Servers

Reverse proxies

11 technologies: what each one does, whether it is SaaS or open source, its price range and its website.
  • Nginx

    2.1M sites

    Nginx is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache.

  • Envoy

    103.3K sites

    Envoy is an open-source edge and service proxy, designed for cloud-native applications.

    Used bySlack,Supabase

  • Kong

    1.5K sitesOpen sourcePay as you go · Freemium

    Kong is an open-source API gateway and platform that acts as middleware between compute clients and the API-centric applications.

    Used byStone

  • F5 BigIP

    598 sites

    F5's BIG-IP is a family of products covering software and hardware designed around application availability, access control, and security solutions.

  • EZproxy

    367 sitesSaaS$ · Subscription · Quote

    EZproxy is a web server and a reverse proxy that is usually used by libraries as a reverse proxy in front of electronic educational resources databases (e.g.: Scopus, PubMed, or Web of Science) in order to provide authentication and protect privacy.

  • IBM DataPower

    163 sites

    IBM DataPower Gateway is a single multi-channel gateway designed to help provide security, control, integration and optimized access to a full range of mobile, web, application programming interface (API), service-oriented architecture (SOA), B2B and cloud workloads.

  • Hydra-Shield

    2 sitesFreemium · $ · Subscription

    Hydra-Shield is an anti-DDoS protection reverse proxy that filters and mitigates malicious traffic to safeguard servers from distributed denial-of-service attacks.

  • Kangle

    Open source

    Kangle is an open-source web server and reverse proxy software widely used in Chinese hosting environments for HTTP caching and virtual hosting.

  • MATORI.NET

    MATORI.NET is a fully managed reverse proxy.

  • Urllo

    SaaS$$ · Subscription · Quote

    Urllo is a URL redirection service designed for businesses to manage and streamline link forwarding.

  • V2Board

    Open source

    V2Board is a multi-agent protocol management system with an interface for managing multiple proxy protocols.

Data from the open Wappalyzer database (enthec/webappanalyzer, GPL-3.0), updated every week. Site counts from the HTTP Archive (September 2026). Code tools (frameworks, build, ORMs…) come from a list kept by Faundr.