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Best HAProxy Ingress Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from Kubernetes ingress controllers ranked against HAProxy Ingress on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    ngrok Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $10/mo7.8
    HAProxy Ingress vs ngrok
  2. 2
    Airlock Microgateway Free plan apiself-hosted Free7.4
    HAProxy Ingress vs Airlock Microgateway
  3. 3
    Traefik Proxy Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
    HAProxy Ingress vs Traefik Proxy
  4. 4
    LiteSpeed Ingress Controller Free trial LinuxMacself-hostedWeb $59.58/mo7.0
    HAProxy Ingress vs LiteSpeed Ingress Controller
  5. 5
    agentgateway Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.9
    HAProxy Ingress vs agentgateway
  6. 6
    Contour Free plan self-hosted Free6.8
    HAProxy Ingress vs Contour
  7. 7
    NGINX Ingress Controller Free plan self-hosted Free6.8
    HAProxy Ingress vs NGINX Ingress Controller
  8. 9
    Envoy Gateway Free plan apiself-hosted Free6.6
    HAProxy Ingress vs Envoy Gateway
  9. 10
    Apache APISIX apiLinuxself-hosted 6.3
    HAProxy Ingress vs Apache APISIX
  10. 11
    kgateway Linuxself-hosted 6.3
    HAProxy Ingress vs kgateway
  11. 12
    N42 Gateway Linuxself-hosted 6.2
    HAProxy Ingress vs N42 Gateway
  12. 13
    Kusk Gateway WebWinMacLinux 6.0
    HAProxy Ingress vs Kusk Gateway
  13. 14
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 5.9
    HAProxy Ingress vs HAProxy Enterprise
  14. 15
    NetScaler Ingress Controller self-hosted 5.9
    HAProxy Ingress vs NetScaler Ingress Controller
  15. 16
    Kong Ingress Controller Linux 5.8
    HAProxy Ingress vs Kong Ingress Controller
  16. 17
    Skipper LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.8
    HAProxy Ingress vs Skipper
  17. 18
    A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector 5.7
    HAProxy Ingress vs A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector
  18. 19
    Varnish Gateway 5.7
    HAProxy Ingress vs Varnish Gateway
  19. 20
    BFE Ingress Controller Linux 5.6
    HAProxy Ingress vs BFE Ingress Controller
  20. 21
    Caddy Gateway Linux 5.6
    HAProxy Ingress vs Caddy Gateway

HAProxy Ingress alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ngrok7.8Free plan$10/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Airlock Microgateway7.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted
3Traefik Proxy7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4LiteSpeed Ingress Controller7.0No$59.58/moLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
5agentgateway6.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
6Contour6.8Free planFreeself-hosted
7NGINX Ingress Controller6.8Free planFreeself-hosted
9Envoy Gateway6.6Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted
10Apache APISIX6.3No—API, Linux, self-hosted
11kgateway6.3No—Linux, self-hosted
12N42 Gateway6.2No—Linux, self-hosted
13Kusk Gateway6.0No—Web, Windows, Mac, Linux
14HAProxy Enterprise5.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted
15NetScaler Ingress Controller5.9No—self-hosted
16Kong Ingress Controller5.8No—Linux
17Skipper5.8No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
18A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector5.7No——
19Varnish Gateway5.7No——
20BFE Ingress Controller5.6No—Linux
21Caddy Gateway5.6No—Linux
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Questions about HAProxy Ingress alternatives

What is the best alternative to HAProxy Ingress?

ngrok, number 1 in Kubernetes ingress controllers with a score of 7.8 out of 10. The others here: Airlock Microgateway, Traefik Proxy, LiteSpeed Ingress Controller and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to HAProxy Ingress?

ngrok is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 7 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on.