HAProxy Ingress vs LiteSpeed Ingress Controller

HAProxy Ingress8.9Visit LiteSpeed Ingress Controller8.0Visit

Higher score HAProxy Ingress #5 in Kubernetes Ingress Controllers 8.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Try HAProxy Ingress

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LiteSpeed Ingress Controller #14 in Kubernetes Ingress Controllers 8.0/10 15-day trial Free trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit LiteSpeed

• HAProxy Ingress fits best

  Teams needing full-featured Kubernetes ingress

• LiteSpeed Ingress Controller fits best

  Paid teams wanting comprehensive ingress controls

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Side by side

Feature	HAProxy Ingress 8.9/10 Visit ↗	LiteSpeed Ingress Controller 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.0
Ranking	#5 in Kubernetes Ingress Controllers	#14 in Kubernetes Ingress Controllers
Best for	Teams needing full-featured Kubernetes ingress	Paid teams wanting comprehensive ingress controls
Pricing model	Free	Paid
Starting price	Free plan	$715/yr
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	15 days
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Cloud
Platforms	Linux	Linux
Support	Community, Docs	Email, Tickets, Community, Docs
Integrations	6 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features HAProxy Ingress 5/5 · LiteSpeed Ingress Controller 5/5
TLS automation	✓	✓
Canary routing	✓	✓
Rate limiting	✓	✓
Web application firewall	✓	✓
Auth policies	✓	✓
Specs
Ingress API model	Both	Both
Deployment model	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Our review
Pros	Supports both Kubernetes Ingress resources and Gateway API Automates ACME certificate issuance and renewal Adds canary routing, rate limits, authentication, and WAF integrations	Supports both Kubernetes Ingress resources and Gateway API resources Combines TLS automation, canary routing, WAF, throttling, and authentication Handles HTTP/2, HTTP/3, QUIC, and Kubernetes service load balancing
Cons	Self-hosted deployment requires Kubernetes and Linux infrastructure HAProxy-based configuration may be more than simple ingress needs Commercial pricing and managed hosting are not part of the offering	No permanent free plan is available Requires a self-hosted deployment on Linux Uses a licensed Web ADC engine rather than an open-source model
Our verdict	HAProxy Ingress is an open-source Kubernetes ingress controller for routing external HTTP, HTTPS, and TCP traffic to applications running in a cluster. It fits teams that want broad traffic-management capabilities while keeping deployment… Read the review →	LiteSpeed Ingress Controller is a self-hosted Kubernetes application delivery controller and load balancer built on the LiteSpeed Web ADC engine. It is intended for teams running Kubernetes infrastructure that need licensed ingress… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• HAProxy Ingress — where it wins

  • Supports both Kubernetes Ingress resources and Gateway API
  • Automates ACME certificate issuance and renewal
  • Adds canary routing, rate limits, authentication, and WAF integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Self-hosted deployment requires Kubernetes and Linux infrastructure
  • HAProxy-based configuration may be more than simple ingress needs
  • Commercial pricing and managed hosting are not part of the offering

• LiteSpeed Ingress Controller — where it wins

  • Supports both Kubernetes Ingress resources and Gateway API resources
  • Combines TLS automation, canary routing, WAF, throttling, and authentication
  • Handles HTTP/2, HTTP/3, QUIC, and Kubernetes service load balancing

  Where it doesn't

  • No permanent free plan is available
  • Requires a self-hosted deployment on Linux
  • Uses a licensed Web ADC engine rather than an open-source model

• HAProxy Ingress8.9/10 · Free plan

  A broad, self-hosted ingress option with Ingress and Gateway API support.

  Try HAProxy IngressFull verdict →
• LiteSpeed Ingress Controller8.0/10 · 15-day trial

  A paid, self-hosted controller with broad Kubernetes traffic, security, and protocol controls.

  Visit LiteSpeedFull verdict →