HAProxy

haproxy.com
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Powering the World's Busiest Applications

How to Replace HAProxy

Overview

HAProxy is a high-performance application delivery and security platform that provides traffic management, load balancing, and next-gen security with multi-cloud management and observability. Built for enterprise use with open source at its core, it seamlessly blends data plane, control plane, and edge network capabilities to deliver demanding applications, APIs, and AI services in any environment.

Features

35 features across 14 categories

API Management(1)

API GatewayPremium

API and AI gateway capabilities for routing and protecting API traffic

CDN/Edge(1)

Global Application Delivery Network (ADN)Premium

Fully managed app delivery services on a global network powered by HAProxy for ultimate scale and simplicity

Infrastructure(1)

Multi-Cloud Support

Works with any cloud environment, on-premises, containers, or VMs with identical performance and features

Kubernetes(5)

Direct-to-Pod Load BalancingPremium

Consolidate Kubernetes app routing into a single layer for reduced complexity and infrastructure costs

External Load BalancingPremium

Fully automated external load balancing for Kubernetes deployments on-premises

Kubernetes Ingress Control

Kubernetes-standard traffic routing using the Ingress API in a high-performance package

Multi-Cluster RoutingPremium

High-performance load balancing for Kubernetes clusters within one or many cloud regions

Service DiscoveryPremium

Service discovery, dynamic config generation, and multi-cluster observability via a central control plane

Management(2)

Central ManagementPremium

Multi-cluster, multi-cloud, and multi-team management, observability, and automation via a central control plane

HAProxy Fusion Control PlanePremium

Scalable control plane providing full-lifecycle management, monitoring, and automation of multi-cluster, multi-cloud, and multi-team deployments

Monitoring(1)

Health Checks

Advanced health checks monitor server health and route traffic around unhealthy server groups

Operations(3)

Container Support

Easy deployment of HAProxy nodes in containers with verified images on Docker Hub

Hitless Reloads

Update HAProxy configuration without service interruption

Traffic Drain

Gracefully increase and drain traffic to servers during application deployments

Also in: UpKeep, Jira Service Management, HubSpot

Performance(2)

Connection Pooling

Connection pooling to maximize server efficiency and performance

Traffic Overload Protection

Protection against traffic overload to keep servers running optimally

Also in: Jira Service Management, Hugging Face, WordPress.com

Platform(2)

HAProxy EnterprisePremium

Flexible data plane layer providing high-performance load balancing, API/AI gateway, Kubernetes application routing, and multi-layered security

HAProxy One - Unified PlatformPremium

World's fastest application delivery and security platform that seamlessly blends data plane, control plane, and edge network

Reliability(3)

Circuit Breaking

Automatic circuit breaking to route traffic away from failing services

High Availability

Seamless redundancy with Active/Active or Active/Standby configuration and automatic failover

Retry Requests

Automatic retry logic for failed requests

Security(8)

API/AI ProtectionPremium

Authentication, filtering, rate limiting, and routing for API traffic and AI/LLM prompts ensures performance and security

Bot Management and ProtectionPremium

Fast and cost-efficient bot detection and enforcement, all done locally on your infrastructure

Central Security PolicyPremium

Multi-cluster, multi-cloud, and multi-team security policy, WAF configuration, and observability management

DDoS ProtectionPremium

Maintain service availability without slowdowns, even under sustained attacks or unpredictable traffic spikes

HAProxy EdgeAIPremium

Secure edge network providing high-capacity global ADN and threat intelligence enhanced by machine learning

SSL/TLS Processing

Best-in-class SSL/TLS processing for secure data transmission

Threat IntelligenceAIPremium

Multi-layered security with threat intelligence to fend off threats before they reach applications

Web Application Firewall (WAF)Premium

Exception balanced accuracy and ultra-low latency protection without relying on static lists and regex-based attack signatures

Services(1)

Load Balancing as a Service (LBaaS)Premium

Offload load balancer management from central Ops teams while making self-service application delivery more efficient for App teams

Support(1)

24/7/365 SupportPremium

Award-winning round-the-clock support from expert engineers behind HAProxy

Traffic Management(4)

Advanced Routing

Advanced routing options with customization via Lua and SPOE protocols

Load Balancing

High-performance traffic management for HTTP, TCP, UDP, and QUIC applications with legendary performance and reliability

Rate LimitingPremium

Rate limiting capabilities for API and traffic management

Reverse Proxy

Reverse proxy functionality for routing and managing application traffic

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for HAProxy. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a HAProxy alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 35 features.

Buy HAProxy

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$24,000
Maintenance$360/mo
3-year total$36,960
Dev time~2 months

Buying HAProxy saves ~$36,960 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 35 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

1 known integrations

Docker Hub