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After 4 years with Nginx, we switched to Caddy – Here is why
- _iiu1 7y agoSomewhat tangential, but I'll take Haproxy anyday over Nginx for the simple fact that Nginx is a a Freemium product, rather than a true open source libre software entity. I somehow failed to realize over the years that their Pro product is $2500 (given the ubiquity of usage in the OSS community). I am not contesting it's value, as it brings several vital features to the table, but I feel that it should be mentioned. Familiarity with Haproxy's dead-simple configuration (although this Caddy seems as simple as pie!) and it's reliability and scalability leads me to also prefer it, even in Kubernetes land, so I do apologize for giving Caddy short shrift in this comment. It appears that Caddy differentiates merely on free downloads and business SUPPORT plans, which is much cleaner feeling to me, so I applaud this effort to re-direct peoples attention in front-end land.
- mholt 7y agoWhat do you mean by "true open source libre software entity"? HAProxy has enterprise offerings, similar to NGINX: https://www.haproxy.com/products/product-comparison/ https://www.haproxy.com/products/product-comparison/ What is off-putting about that, exactly?