We performed a comparison between A10 Networks Lightning ADC and NGINX Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."What I like about Lightning ADC, is that instead of having a big appliance sitting in front of the Kubernetes cluster, Lightning can pretty much go inside of Kubernetes."
"It allows you to secure the application while balancing the connections for many other customers, reducing CPU usage and server load."
"Our clients appreciate that this is a security enabled solution."
"This solution has everything."
"Valuable features include authentication, caching, reverse proxy routing, and load balancing."
"The robust software architecture allows for it to be scalable and very stable."
"Nginx is simple to configure, very stable in a highly utilized environment and very modular, allowing DevOps to create it's own modules for interactive use with Nginx."
"Zero Downtime has always been a strength in recommending infrastructure web services. NGINX allows me to execute such infrastructure with less complications and the ability to switch from server to server easily."
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"Its versatility and capabilities make it invaluable for implementing patches and fixes when necessary."
"When you use NGINX, you have more options and power."
"The support from A10 should be improved."
"A10 documentation is not as open and accessible as AWS and Azure documentation is."
"We would like to see some improvement in the rapidity with which we can customize security facts within the solution."
"The user interface could be improved."
"I would like it to have a more user-friendly graphical interface."
"The drawback is that you must obtain a license for everything."
"Only improvement needed that I would point to is scalability. With it, I mean clusterized organisation on a low level. At the moment, the best alternative is RHEL HA."
"The solution needs to be easier to setup and deploy."
"The scalability could be improved."
"Improvement needed in NGINX Plus could focus on optimizing memory usage for users."
"The KPI should be more focused on load balancing and the latency in application calling from the end system."
A10 Networks Lightning ADC is ranked 16th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 3 reviews while NGINX Plus is ranked 5th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 27 reviews. A10 Networks Lightning ADC is rated 7.0, while NGINX Plus is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of A10 Networks Lightning ADC writes "Efficient application security while optimizing connections". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX Plus writes "Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation". A10 Networks Lightning ADC is most compared with A10 Networks Thunder ADC and Kemp LoadMaster, whereas NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Apache Web Server. See our A10 Networks Lightning ADC vs. NGINX Plus report.
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