🆚 Apache Traffic Server vs. HAProxy

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Caching solution
Load balancer

About

Apache Traffic Server is a fast, scalable, and extensible web proxy cache that improves performance by caching frequently accessed information at the edge of the network.

HAProxy is a high-performance reverse proxy and load balancer for TCP- and HTTP-based applications.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free version ✔️Open source
HAProxy EnterpriseCustom

Categories

Caching › Rank #19
Caching › Rank #20
Load Balancers › Rank #12
Load Balancers › Rank #13

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Apache Traffic Server caching solution is 1.3 times more popular than HAProxy.
Total websites

Market share

Caching
Load Balancers

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Apache Traffic Server is more popular in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and China, while HAProxy is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
Czech Republic
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Canada
France
Slovakia
Italy
Poland
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Apache Traffic Server is more popular among sites focused on entertainment, blogs and wiki, and marketing and merchandising, while HAProxy is more commonly used on business, education and reference, and online shopping sites.
Business
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Blogs/Wiki
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Software/Hardware
Internet Services
Travel
Real Estate

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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