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Akamai Ion vs HAProxy comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Akamai Ion
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
15th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HAProxy
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
Service Mesh (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category, the mindshare of Akamai Ion is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HAProxy is 12.9%, down from 13.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
 

Featured Reviews

Neha Shakyawar - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 22, 2024
Helps optimize the content delivery network, but doesn’t provide much flexibility
The solution helps us optimize the content delivery network. It's one of the oldest companies. It improves the overall user experience. It has the biggest CDN We ensure that all our production domains are rooted in Akamai to improve the customer experience by shortening the lag time. We ensure…
Mehdi El Filahi - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 17, 2024
Useful for for small and quick load-balancing tasks
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. The reliability features of HAProxy were particularly useful in a scenario where I needed to test load balancing between two Tomcats. Since these domains were inaccessible, I set up a third Docker with HAProxy, which had access to the Tomcat domains. I then configured HAProxy to handle the load balancing. This setup allowed the client to interact with HAProxy. The solution's integration with other elements is easy.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature is bot management."
"Akamai is easy to use and very effective."
"We were able to use HAProxy for round robin with our databases, or for a centralized TCP connection in one host."
"HAProxy potentially has a good return on investment"
"​It has allowed us to evenly distribute the load across a number of servers, and check their health and automatically react to errors."
"Stability is number one."
"Software defined load balancing allows us to dynamically adjust and codify routing decisions. This speeds up development."
"The ease of use of the configuration, and great documentation, are the most valuable features for us."
"I estimate that this product has saved our company hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in possible downtime from previous load balancers. We make a lot of our money from online sales, so it is critical to have 99.9% uptime."
"The most valuable thing for me is TCP/IP Layer 4 stuff you can do with HAProxy. You can go down to the protocol level and make decisions on something."
 

Cons

"The product must provide more flexibility."
"Log management should display data for more than two months."
"The visibility could be improved."
"The basic clustering is not usable in our very specific setup. The clustering is mainly a configuration replication and is great in a case of active-passive usage. In the case of an active-active (or with more than two nodes) where the configuration is not fully identical, it cannot be used as-is."
"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."
"They should introduce one feature that I know many people, including me, are waiting for: HAProxy should have provide hot-swipe for back-end servers. Also, they need a more detailed GUI for monitoring and configuration."
"The solution's dashboards and reports could be improved."
"HAProxy could do with some good combination integrations."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model. It could be cheaper."
"Dynamic update API. More things should be possible to be configured during runtime."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is expensive."
"The product is open source."
"HAProxy is an open-source solution."
"We are using HAProxy as an open-source."
"Test/lab virtual machines can be installed without a licence. They can't be used for performance testing but otherwise behave like production nodes."
"The price is well worth it. HAProxy Enterprise Edition paid for itself within months, simply due to the resiliency it brings. It was a bit more expensive than we were originally interested in paying, but we are thankful we chose to go with HAProxy."
"I use the open-source version of the product. I don't have experience with the licensed version of the solution."
"HAProxy is free in the initial offer. However, pricing can be improved."
"HAProxy is free software. There are optional paid products (support/appliances)."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Akamai Ion?
Akamai is easy to use and very effective.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Akamai Ion?
The billing cycle is monthly, however, payment is done yearly. While expensive, it provides value for the services offered.
What needs improvement with Akamai Ion?
Log management should display data for more than two months. The traffic report needs to be more flexible. The response time of technical support should be improved.
Do you recommend HAProxy?
I do recommend HAProxy for more simple applications or for companies with a low budget, since HAProxy is a free, open-source product. HAProxy is also a good choice for someone looking for a stable ...
What do you like most about HAProxy?
The solution is effective in managing our traffic.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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HAProxy Community Edition, HAProxy Enterprise Edition, HAPEE
 

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