We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiADC 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."Although FortiADC has multiple features that I like, the global DNS is the most helpful. It is primarily useful for customers with huge environments and at least two data centers. FortiADC can act as your DNS server. It can check which data center has the lowest latency, and route traffic to that one. It's an intelligent DNS."
"The GSLB, the DR side, is the best part. Because we had our main side in one city, we created another, and we had a complete MPLS over the internet. We used the GSLB and data loss for our business applications."
"The main feature that we use is GSLB (Global Server Load Balancing). GSLB makes the customer's network more reliable by scaling applications across multiple datacenters. GSLB as a disaster recovery solution can direct traffic based on site availability."
"I am impressed with the product's load-balancing feature."
"From a technical perspective, it is the most scalable device from Fortinet."
"Simple to use and easy to integrate."
"The most valuable feature is its simplicity."
"I like the solution's load balance with DNS intelligence."
"The most valuable features are the gateway and the ability to publish to sites."
"The robust software architecture allows for it to be scalable and very stable."
"Application Gateway with application-level firewall tool and load distributor and balancer (also serves for A/B testing)."
"The best solution, by far, for web traffic control for things in production and just around the house."
"Supports IMAP, POP and SMTP protocols for the reverse proxy."
"NGINX Plus' most valuable feature is the ingress controller."
"NGINX Plus also has NGINX App Protect. It's a separate module, which is inspired by the F5 apps."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is simple to configure."
"The solution's WAF needs an upgrade because it is not as good as FortiWeb, VMware, F5, or Imperva."
"FortiADC is complex to configure so the interface should be improved."
"I think it would be helpful if Fortinet put more video examples on their cookbook site."
"Fortinet FortiADC should include an advanced-level SD-WAN."
"The product's stability for VMs could be better."
"Technical support and documentation could both be improved."
"The product’s price could be reduced. Also, some of its features need to be more advanced."
"Fortinet has some drawbacks, and it can be a bit challenging to scale."
"Make modules easier to enable or disable. The beauty and ugly side of the NGINX modules is you have to know how to compile the module. For beginners or non-very technical aspirant(s) going for NGINX, they have to learn how to compile the modules."
"The drawback is that you must obtain a license for everything."
"The biggest room for improvement would be to allow NGINX Core machines to cluster for memory zones in some way with a plug and play module. "
"The scaling should be built into the software rather than configured from an outside source."
"The KPI should be more focused on load balancing and the latency in application calling from the end system."
"It would be good if NGINX provided a graphical user interface."
"The user interface could be improved."
"It would be great if there was even more automation to make it even easier to maintain."
Fortinet FortiADC is ranked 8th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 19 reviews while NGINX Plus is ranked 5th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 27 reviews. Fortinet FortiADC is rated 7.8, while NGINX Plus is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiADC writes "High-level load balancing and routing protocols but scalability is limited to 200 gigabits". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX Plus writes "Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation". Fortinet FortiADC is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Fortinet FortiWeb, Citrix NetScaler, Kemp LoadMaster and Radware Alteon, whereas NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Avi Networks Software Load Balancer. See our Fortinet FortiADC vs. NGINX Plus report.
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