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Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) vs NGINX Plus comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 20, 2026

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

Categories and Ranking

Ivanti Virtual Application ...
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
16th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
NGINX Plus
Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
11th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Application Infrastructure (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category, the mindshare of Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) is 1.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NGINX Plus is 6.9%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NGINX Plus6.9%
Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC)1.2%
Other91.9%
Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2901570 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
Inherited deployment tool has required clunky iPad rollouts but has automated remote updates
I do appreciate the best features that Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) offers. One feature that stands out to me as useful is that it applies some application firewall for security, which I found valuable. Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) has impacted my organization positively as it is more of a necessity, not just because we do have all of our iPads in Ivanti MDM, but to be able to deploy properly. It certainly does save time and resources compared to doing things manually because 90% of our mobile devices are all remote and in the field, and our endpoint users are technically challenged; therefore, trying to get anyone to update or be able to do anything actually on their iPad outside of using an application would be near impossible.
Nadeem-Inamdar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Security Engineer at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Advanced policies and web firewall have strengthened application protection and reduced attack traffic
There were some vulnerabilities in F5. They tried to fix it, but the fixes were not available at the time because they were zero days, so they attempted to fix it, but their support was not proper. Their support should be improved because sometimes features which we need for customization take time, and they are sometimes feasible and sometimes not feasible by the team, so their support and the engineering team should improve their product. I would like to see more features regarding customization which should be built into the application, and the tool optimization should be good, and the dashboard should be more crisp and clear.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) has impacted my organization positively as it is more of a necessity, not just because we do have all of our iPads in Ivanti MDM, but to be able to deploy properly."
"The strict security features of Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) stand out for me because essentially, you can have the hashing of all the programs that you can launch, the signature to check, the very deep analysis of the project, and the very deep log that helps you develop and analyze security."
"Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) is a very good tool that companies should use, as it is very reliable, very fast, and allows you more time to work on other cases because Ivanti handles everything smoothly."
"Supports IMAP, POP and SMTP protocols for the reverse proxy."
"The web application firewall feature has helped enhance security for our applications because most of the attacks which are performed on our website are being blocked by it, so the web application firewall is good."
"The primary valuable feature of NGINX for me is its ability to provide a reverse proxy."
"The web proxy and the database proxy are excellent."
"​The flexibility of its modules allow it to be scalable.​"
"NGINX Plus' most valuable feature is the ingress controller."
"NGINX has created a resilient infrastructure for us which has reduced our downtimes."
"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."
 

Cons

"Customer support for Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) has been very lacking, which is one of my biggest issues because we have had not great experiences with their customer support over time."
"To improve Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC), I would suggest integrating something to fix the registry of a server, as including any steps that fix the registry or any DLL files causing issues where patches did not install properly would be beneficial."
"I chose eight out of ten for Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) because from the point of view of the configuration, it took so much time on the security side to configure."
"Lack of a feature to print data on the terminal for verification of network traffic during debugging and testing."
"One area of improvement could be that NGINX could provide a means to generate self-signed SSL certificates."
"I would like the configuration process to be more simplified."
"I would suggest adding GUI-based configuration panels to NGINX Plus to simplify setup and management tasks."
"Our most challenging part was to run an older PHP website reverse-proxied through NGINX. That was not fun."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Compared to other similar solutions on the market, I think it's over-priced."
"NGINX is a very basic load balancer and cannot do as many customizations as F5."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Nginx is free. I don't have experience with the Plus version."
"The list price of NGINX Plus is close to $5,500."
"Compared to other similar solutions on the market, I think it's over-priced."
"It's an open source solution, so it's free."
"The price is the cost to contract support with a specialized company, usually during consulting hours.​"
"​NGINX Plus is worth it, if you need it. If you do not need the features or support, the free and open source package is more than capable. ​"
"I am not so happy with their pricing policy, but this is not the worse thing in my life. I can tolerate it."
"HAProxy is cheaper than NGINX."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC)?
From my point of view, Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) could be improved with an agent, for example. Something specific I would want to see in future versions of Ivanti Virtua...
What is your primary use case for Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC)?
My main use case for Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) is for security. I have essentially secured all the Citrix Virtual Desktop environment by isolating each single process th...
What advice do you have for others considering Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC)?
On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) an eight. I chose eight out of ten for Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) because fro...
Which is better - IIS or NGINX Plus?
IIS is a flexible, secure, and manageable web server to host anything on the web. IIS’s scalable and open architecture can handle the most demanding tasks. From media streaming to web applications,...
What needs improvement with NGINX Plus?
There were some vulnerabilities in F5. They tried to fix it, but the fixes were not available at the time because they were zero days, so they attempted to fix it, but their support was not proper....
 

Also Known As

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NGINX, F5 NGINX Plus
 

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Sample Customers

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Locaweb, AppNexus, Wix, Reliam, Montana Interactive, MuleSoft, Warpwire, Discovery Education, InkaBinka, WordPress.com, Gogo, GOV.UK, NASA
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