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Best Reverse Proxy Software in 2026

A reverse proxy sits between incoming requests and services, so configuration and deployment needs are useful starting points for comparing options. Look at rate limiting, response caching, and TLS termination, along with web application firewall and WebSocket support. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing offer additional cost context. ngrok, freenginx, and LocalXpose are among the entries to consider, as…

33 appsSorted 25 Oct 2026How we rank

18.3

Pomerium

Pomerium is an open-source identity-aware proxy built around BeyondCorp and zero-trust principles.

Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux

From $7 a month

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27.8

ngrok

ngrok is a cloud networking platform for securing, transforming, and routing traffic to services wherever they run.

Free planWebAPILinux

From $10 a month

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37.7

Traefik Proxy

Traefik Proxy is an open-source reverse proxy and ingress controller for deploying services and APIs.

Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux

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HAProxy Community Edition
HAProxy Community Edition is free, self-hosted software for reverse proxying TCP and HTTP applications, with high availability and load balancing.
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
7.4Free plan
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Apache Traffic Server
Apache Traffic Server is an open-source caching proxy server for HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2.
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
7.2Free plan
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Openport
Openport exposes a local TCP port to the internet through a tunnel, letting users reach a device remotely without opening firewall ports.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS
7.1From $1 a month
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PageKite
PageKite connects a server on localhost to the public Internet through global front-end relays, acting as a dynamic tunneled reverse proxy.
AndroidWebAPILinux
7.0From $3 a month
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LocalXpose
LocalXpose is a reverse proxy that makes services running on a local machine reachable from the public internet through secure tunnels.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
6.9From $8 a month
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Caddy
Caddy is a free, extensible server platform commonly used as a web server or proxy.
AndroidWebAPILinux
6.7From $25 a month
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freenginx
freenginx is a free, open-development project for nginx server software used as an HTTP server and as an HTTP, mail, TCP, and UDP proxy.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
6.7Free plan
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Fabio
Fabio is free, open-source software for proxying HTTP and TCP traffic.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
6.5Free plan
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Zoraxy
Zoraxy is a free, open-source reverse proxy and forwarding tool for managing self-hosted services through a web interface.
Free planWebLinuxSelf-hostedWindows
6.5Free plan
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frp
frp is a free, self-hosted reverse proxy for making intranet services reachable from the public network through nodes with public IP addresses.
Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
6.4Free plan
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BunkerWeb
BunkerWeb is an open-source web application firewall and NGINX-based web server that sits in front of web services as a reverse proxy.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
6.2Free plan
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NGINX
NGINX is software for serving HTTP traffic and routing requests as a reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy, or mail proxy.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
6.2Free plan
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Cloudflare Advanced Certificate Manager
WebAPI
6.0From $10 a month
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Envoy Proxy
Envoy Proxy is a free, open-source proxy for edge traffic and communication between services in cloud-native and AI-native applications.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
6.0Free plan
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Redbird
Redbird is a free, self-hosted reverse proxy for Node that routes traffic by hostname and path.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted
6.0Free plan
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Skipper
Skipper is a free, open-source HTTP router and reverse proxy for composing services, including Kubernetes Ingress deployments.
LinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
5.9
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SNI Proxy
SNI Proxy is free, self-hosted software that routes incoming HTTP and TLS connections based on the hostname in the initial request of a TCP session.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
5.9Free plan
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Varnish Cache
Varnish Cache is a free, self-hosted reverse caching proxy for Linux.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted
5.9Free plan
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Reproxy
Reproxy is a free, self-hosted HTTP(S) edge server and reverse proxy for routing requests to destination servers.
APILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
5.8
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Nginx Proxy Manager
Nginx Proxy Manager is a free, open-source Docker application for routing web services, including services on a home network.
WebLinuxSelf-hosted
5.7
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Soli Proxy
APILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
5.5
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Piko
APISelf-hosted
5.4
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