HAProxy Community Edition
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VisitHAProxy Community Edition vs Sōzu
What both publish
| Fact | HAProxy Community Edition | Sōzu |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Newton, Massachusetts, United States | Nantes, France |
| Load balancing | It balances TCP connections or HTTP requests across backend servers. | It detects broken backend servers and supports Round Robin, Random, Least_loaded, and Power of two load balancing algorithms. |
| Purpose | HAProxy is a free, fast reverse proxy offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP applications. | Sōzu is an open-source TCP and HTTP reverse proxy built in Rust for demanding, dynamic web infrastructures. |
| Security | Listed defensive measures include chroot, privilege drops, fork prevention, strict protocol validation, and checks for impossible states. | The project describes Rust as providing memory safety and says Sōzu workers are sandboxed, with backends shielded behind the proxy. |
HAProxy Community Edition plans
- HAProxy Community EditionFree
- HAProxy EnterprisePriced on request
Sōzu plans
No prices published.
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 Sōzu if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.