🆚 HAProxy vs. Varnish

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
HAProxy
Varnish

Type

Load balancer
Caching solution

About

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

Varnish Cache is an open-source web application accelerator, also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy.

Headquarters

Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Stockholm, Sweden

Website

haproxy.org #141,363
varnish-cache.org #547,741

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source
HAProxy EnterpriseCustom
Free version ✔️Open source
Varnish Pro$1,500+/year
Varnish EnterpriseCustom

Categories

Load Balancers › Rank #13
Load Balancers › Rank #1
Caching › Rank #20
Caching › Rank #4

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Varnish caching solution is 55 times more popular than HAProxy.
Total websites

Market share

Load Balancers
Caching

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Varnish is more popular than HAProxy in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Netherlands
Norway
Italy
Belgium

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Varnish is more popular than HAProxy in all market segments.
Business
Education/Reference
General News
Blogs/Wiki
Online Shopping
Entertainment
Marketing/Merchandising
Sports
Internet Services
Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#11
#40
#101
#102
#117
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Name
Rank
#12
#23
#34
#42
#44
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See also

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