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Traefik vs HAProxy: catalog facts
Traefik	HAProxy
Free Traefik Proxy is free and open source. Traefik Hub and enterprise products are paid.	Free HAProxy Community Edition is free and open source. HAProxy Enterprise is a paid product.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Routes appear automatically from Docker labels or Kubernetes resources Automatic Let's Encrypt certificates including DNS challenges	Handles extremely high connection rates with predictable latency Detailed health checking, queuing and rate limiting built in
Middleware and provider configuration is verbose and version-sensitive Some enterprise features live in the paid Traefik Hub product	Configuration is its own language with a steep learning curve No native automatic certificate issuance; ACME is handled alongside it
Self-hosted	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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