HAProxy Enterprise Basic - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 AMI
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Elastic Configuration with a Rich Feature Set
What do you like best about the product?
Elastic configuration and a lot of features.
What do you dislike about the product?
The documentation could be better; sometimes it takes some time to find the right configuration option.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use it as an Ingress controller to route traffic to pods. It offers many configuration options, which helps us tailor the setup to meet specific customer needs.
Kubecon
What do you like best about the product?
High configurable and versatile in many scenarios
What do you dislike about the product?
So many feature i still don't know, learning path
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Load balancing
Outstanding Performance and Rock-Solid Durability
What do you like best about the product?
Performance, durability and robustness.!
What do you dislike about the product?
Minor issues during configuration, complicated at times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Migrated from nginx
Highly Configurable with a Great Interface
What do you like best about the product?
The High configurability and the web interface
What do you dislike about the product?
I really don't know, the feature are all there
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
A good product to manage load balancing and visual configure my ingress
Speedy and Simple—Just Works
What do you like best about the product?
Speed and simplicity are what stand out most. It feels robust and truly battle-proven.
What do you dislike about the product?
We chose it for our workloads, and I can’t really see any issues with it so far.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We’re moving away from Nginx.
Decoupled Frontend/Backend Health Checks That Just Work
What do you like best about the product?
Load balancing and health checking an application behind it. Nice to decouple fronted and backend configurations.
What do you dislike about the product?
Steeper learning curve to configure the yamls and have multiple endpoints in one configuration
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Load balancing apps and have high availability for hashicorp vault
HAProxy: Exceptional Performance, Reliability, and Flexible Load Balancing
What do you like best about the product?
What I like most about HAProxy is its exceptional performance and reliability. It handles high volumes of traffic with very low latency, making it ideal for production environments where speed and uptime are critical. The configuration is flexible and powerful, allowing fine-grained control over load balancing, routing, and failover strategies.
I also appreciate its strong support for both Layer 4 and Layer 7 load balancing, which makes it versatile for different use cases. The built-in health checks and detailed logging provide excellent visibility into system behavior, helping with monitoring and troubleshooting.
Another standout feature is its stability and maturity—HAProxy has been around for a long time and is widely trusted in the industry. Despite its power, it remains lightweight and efficient, which is a big advantage compared to heavier alternatives.
I also appreciate its strong support for both Layer 4 and Layer 7 load balancing, which makes it versatile for different use cases. The built-in health checks and detailed logging provide excellent visibility into system behavior, helping with monitoring and troubleshooting.
Another standout feature is its stability and maturity—HAProxy has been around for a long time and is widely trusted in the industry. Despite its power, it remains lightweight and efficient, which is a big advantage compared to heavier alternatives.
What do you dislike about the product?
One of the main drawbacks of HAProxy is its steep learning curve, especially for beginners. The configuration syntax can be complex and not very intuitive at first, which makes initial setup and troubleshooting challenging without prior experience.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
HAProxy solves the problem of efficiently distributing incoming network traffic across multiple backend servers. Without a load balancer, a single server can become overwhelmed, leading to slow response times or even downtime. HAProxy ensures that traffic is spread evenly, preventing any one server from becoming a bottleneck.
Best Proxy Ever.
What do you like best about the product?
Best proxy built ever. We use for all the environments.
What do you dislike about the product?
None, works the best for every proxy needs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
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The industry standard for a reason: Unmatched performance and reliability.
What do you like best about the product?
HAProxy is an absolute workhorse. It offers rock-solid stability and handles massive amounts of traffic with remarkably low CPU and memory consumption. Once you understand the configuration structure, the flexibility it offers through ACLs (Access Control Lists) and traffic routing rules is incredibly powerful. It just runs quietly in the background and rarely ever needs to be babysat.
What do you dislike about the product?
The learning curve can be pretty steep for beginners. The configuration syntax is highly specific, and making a small typo can sometimes be frustrating to debug. Additionally, the open-source version lacks a native, modern GUI, meaning you have to be comfortable doing everything via the command line and config files (unless you upgrade to the Enterprise version).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use HAProxy primarily for load balancing, SSL termination, and ensuring high availability across our web servers and database clusters. It allows us to perform zero-downtime maintenance by smoothly routing traffic away from backend servers when they need updates. It has significantly improved our application's uptime and resilience against traffic spikes.
Highly Flexible, Seamless CNCF Integration On-Prem
What do you like best about the product?
It offers strong flexibility and integrates well with CNCF tools, including on-premises environments.
What do you dislike about the product?
For our use case, there really aren’t any.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
HA, geo-redundancy.
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