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HAProxy vs GoDoxy: catalog facts
HAProxyGoDoxy
Free

HAProxy Community Edition is free and open source. HAProxy Enterprise is a paid product.

Free

Free and open source.

Linux, Self-hosted Linux, Self-hosted
  • Handles extremely high connection rates with predictable latency
  • Detailed health checking, queuing and rate limiting built in
  • Automatic routing from Docker and Podman containers
  • Idle sleep stops and wakes containers based on traffic
  • Configuration is its own language with a steep learning curve
  • No native automatic certificate issuance; ACME is handled alongside it
  • Designed to run in Docker host network mode
  • Requires wildcard DNS records to be set up first
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0 License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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