Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall vs NGINX Plus comparison

Ivanti and F5 are both solutions in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category. Ivanti is ranked #16, while F5 is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.8. Ivanti holds a 1.7% mindshare in ADC, compared to F5’s 6.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Ivanti users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of F5 users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall and NGINX Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Ivanti Virtual Web Applicat...

Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)

16th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Web Application Firewall (WAF) (44th)

NGINX Plus

Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)

9th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Infrastructure (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category, the mindshare of Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall is 1.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NGINX Plus is 6.8%, down from 8.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
NGINX Plus	6.8%
Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall	1.7%
Other	91.5%

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reviewer890211

Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Good feature set and is simple to deploy

In terms of what needs improvement, the price could be lowered. We've tried to deploy more of them but our purchasing department has said that they're way too expensive and they would prefer to use something else. We sort of stopped deploying them because of that. There are additional costs to the standard licensing. There are bandwidth prices. The feature set is quite good. We've been told to stop using them because of the price. If they can do something to address that I believe it would be better. On the latest version they've got a community edition, which is quite a good bandwidth, but in essence, it's to address the entry-level price. When you get to 10 gig bandwidth, it's way too expensive.

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Nadeem-Inamdar

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.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that it is simple to deploy."

"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that it is simple to deploy. The deployment took us ten minutes."

"I find the solution’s community support and documentation most valuable. Compared to HAProxy, have found a lot of documentation and community support on Quora. If you would be asking me as a developer whether to choose this product, I would recommend this since it has good community support, documentation, and signature updates. The configuration of HAProxy is also very tedious. However, NGINX’s configuration is very simple."

"The most valuable features are the gateway and the ability to publish to sites."

"The flexibility of its modules allow it to be scalable."

"When I worked in a security research center, we tested NGINX to support DoS and DDoS attacks, and its results were great."

"This solution has everything."

"When you use NGINX, you have more options and power."

"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."

"It is a great product, it serves us well and is the best solution."

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Cons

"In terms of what needs improvement, the price could be lowered. We've tried to deploy more of them but our purchasing department has said that they're way too expensive and they would prefer to use something else."

"In terms of what needs improvement, the price could be lowered; we've tried to deploy more of them but our purchasing department has said that they're way too expensive and they would prefer to use something else."

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

"One area of improvement could be that NGINX could provide a means to generate self-signed SSL certificates."

"It would be great if there was even more automation to make it even easier to maintain."

"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."

"NGINX is a very basic load balancer and cannot do as many customizations as F5."

"Initially, I experienced hiccups whenever I installed the application. As with any application, there were initial issues, however, after receiving support, everything was rectified."

"It would be good if NGINX provided a graphical user interface."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

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

"NGINX Plus is an open-source solution with limited additional features. When you try to get additional features in the solution, then you need to pay an extra amount to NGINX Plus."

"The list price of NGINX Plus is close to $5,500."

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

"Compared to other similar solutions on the market, I think it's over-priced."

"The cost is reasonable."

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Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Insurance Company

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Large Enterprise

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

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

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Pricing is reasonable and that is fine.

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Also Known As

Pulse vWAF, Pulse Virtual Traffic Manager

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Overview

Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall delivers scalable application security for off-the-shelf and custom applications, including third-party frameworks. Apply business rules to online traffic, inspect and block attacks such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS), and filter outgoing traffic and data to mask credit card data. Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall helps achieve compliance with PCI-DSS requirements.

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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.

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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