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HAProxy

The Reliable, High Performance TCP/HTTP Load Balancer.

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Overview

HAProxy is a free, fast, and reliable reverse-proxy offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications. It is known for its performance and efficiency in terms of processor and memory usage. HAProxy is widely used by high-traffic websites and is included in most mainstream Linux distributions.

✨ Key Features

  • High-performance TCP/HTTP load balancing
  • Reverse proxying
  • High availability
  • Advanced traffic routing
  • Health checks
  • SSL/TLS termination

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • High performance and efficiency
  • Reliability and stability
  • Flexibility and extensive configuration options

Unique Value: Provides a highly reliable and performant load balancing and proxying solution for TCP and HTTP-based applications.

🎯 Use Cases (4)

Load balancing web servers Reverse proxying for applications High availability for critical services API gateway for simple use cases

✅ Best For

  • Load balancing traffic across a pool of web servers
  • Providing high availability for a web application
  • Terminating SSL/TLS connections to offload backend servers

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • Organizations that need a full-featured API management platform with a GUI
  • Projects that require extensive API-specific features like developer portals and monetization

🏆 Alternatives

NGINX F5 BIG-IP Envoy Proxy

Offers a more focused and lightweight solution compared to full-featured application delivery controllers, with a strong reputation for performance.

💻 Platforms

Web API

✅ Offline Mode Available

🔌 Integrations

Linux FreeBSD Kubernetes Prometheus

🛟 Support Options

  • ✓ Email Support
  • ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)

💰 Pricing

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Free Tier Available

Free tier: Open-source version is free to use.

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