Atos DirX Directory vs NGINX Plus comparison

Atos and F5 are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. Atos is ranked #25, while F5 is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.1. Atos holds a 0.5% mindshare in AIS, compared to F5’s 9.9% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of Atos users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of F5 users who would recommend it.

Atos DirX Directory

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75% willing to recommend

NGINX Plus

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93% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Atos DirX Directory and NGINX Plus compete in directory services and application delivery. NGINX Plus outshines with its extensive features and scalability, especially in application solutions, while Atos excels with budget-friendly pricing and robust support.

Features: Atos DirX Directory focuses on user identity management, secure authentication, and access control. NGINX Plus offers features like high performance load balancing, application delivery, and modularity, catering well to high-traffic environments.

Room for Improvement: Atos DirX Directory could benefit from enhanced user interface, broader protocol support, and more integration options. NGINX Plus may improve by simplifying its configuration setup, reducing complexity for new users, and offering built-in identity management features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Atos DirX Directory provides user-friendly deployment with excellent support and documentation. NGINX Plus, while offering comprehensive documentation and support options, might require higher technical expertise for deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Atos DirX Directory is noted for its cost-effectiveness, appealing to budget-focused enterprises. NGINX Plus, though potentially more costly, delivers notable ROI through its robust features and performance benefits, particularly for enterprises needing advanced application delivery.

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Categories and Ranking

Atos DirX Directory

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

25th

Average Rating

6.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NGINX Plus

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Atos DirX Directory is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NGINX Plus is 9.9%, down from 11.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Kleber Fernandes

Diretor Comercial at a security firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

An identity management system with valuable knowledge

We use Atos DirX Directory for cybersecurity with Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solutions Atos DirX Directory helps take care of attacks and manage responses. It also has artificial intelligence to mitigate any attack. The most valuable feature is its knowledge. The price could be…

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Michael Olayemi

Senior Software Engineer at Checkit

Enables public access and secure configurations through reverse proxy

The primary valuable feature of NGINX for me is its ability to provide a reverse proxy. I have found that this feature supports our local server, and I am able to connect through our DNS system, making it accessible publicly. Additionally, the integration with SSL certificates and the configuration capabilities make it a valuable solution for my use case. Without NGINX, users would not be able to access our application, which means there is positive ROI from using NGINX as it is crucial for the functioning of my organization.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"DirX Directory is the best feature of the product: a very fast, stable LDAP directory."

"The solution offers high performance."

"The most valuable feature is its knowledge."

"The role and attribute-based access control has been greatly improved."

"The robust software architecture allows for it to be scalable and very stable."

"The product is resilient."

"It's lightweight software that can handle heavy loads efficiently."

"Its versatility and capabilities make it invaluable for implementing patches and fixes when necessary."

"Valuable features include authentication, caching, reverse proxy routing, and load balancing."

"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."

"Nginx is extremely efficient in terms of the connection rate to the CPU cycles ratio, and in terms of the bandwidth to CPU cycles."

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Cons

"The price could be better. It would be better if they developed a better endpoint solution in the next release."

"An overall modernization of the product is required in order to keep up with newer products."

"Needs more available consultants and implementation partners."

"The Self-Service Portal is old school and it lacks easy accessibility for users."

"The user interface could be more convenient for people that don't know the tool too intensively."

"If NGINX brings some features for health check in the open source version, it would be better. "

"The solution must improve its performance."

"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."

"The scaling should be built into the software rather than configured from an outside source."

"The drawback is that you must obtain a license for everything."

"I would like the configuration process to be more simplified."

"Lack of a feature to print data on the terminal for verification of network traffic during debugging and testing."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price could be better."

"I am not so happy with their pricing policy, but this is not the worse thing in my life. I can tolerate it."

"The price is the cost to contract support with a specialized company, usually during consulting hours."

"It's an open source solution, so it's free."

"I use the solution's community edition which is free of cost."

"There's an open-source version of NGINX that is free."

"You pay for each feature that you want."

"Nginx is free. I don't have experience with the Plus version."

"HAProxy is cheaper than NGINX."

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Government

18%

Manufacturing Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

14%

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Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

17%

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It performs very well. That's one of the primary reasons we use NGINX.

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My use case involves using the free and open-source version of NGINX, making it cost-effective as I haven't incurred any costs.

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Also Known As

DirX Directory

NGINX

Overview

DirX Directory is a standards-compliant, high-performance, highly available, reliable and secure Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and X.500 directory server. It offers unlimited scalability with outstanding read and write performance.

Atos

NGINX Plus is a versatile solution that offers load balancing, caching, proxying, and API deployment capabilities. It can be deployed on private or public clouds and is ideal for building CDN solutions. The solution can also be used to secure web applications and replace web services like Apache.

NGINX has helped organizations improve functioning, reduce downtimes, and offer a DevOps-friendly solution. Its community support and documentation are highly regarded, and its configuration is more straightforward, making it a recommended choice over HAProxy.

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