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Users consistently praise HAProxy for its high performance and reliability, making it a trusted choice for managing heavy traffic loads. Many appreciate its straightforward setup and robust features, which enhance traffic control and security. However, the configuration syntax is often noted as complex, presenting a challenge for beginners.

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Pavlos V.
PV
SRE - DevOps Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Stable and Easy to Use"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

I like that it’s stable and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

What I don’t like is that is not a gittops friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

How could it be friendlier to gitops? The Ingress manifests can be stored in source control.

Kumar S.
KS
Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Makes Routing Easy and Life Simpler"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

we use it for routing purposes and makes life easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

no issues seen so far as I explore I come to reveal Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Great to hear! Thanks for writing this review of HAProxy.

Dhana S.
DS
Senior DevOps Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Simple and cloud native"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Its simpleness in configurations and very easy to adopt Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing to mention anything about any dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Great to hear!

DP
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Universal Mesh: A Solid, Flexible Fit"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

The new feature of universal mesh is amazing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Actually none but lets use it and lets see Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Welcome to the HAProxy community. Thanks for writing about your experience.

ZB
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easy to Use, Solid Overall Experience"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Easy to use and to manage inside my cluster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

For the moment after the migration every thing is good until now Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thanks for sharing your thoughts about HAProxy!

Timo O.
TO
Senior Manager
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Stable, High-Performance Platform with Broad Industry Acceptance"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Stability. Performance and industry spread and acceptance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Lack of sovereignty and a lack of flexibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thanks for leaving this review. Could you help us understand what you meant by lack of sovereignty and lack of flexibility?

Osama A.
OA
Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Simple, Functional, and Easy to Love"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

The simplicity, functionality, and ease of use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

At the time of testing, I noticed limitations related to TLS origination. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Is the TLS limitation specific to OpenShift?

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Effortless Load Balancing and Security with HAProxy"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

I have been using HAProxy for many years, mainly for load balancing, reverse proxying, and securing traffic . The initial setup was smooth, allowing us to add security features easily, such as WAF, which significantly decreased our applications' attack surface. HAProxy makes managing path and headers manipulation quick and easy with just a few lines of configuration. Its capabilities for affinity meet our simple load balancing needs perfectly. HAProxy also offers different APIs that are very useful when the complexity of the architecture increase. HAProxy's adoption is simple, quick, straightforward, and well-optimized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

For some specific header or path manipulation, HAProxy syntax can be quite tricky and needs some thinking to find issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for leaving this thoughtful review of HAProxy!

Aykut .
A
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Using haproxy"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

Easy to configure on server. Also very lightweight. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Nothing to declare about dislike at the moment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy!

Batuhan A.
BA
Kubernetes Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Powerful Tool Once You’re Up and Running"
What do you like best about HAProxy?

HAProxy's performance under heavy load is outstanding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HAProxy?

Config syntax has a steep learning curve at first Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nick Ramirez of HAProxy

Thank you for reviewing HAProxy. What advice would you give to people new to it?

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GU
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Last activity over 2 years ago

What is HAProxy and why it is used?

Sumit Kumar K.
SK
Sumit Kumar Katiyar ☸
Last activity about 3 years ago

how can implement cors and session stickyness in ingress(haproxy)

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