No. 26 of 27 ·Kubernetes Ingress Controllers

HAProxy Enterprise

Linux · Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

One barScore 4.9

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

HAProxy Enterprise is ranked #26 of 27 in Kubernetes ingress controllers on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted. There is no free plan.

HAProxy Enterprise plans and pricing

All plans

HAProxy Enterprise Not published Pricing customized to specific needs haproxy.com · 29 Sept 2026

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Free plan: No

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The record

Purpose: HAProxy Enterprise distributes incoming traffic across servers and continuously checks server health, rerouting requests when a server starts to fail.
Protocols: It supports load balancing for HTTP, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, QUIC, UDP, gRPC, FastCGI, FIX, and MQTT traffic.
Routing: It offers more than 13 static and dynamic load-balancing algorithms and can route using URL, domain, client IP, backend health, and other conditions.
Availability: The product page describes active-active failover and automated health checks, and states a 99.999% uptime capability.
Security: Security features include a WAF, DDoS protection, bot management, global rate limiting, and mTLS encryption.
WAF: HAProxy says its WAF uses an Intelligent WAF Engine and threat intelligence from HAProxy Edge, with a stated 99.65% accuracy figure and zero-day threat protection.
Deployment: It can be deployed on-premises, in air-gapped, hybrid-cloud, and multi-cloud environments, and is packaged as software, a virtual appliance, or rack-mounted hardware.
Kubernetes and containers: The product supports Kubernetes external load balancing, ingress control, multi-cluster routing, direct-to-pod load balancing, and Docker packages based on Alpine, Ubuntu, or Debian.
Integrations: The product page lists service discovery for Kubernetes, Consul, and Consul Enterprise; AWS and Azure deployment; and native Prometheus integrations.
Automation APIs: Native Runtime, Data Plane, and Fusion APIs support configuration changes, cluster metrics, and infrastructure automation.
Management: HAProxy Fusion provides management, observability, and automation through an API, GUI, or command line, including more than 150 metrics and historical dashboards.
Access control: HAProxy Fusion supports role-based access control and single sign-on options including OIDC, SAML, AD FS, and Kerberos.
Support: HAProxy advertises expert support available 24/7/365.
Pricing: The company says HAProxy Enterprise pricing is customized to specific needs and directs buyers to contact its sales team.

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Kubernetes Ingress Controllers in 2026#26 of 27
Best Load Balancing Software in 2026#20 of 26

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Sources

haproxy.com/products/haproxy-enterprise· checked 29 Sept 2026