G2 Vendor Directory

KrakenD AI & API Gateway vs. HAProxy

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricKrakenD AI & API Gateway

by KrakenD

HAProxy

by HAProxy

Overall rating4.74.7
Review count68914
Ease of use9.18.9
Ease of setup9.08.8
Quality of support9.69.2
Meets requirements9.39.3
NPS79.41176578.169791
Small Business29.9%20.9%
Mid-Market56.7%42.8%
Enterprise13.4%36.2%
Total page views2623,044
Total LLM citations49,797

KrakenD AI & API Gateway

KrakenD is the next-generation API Gateway built for high-performance, large-scale environments. Its stateless, database-free architecture enables true linear scalability with minimal infrastructure and no external dependencies. You can deploy KrakenD anywhere, scale without coordination, and operate efficiently using GitOps workflows and declarative configurations. It supports a wide range of protocols and patterns—REST, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSockets, SOAP, Backend For Frontend (BFF), and more—without middleware bloat.

Pros

  • Customer Support
  • Ease of Use
  • Ease of Implementation
  • Features
  • Flexibility
  • Performance

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.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Load Balancing
  • Reliability
  • Performance
  • Performance Optimization
  • Configuration Ease