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Best IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from reverse proxy software ranked against IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    ngrok Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $10/mo7.9
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs ngrok
  2. 2
    Pomerium Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $7/mo7.9
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Pomerium
  3. 3
    BunkerWeb Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.5
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs BunkerWeb
  4. 4
    PageKite Free trial AndroidapiLinuxMacself-hosted $3/mo7.4
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs PageKite
  5. 5
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.3
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  6. 6
    LocalXpose Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin $8/mo7.3
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs LocalXpose
  7. 7
    NGINX Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.2
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs NGINX
  8. 8
    Traefik Proxy Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.2
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Traefik Proxy
  9. 9
    Envoy Proxy Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Envoy Proxy
  10. 10
    freenginx Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs freenginx
  11. 11
    Roslynator Free plan extensionLinuxMacWin Free6.9
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Roslynator
  12. 12
    Varnish Cache Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.9
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Varnish Cache
  13. 13
    Caddy AndroidapiLinuxMacself-hosted $25/mo6.8
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Caddy
  14. 14
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.6
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs HAProxy Community Edition
  15. 15
    Reproxy apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.6
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Reproxy
  16. 16
    Cloudflare Serverless Registry LinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.5
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Cloudflare Serverless Registry
  17. 17
    Skipper LinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.4
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Skipper
  18. 18
    Cloudflare Tunnel LinuxMacWebWin 6.1
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Cloudflare Tunnel
  19. 19
    Openport Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin $1/mo6.1
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Openport
  20. 20
    frp Free plan AndroidLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.0
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs frp

IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ngrok7.9Free plan$10/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Pomerium7.9Free plan$7/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3BunkerWeb7.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
4PageKite7.4No$3/moAndroid, API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5F5 BIG-IP APM7.3No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6LocalXpose7.3Free plan$8/moLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7NGINX7.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
8Traefik Proxy7.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
9Envoy Proxy7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
10freenginx7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11Roslynator6.9Free planFreeBrowser, Linux, Mac, Windows
12Varnish Cache6.9Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
13Caddy6.8No$25/moAndroid, API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14HAProxy Community Edition6.6Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
15Reproxy6.6No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
16Cloudflare Serverless Registry6.5No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
17Skipper6.4No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
18Cloudflare Tunnel6.1No—Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
19Openport6.1Free plan$1/moAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
20frp6.0Free planFreeAndroid, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
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Questions about IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) alternatives

What is the best alternative to IIS Application Request Routing (ARR)?

ngrok, number 1 in reverse proxy software with a score of 7.9 out of 10. The others here: Pomerium, BunkerWeb, PageKite and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to IIS Application Request Routing (ARR)?

ngrok is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 13 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.