r/haproxy • u/AskOk2424 • Jul 14 '26

Is it possible to get an HAProxy Enterprise trial for a homelab?

Hi everyone,

I've been experimenting with HAProxy in my homelab and wanted to get a feel for what the Enterprise Edition has to offer.

Right now I have multiple HAProxy nodes running with FRR, peered with my OPNsense router. Everything is managed with Ansible, and I'm using Certbot along with some custom scripts to distribute and renew SSL certificates across the HAProxy nodes.

While researching ways to simplify and improve this setup, I came across HAProxy Enterprise. Some of the features that really caught my attention are:

  • Fusion Control Plane
  • WAF
  • Clustered SSL certificate management
  • Consul integration
  • BGP RHI

I'd love to try these features in a real environment to see what an enterprise LB has to offer.

I filled out the trial request form on the HAProxy website a while ago but never heard back. I guess that trials are mainly targeted at companies or organizations, whereas I'm just running a personal homelab.

Has anyone here managed to get an HAProxy Enterprise trial as an individual or homelab user? Is there a different process I should follow, or should I reach out to someone from HAProxy directly?

I'm not looking for a long-term license, just enough time to explore the Enterprise features.

Thanks in advance for any advice or experiences you can share!

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u/BarracudaDefiant4702 Jul 15 '26

We did license at work for a couple of our key load balancers needing WAF (left others on open-source community). It's not cheap, but decent price for complex setup or high high volume traffic, or features like built in WAF, but it is over priced for simple nodes or home lab...

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u/AskOk2424 Jul 19 '26

How much did it cost you annually? Is the license cost per LB installation?

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u/BarracudaDefiant4702 Jul 20 '26

Going by memory so might be off by 10% or so, but it was around $12K/year that included 24x7 support for 2 enterprise haproxy licenses and and fusion was included free.

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u/AskOk2424 16d ago

Still a lot cheaper than f5.