🆚 HAProxy vs. Squid

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Load balancer
Caching solution

About

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

Squid is a caching proxy for the web that supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more.

Headquarters

Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Westminster, Colorado, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source
HAProxy EnterpriseCustom
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Load Balancers › Rank #13
Load Balancers › Rank #17
Caching › Rank #20
Caching › Rank #26

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The HAProxy load balancer is 4 times more popular than Squid.
Total websites

Market share

Load Balancers
Caching

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

HAProxy is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Squid is more popular in Japan, China, and Romania.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
Canada
France
Italy
Poland
Spain
Austria

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

HAProxy is more popular among sites focused on business, education and reference, and software and hardware, while Squid is more commonly used on portal sites sites.
Business
Education/Reference
Software/Hardware
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Real Estate
Online Shopping
Fashion/Beauty
Marketing/Merchandising
General News

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
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Name
Rank
p-world.co.jp
#2,842
#7,402
#12,243
#18,359
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See also

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