In computer networks, a proxy server is a server (a computer system or an application) that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers. A client connects to the proxy server, requesting some service, such as a file, connection, web page, or other resource available from a different server and the proxy server evaluates the request as a way to simplify and control its complexity.
At enlyft, we use sophisticated, patent-pending algorithms to track the use of various Proxy Servers products and technologies. We track 5 products in the Proxy Servers category, and have found 524,121 companies using these products.
Product | Install base (# of companies we found using this product) |
Market Share (%) |
---|---|---|
Varnish Software | 388,847 | 74% |
Apache Traffic Server | 127,435 | 24% |
HAProxy | 6,490 | < 5% |
Blue Coat NetCache | 1,058 | < 5% |
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy | 291 | < 5% |