Best Pound Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from reverse proxy software ranked against Pound on the same published basis.
- 1Pound vs freenginx
- 2Pound vs LocalXpose
- 3Pound vs ngrok
- 4Pound vs Pomerium
- 5Pound vs Envoy Proxy
- 6Pound vs NGINX
- 7Pound vs Roslynator
- 8Pound vs Traefik Proxy
- 9Pound vs BunkerWeb
- 10Pound vs Varnish Cache
- 11Pound vs HAProxy Community Edition
- 12Pound vs Caddy
- 13Pound vs Cloudflare Serverless Registry
- 14Pound vs Reproxy
- 15Pound vs Skipper
- 16Pound vs PageKite
- 17Pound vs Cloudflare Tunnel
- 18Pound vs F5 BIG-IP APM
- 19Pound vs frp
- 20Pound vs Openport
Pound alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freenginx | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 2 | LocalXpose | 6.6 | Free plan | $8/mo | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 3 | ngrok | 6.6 | Free plan | $10/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 4 | Pomerium | 6.6 | Free plan | $7/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 5 | Envoy Proxy | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 6 | NGINX | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 7 | Roslynator | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Browser, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 8 | Traefik Proxy | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 9 | BunkerWeb | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 10 | Varnish Cache | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, self-hosted |
| 11 | HAProxy Community Edition | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, self-hosted |
| 12 | Caddy | 5.8 | No | $25/mo | Android, API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 13 | Cloudflare Serverless Registry | 5.6 | No | — | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 14 | Reproxy | 5.6 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 15 | Skipper | 5.6 | No | — | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 16 | PageKite | 5.5 | No | — | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, Android |
| 17 | Cloudflare Tunnel | 5.4 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 18 | F5 BIG-IP APM | 5.4 | No | — | Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 19 | frp | 5.4 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux, Android |
| 20 | Openport | 5.4 | No | — | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
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Questions about Pound alternatives
What is the best alternative to Pound?
freenginx, number 1 in reverse proxy software with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: LocalXpose, ngrok, Pomerium and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Pound?
freenginx is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 11 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.