AWS Shield vs. HAProxy
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | AWS Shield | HAProxy |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.0 | 4.7 |
| Review count | 15 | 914 |
| Ease of use | 8.5 | 8.9 |
| Ease of setup | 8.6 | 8.8 |
| Quality of support | 8.5 | 9.2 |
| Meets requirements | 8.9 | 9.3 |
| NPS | 26.666667 | 78.169791 |
| Small Business | 40.0% | 20.9% |
| Mid-Market | 26.7% | 42.8% |
| Enterprise | 33.3% | 36.2% |
| Total page views | 161 | 3,044 |
| Total LLM citations | 232 | 9,797 |
AWS Shield
AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards web applications running on AWS. AWS Shield provides always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and latency.
HAProxy
HAProxy is an open-source software load balancer and reverse proxy for TCP, QUIC, and HTTP-based applications. It provides high availability, load balancing, and best-in-class SSL processing. HAProxy One is an application delivery and security platform that combines the HAProxy core with enterprise-grade security layers, management and orchestration, cloud-native integration, and more.
- Ease of Use
- Load Balancing
- Reliability
- Performance
- Performance Optimization
- Configuration Ease