HAProxy Community Edition
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VisitHAProxy Community Edition vs PageKite
What both publish
| Fact | HAProxy Community Edition | PageKite |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | HAProxy Technologies is listed as founded in 2013. | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Newton, Massachusetts, United States | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Integrations | The 3.4 release notes list an OpenTelemetry filter and ACME certificate features including DNS-01 challenges. | The features page names Twilio and Instagram real-time API as examples of remote services for which developers can test integrations and webhooks through PageKite. |
| Protocols | The project supports TCP and HTTP-based applications, and its listed recent versions include QUIC and HTTP/3 features. | It supports HTTP and HTTPS servers, SSH, and some other TCP-based protocols. |
HAProxy Community Edition plans
- HAProxy Community EditionFree
- HAProxy EnterprisePriced on request
PageKite plans
- Pay What You Want$3 a month
- Freelancer$5.99 a month
- Team$24.99 a month
- Business$49.99 a month
- Embedded$199.95 a month
Pick HAProxy Community Edition if…
HAProxy Community Edition suits Linux users who need a self-hosted proxy or load balancer for TCP and HTTP applications. Its stated focus on high traffic may interest operators of busy websites.
Pick PageKite if…
PageKite suits developers and server operators who want to expose localhost services for remote access, webhooks, APIs, or debugging. It may also suit teams that need account, kite-name, and traffic quotas, though new subscriptions are temporarily unavailable.