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JFrog Xray vs NGINX App Protect comparison

JFrog and F5 are both solutions in the Container Security category. JFrog is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.5, while F5 is ranked #23 with an average rating of 8.4. JFrog holds a 3.8% mindshare in Container Security, compared to F5’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of JFrog users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of F5 users who would recommend it.
JFrog Xray
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100% willing to recommend
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95% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

NGINX App Protect and JFrog Xray compete in application protection and artifact analysis, respectively. JFrog Xray has the upper hand with better user satisfaction regarding features and ease of deployment, though NGINX App Protect excels in specific security aspects and customer service.

Features: NGINX App Protect is recognized for its robust security measures, effective threat mitigation, and integration with existing infrastructure. JFrog Xray offers comprehensive artifact scanning, continuous security, and support for various programming languages. Users prefer JFrog Xray for its broader application and superior integration capabilities.

Room for Improvement: NGINX App Protect could benefit from improved documentation, enhanced reporting features, and user interface refinements. JFrog Xray needs better scalability, reduced false positives, and improved performance under large workloads. Users find JFrog Xray's issues less impactful compared to those of NGINX App Protect.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NGINX App Protect offers a straightforward deployment process and excellent customer service with timely support. JFrog Xray, while slightly more complex to deploy, provides extensive support documentation and responsive customer service. Users feel JFrog Xray's deployment complexity is offset by its detailed guidance and support.

Pricing and ROI: NGINX App Protect users report moderate setup costs with a favorable ROI due to efficient threat management reducing security incidents. JFrog Xray’s costs are higher, with users perceiving an excellent ROI because of enhanced software quality and reduced vulnerabilities.

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Review summaries and opinions

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ROI

Sentiment score
5.9
JFrog Xray improved efficiency, security, and compliance, reduced downtime, and sped up release cycles with enhanced vulnerability detection and reporting.
Sentiment score
6.9
Organizations saw positive ROI with NGINX App Protect during COVID-19, improving security and integration, anticipating future benefits.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
3.8
JFrog Xray's customer service receives mixed reviews, with varying satisfaction in support response times and account manager interactions.
Sentiment score
6.3
NGINX App Protect support is praised for promptness and helpfulness but inconsistencies and costs affect user satisfaction.
When we need clarifications, we contact our account manager, and they arrange demos.
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They were quick and efficient when we had issues.
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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
JFrog Xray is viewed as scalable, accommodating growth plans, despite some PostgreSQL constraints, and rates scalability 7-8/10.
Sentiment score
6.5
NGINX App Protect is scalable with diverse options but faces deployment, traffic, and configuration centralization challenges noted by users.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
JFrog Xray is praised for stability and performance, though its provided PostgreSQL is considered unstable, needing enterprise support.
Sentiment score
8.4
NGINX App Protect is praised for stability and integration, outperforming competitors, though minor improvements in HTML5 are needed.
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It is a quality solution, and I would rate its stability as eight out of ten.
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Room For Improvement

JFrog Xray needs improvements in documentation, UI, reporting, performance, vulnerability management, integration, APIs, and troubleshooting support.
NGINX App Protect requires improved flexibility, UI, API, automation, network support, pricing, integration, and feature enhancements like security and documentation.
X-ray needs improvement in supporting more than one database, as it currently only supports PostgreSQL.
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There was more information from F5 regarding hardware requirements and specifications to deploy the service.
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Setup Cost

NGINX App Protect costs $3,000-$400,000 annually, considered expensive but competitive, with no hidden fees and strategic cost management possible.
The basic scanning capabilities come with Artifactory, however, curation requires additional licenses.
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Valuable Features

JFrog Xray efficiently blocks vulnerabilities with policy watches, integrates with Artifactory, and excels in scanning and license compliance.
NGINX App Protect provides comprehensive security features including automation, containerization, and flexible API connectivity for robust application protection.
The most valuable features of JFrog Xray are its curation capabilities, its native integration with Artifactory, scanning for vulnerabilities, and license compliance features.
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The most valuable feature is the ability to operate in a DevOps environment and to be configured through API and pipeline by the developers themselves.
Detecting bots and blocking IPs have proven effective for securing applications.
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reviewer2676000 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Categories and Ranking

JFrog Xray
Ranking in Container Security
19th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (32nd), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (6th), Software Supply Chain Security (2nd)
NGINX App Protect
Ranking in Container Security
23rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (16th), API Security (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Container Security category, the mindshare of JFrog Xray is 3.8%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NGINX App Protect is 0.3%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Security
 

