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Nginx Proxy Manager vs HAProxy: catalog facts
Nginx Proxy Manager	HAProxy
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free HAProxy Community Edition is free and open source. HAProxy Enterprise is a paid product.
Web, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Certificates are requested and renewed without touching a config file Access lists put authentication in front of services that have none	Handles extremely high connection rates with predictable latency Detailed health checking, queuing and rate limiting built in
Advanced Nginx configuration has to go into a custom snippet box Ships as a Docker image; there is no packaged install	Configuration is its own language with a steep learning curve No native automatic certificate issuance; ACME is handled alongside it
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0
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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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