We performed a comparison between Apache Web Server and NGINX Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution offers good security."
"The open-source nature is one of its most significant advantages."
"The product is very cheap and stable."
"The control panel is very easy to navigate. It's similar to most hosting platforms, so it's user-friendly. Once you get used to it, managing your hosting becomes easy, too."
"It's reliable, configurable and generally secure."
"Most of the features I liked were related to the performance during peak hours."
"The most significant advantage is the ability to swiftly enable HTTPS services when my DNS is configured correctly."
"Apache has proven to be incredibly reliable, and everything has operated smoothly without encountering any issues."
"NGINX Plus also has NGINX App Protect. It's a separate module, which is inspired by the F5 apps."
"It's lightweight software that can handle heavy loads efficiently."
"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."
"Using NGINX Plus for web traffic distribution is fantastic. It offers performance similar to physical load balancers but with added flexibility."
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"With NGINX, I appreciate its ability to route traffic geographically."
"NGINX Plus' most valuable feature is the ingress controller."
"The load balancing module, which is equivalent to LTM, is the focus of the PSE. So far, the features of both are identical. I believe NGINX has more features for securing these services, but in terms of load balancing, both are massive solutions."
"The interface has room for improvement."
"It would be great if technical support for Apache were available in Iran. It is a very important need."
"Lacks integration with some cloud solutions."
"So far, for us, everything is okay."
"I want the user interface to be more user-friendly."
"Things change very fast. We're always on the lookout for better approaches and tools. If the solution falls behind, we may have to switch."
"A monitoring interface would be great for this product. The monitoring dashboards for Apache's models are not included in the basic installation. You can install the basic monitoring model, then connect this model to another monitoring system."
"There is a security-related problem that depends on the web server's configuration."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"The scalability could be improved."
"The solution must improve its performance."
"It would be great if there was even more automation to make it even easier to maintain."
"They should do in the open source version of what they did to Advanced HTTP, TCP, and UDP load balancing."
"The solution's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"Lack of a feature to print data on the terminal for verification of network traffic during debugging and testing."
"The center management system could be improved."
Apache Web Server is ranked 3rd in Application Infrastructure with 21 reviews while NGINX Plus is ranked 2nd in Application Infrastructure with 27 reviews. Apache Web Server is rated 8.6, while NGINX Plus is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Apache Web Server writes "Has good security, speed and traffic handling features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX Plus writes "Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation". Apache Web Server is most compared with IIS, IBM WebSphere Application Server, Microsoft .NET Framework, Zend PHP Engine and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Citrix NetScaler. See our Apache Web Server vs. NGINX Plus report.
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