HAProxy VS ARRAY NETWORKS ADC

COMPARISON AMONG HAProxy, ARRAY NETWORKS ADC AND RELIANOID LOAD BALANCER

What is HAProxy

HAProxy (High Availability Proxy) is a popular open-source tool for reverse proxying and load balancing, designed to enhance the efficiency, scalability, and resilience of web applications. It supports both Layer 4 (transport layer) and Layer 7 (application layer) operations, distributing traffic intelligently among backend servers using various algorithms like round-robin, least connections, and dynamic health checks. Recognized for its exceptional performance, HAProxy can manage millions of simultaneous connections while consuming minimal system resources, making it well-suited for demanding, high-volume environments. Its ability to process HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, and UDP traffic provides broad compatibility for diverse application needs.

A key strength of HAProxy lies in its extensive customization options and comprehensive features, such as SSL/TLS offloading, traffic shaping, sticky sessions, and routing based on content. These capabilities help IT teams fine-tune traffic handling and deliver smooth, reliable application access. HAProxy also works seamlessly within cloud-native and containerized ecosystems—including Kubernetes—where it’s often deployed as an ingress controller. Available in both community and enterprise versions, HAProxy is supported by a large, active user base, making it a dependable and economical choice for organizations of any size aiming to optimize their traffic management and application delivery.

What is Array Networks APV Series

The Array Networks APV Series is a high-performance Application Delivery Controller (ADC) family available as physical, virtual, and cloud appliances that accelerate, secure and ensure availability of applications across data center and cloud environments. At its core, APV provides Layer-4 to Layer-7 load balancing and intelligent traffic management to keep applications fast and available by directing user requests according to dynamic and policy-based decisions. Array’s APV appliances include SSL/TLS acceleration and interception, connection multiplexing, caching and compression, traffic shaping, DDoS protections, Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), and an integrated Web Application Firewall (WAF).
Array Networks

Built on Array’s SpeedCore® 64-bit architecture and a kernel-level L7 policy engine, APV delivers efficient processing and low-latency traffic handling suitable for enterprises, service providers and public sector deployments. APV also provides automation and orchestration through REST/XML-RPC and integrations with cloud/virtual platforms, making it flexible for modern CI/CD and cloud-native workflows.

WHAT IS RELIANOID

RELIANOID as alternative to HAProxy and Array Networks ADC across key ADC capabilities

RELIANOID bridges the gap between the open-source complexity of HAProxy and the restricted scalability of Array Networks ADC. While Array provides affordable, practical ADC capabilities and HAProxy offers highly configurable open-source load balancing that requires significant expertise and lacks built-in enterprise-grade security and automation features, RELIANOID combines high-performance load balancing, advanced security, and simplified operations in a lightweight, cost-efficient, and platform-agnostic solution. It supports modern protocols like HTTP/2, features hot-reload for zero-downtime updates, and integrates seamlessly with containerized, cloud, and hybrid infrastructures. For organizations needing enterprise-ready ADC capabilities without the maintenance burden of managing HAProxy manually, RELIANOID is the smart choice.