024
Offers good integration capabilities but needs to improve the monitoring part

Pros

"HAProxy's TCP load balancer is excellent and super stable."

Cons

"HAProxy is very weak in the logging and monitoring part and requires improvement."
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Tasos Papadopoulos - PeerSpot user
CTO at Qivos
Verified user of HAProxy
Jul 13, 2022
Stability is number one and when configured correctly, it could run for years

Pros

"Stability is number one."

Cons

"The reconfigurability in terms of the tooling could be improved and maybe an editor plugin can be added."
Landry  Mbala - PeerSpot user
Développeur applications at Trust Merchant Bank
Verified user of HAProxy
Apr 26, 2023
Stable solution even if one of the nodes goes down

Pros

"We use it as a load balancer for our application servers."

Cons

"There is room for improvement in the pricing model. It could be cheaper. "
Roger Seelaender - PeerSpot user
UCaaS Engineering Manager at EarthLink
Verified user of HAProxy
Oct 21, 2022
A stable, scalable solution included with the Loadbalancer.org WAF solution

Pros

"The features I find valuable in this solution are session control which automatically disconnects users that forget to log off, and the ability to write rules to either allow or block certain file requests."

Cons

"The solution can be improved by controlling TCP behavior better and mandating to clients what the expected outcome must be in order to avoid receiving contestant timeout logs."
Bhaskar Rao - PeerSpot user
Network manager admin at Yamaha
Verified user of HAProxy
Jun 28, 2022
Open-source, simple to install, and reliable

Pros

"I can't speak to all of the HAProxy features because we don't use them all, but load balancing is very good."

Cons

"While troubleshooting, we are having some difficulties. There are no issues when it is running; it is stable and very good; however, if there is a troubleshooting issue or an incident occurs, we will have issues because this is open-source."
Kaushlendra Singh - PeerSpot user
Manager - IT Infrastructure and Network at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of HAProxy
Aug 24, 2024
Used for load balancing, but its dashboard and reporting could be improved

Pros

"We use the solution for load balancing."

Cons

"The solution's dashboards and reports could be improved."
Nathanel Sulimanov - PeerSpot user
Platform Architect at SES
Verified user of HAProxy
Jun 29, 2022
Product with many valuable features; load balancing gives peace of mind

Pros

"Having the right load balancing solution – which is what HAProxy is – and protection in place gives organizations peace of mind. "

Cons

"HAProxy could do with some good combination integrations. "