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Best IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from reverse proxy software ranked against IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    ngrok Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $10/mo7.3
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs ngrok
  2. 2
    Pomerium Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $7/mo7.3
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Pomerium
  3. 3
    BunkerWeb Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs BunkerWeb
  4. 4
    Envoy Proxy Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.2
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Envoy Proxy
  5. 5
    Caddy AndroidapiLinuxMacself-hosted $25/mo7.0
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Caddy
  6. 6
    Reproxy apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.9
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Reproxy
  7. 7
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 6.8
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  8. 8
    Piko apiself-hosted 6.7
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Piko
  9. 9
    freenginx Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.0
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs freenginx
  10. 10
    LocalXpose Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin $8/mo5.9
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs LocalXpose
  11. 11
    NGINX Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free5.9
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs NGINX
  12. 12
    Roslynator Free plan extensionLinuxMacWin Free5.9
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Roslynator
  13. 13
    Traefik Proxy Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free5.9
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Traefik Proxy
  14. 14
    Varnish Cache Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free5.9
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Varnish Cache
  15. 15
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free5.8
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs HAProxy Community Edition
  16. 16
    Skipper LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.6
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Skipper
  17. 17
    Cloudflare Serverless Registry LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.5
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Cloudflare Serverless Registry
  18. 18
    PageKite Free trial AndroidapiLinuxMacself-hosted $3/mo5.2
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs PageKite
  19. 19
    Apache Traffic Server MacLinux 5.1
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Apache Traffic Server
  20. 20
    Cloudflare Tunnel LinuxMacWebWin 5.1
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) vs Cloudflare Tunnel

IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ngrok7.3Free plan$10/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Pomerium7.3Free plan$7/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3BunkerWeb7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
4Envoy Proxy7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5Caddy7.0No$25/moAndroid, API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Reproxy6.9No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7F5 BIG-IP APM6.8No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Piko6.7No—API, self-hosted
9freenginx6.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
10LocalXpose5.9Free plan$8/moLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11NGINX5.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
12Roslynator5.9Free planFreeBrowser, Linux, Mac, Windows
13Traefik Proxy5.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
14Varnish Cache5.9Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
15HAProxy Community Edition5.8Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
16Skipper5.6No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
17Cloudflare Serverless Registry5.5No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
18PageKite5.2No$3/moAndroid, API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19Apache Traffic Server5.1No—Mac, Linux
20Cloudflare Tunnel5.1No—Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
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Questions about IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) alternatives

What is the best alternative to IIS Application Request Routing (ARR)?

ngrok, number 1 in reverse proxy software with a score of 7.3 out of 10. The others here: Pomerium, BunkerWeb, Envoy Proxy and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to IIS Application Request Routing (ARR)?

ngrok is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 11 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it.