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Best Caddy Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from reverse proxy software ranked against Caddy on the same published basis.

  1. 2
    Traefik Proxy Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free8.2
    Caddy vs Traefik Proxy
  2. 3
    Envoy Proxy Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free8.0
    Caddy vs Envoy Proxy
  3. 4
    NGINX Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free8.0
    Caddy vs NGINX
  4. 5
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free7.8
    Caddy vs HAProxy Community Edition
  5. 6
    ngrok Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $10/mo7.7
    Caddy vs ngrok
  6. 7
    Pomerium Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $7/mo7.5
    Caddy vs Pomerium
  7. 8
    freenginx Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.5
    Caddy vs freenginx
  8. 9
    Varnish Cache Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free7.0
    Caddy vs Varnish Cache
  9. 10
    frp WinMacLinuxAndroid 6.9
    Caddy vs frp
  10. 11
    PageKite WebWinMacLinuxAndroid 6.9
    Caddy vs PageKite
  11. 12
    Skipper LinuxWinMac 6.8
    Caddy vs Skipper
  12. 13
    Reproxy apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.8
    Caddy vs Reproxy
  13. 14
    Cloudflare Tunnel LinuxMacWebWin 6.7
    Caddy vs Cloudflare Tunnel
  14. 15
    BunkerWeb Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Caddy vs BunkerWeb
  15. 16
    Apache Traffic Server MacLinux 6.3
    Caddy vs Apache Traffic Server
  16. 17
    Sōzu Linux 6.2
    Caddy vs Sōzu
  17. 18
    LocalXpose Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin $8/mo6.1
    Caddy vs LocalXpose
  18. 19
    Zoraxy WinLinux 6.0
    Caddy vs Zoraxy
  19. 20
    Soli Proxy LinuxMac 5.9
    Caddy vs Soli Proxy
  20. 21
    Fabio LinuxMac 5.7
    Caddy vs Fabio

Caddy alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
2Traefik Proxy8.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
3Envoy Proxy8.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4NGINX8.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5HAProxy Community Edition7.8Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
6ngrok7.7Free plan$10/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7Pomerium7.5Free plan$7/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8freenginx7.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
9Varnish Cache7.0Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
10frp6.9No—Windows, Mac, Linux, Android
11PageKite6.9No—Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, Android
12Skipper6.8No—Linux, Windows, Mac
13Reproxy6.8No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
14Cloudflare Tunnel6.7No—Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
15BunkerWeb6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
16Apache Traffic Server6.3No—Mac, Linux
17Sōzu6.2No—Linux
18LocalXpose6.1Free plan$8/moLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19Zoraxy6.0No—Windows, Linux
20Soli Proxy5.9No—Linux, Mac
21Fabio5.7No—Linux, Mac
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Questions about Caddy alternatives

What is the best alternative to Caddy?

Traefik Proxy, number 2 in reverse proxy software with a score of 8.2 out of 10. The others here: Envoy Proxy, NGINX, HAProxy Community Edition and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Caddy?

Traefik Proxy is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 10 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.