Featured Reviews

Mokshi Pandita - PeerSpot reviewer
An intelligent solution that prioritizes which vulnerability to target first in your project
We could create any number of repositories, but we can create only thirty projects with JFrog Xray. If I want things to work, it has to be one project and multiple repositories that belong to different real projects. So I have a limitation of thirty projects, despite being a premium customer. JFrog Xray does not have a dashboard. Although I am able to generate reports, there is no proper dashboard where I can see the total number of vulnerabilities, the total number of license issues, and how many vulnerabilities are fixed. Second, I found the shift left approach missing with JFrog Xray. JFrog Xray has integration with IDEs, but it does not tell you about the vulnerabilities until the artifact is created. However, Snyk could directly integrate with your repository and would not allow you to build unless you fix the problem.
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Saurav Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers protection to users from external threats
NGINX App Protect secures our company's application, and it has helped me a lot, considering that we have critical infrastructure in India where we see how lots of attacks come onto our organization's servers. The tool offers protection against multiple threats present in India's IT ecosystem. The tool helps our company to make our payments secure, meaning it has the ability to provide a secure payment environment in India. Speaking about the improvements in our company's application performance since implementing NGINX App Protect, the gRPC support for the solution is very low. My company is not getting any proper documentation on how to deploy gRPC over NGINX App Protect. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. People can use the product as their company's base server, WAF, or for its proxy manager, depending on the business requirements. My company follows PCI DSS compliance because we operate in a payment-related industry. Right now, my company follows all the standards, so we comply with all the requirements and policies. I rate the tool an eight out of ten.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
5%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about JFrog Xray?
JFrog Xray shows us a list of vulnerabilities that can impact our code.
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What needs improvement with JFrog Xray?
X-ray needs improvement in supporting more than one database, as it currently only supports PostgreSQL. More support during troubleshooting sessions would also be beneficial.
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What is your primary use case for JFrog Xray?
Our primary use case for X-ray includes multiple activities such as security and vulnerability scanning. We already use Black Duck for these purposes, and we are evaluating how JFrog Xray can offer...
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What do you like most about NGINX App Protect?
It's very easy to deploy.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NGINX App Protect?
I don't know the pricing yet because in my other project, I was not part of the buying side and I was just starting to look at options.
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What needs improvement with NGINX App Protect?
It would be better if it were easier to implement and if there was more information from F5 regarding hardware requirements and specifications to deploy the service, to avoid disruptions after impl...
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Also Known As

JFrog Security Essentials
NGINX WAF, NGINX Web Application Firewall
 

Overview

JFrog is on a mission to enable continuous updates through Liquid Software, empowering developers to code high-quality applications that securely flow to end-users with zero downtime. The world’s top brands such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Uber, VMware, and Spotify are among the 4500 companies that already depend on JFrog to manage binaries for their mission-critical applications. JFrog is a privately-held, global company, and is a proud sponsor of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation [CNCF].

If you are a team player and you care and you play to WIN, we have just the job you're looking for.

As we say at JFrog: "Once You Leap Forward You Won't Go Back!"​

JFrog

NGINX App Protect application security solution combines the efficacy of advanced F5 web application firewall (WAF) technology with the agility and performance of NGINX Plus. The solution runs natively on NGINX Plus and addresses some of the most difficult challenges facing modern DevOps environments:

  • Integrating security controls directly into the development automation pipeline
  • Applying and managing security for modern and distributed application environments such as containers and microservices
  • Providing the right level of security controls without impacting release and go-to-market velocity
  • Complying with security and regulatory requirements

NGINX App Protect offers:

  • Expanded security beyond basic signatures to ensure adequate controls
  • F5 app‑security technology for efficacy superior to ModSecurity and other WAFs
  • Confidently run in “blocking” mode in production with proven F5 expertise
  • High‑confidence signatures for extremely low false positives
  • Increases visibility, integrating with third‑party analytics solutions
  • Integrates security and WAF natively into the CI/CD pipeline
  • Deploys as a lightweight software package that is agnostic of underlying infrastructure
  • Facilitates declarative policies for “security as code” and integration with DevOps tools
  • Decreases developer burden and provides feedback loop for quick security remediation
  • Accelerates time to market and reduces costs with DevSecOps‑automated security
F5
 

Sample Customers

google, amazon, cisco, netflix, oracle, vmware, facebook
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