# HAProxy vs Microsoft Azure — Fit & Features

Canonical: https://trutool.co/compare/haproxy-vs-microsoft-azure
Author: Sandeep (https://trutool.co/authors/sandeep)

Compare HAProxy and Microsoft Azure by use case, features, limitations, and evaluation questions.

## Compare fit, features, and limitations

### HAProxy
Reliable, High Performance TCP/HTTP Load Balancer.
Best fit: People and teams evaluating cloud & infrastructure for a specific workflow.
- Core product workflow
Before you choose: Test a representative task, inspect outputs, and confirm integrations, permissions, data handling, licensing, and current costs.
Pricing: https://www.haproxy.org/
- [Read HAProxy profile](https://trutool.co/tools/haproxy): Read HAProxy profile

### Microsoft Azure
Cloud computing and enterprise infrastructure.
Best fit: Engineering and infrastructure teams considering Microsoft Azure for this job: Cloud computing and enterprise infrastructure.
- Cloud computing and enterprise infrastructure
Before you choose: Test deployment requirements, region availability, scaling behaviour, support, and usage-based costs in the exact plan you intend to use.
Pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com
- [Read Microsoft Azure profile](https://trutool.co/tools/microsoft-azure): Read Microsoft Azure profile