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Mirantis Container Cloud vs NGINX App Protect comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Mirantis Container Cloud
Ranking in Container Security
21st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Container Virtualization (1st)
NGINX App Protect
Ranking in Container Security
25th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (16th), API Security (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Container Security category, the mindshare of Mirantis Container Cloud is 0.2%, up from 0.1% 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 Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Mirantis Container Cloud0.2%
NGINX App Protect0.3%
Other99.5%
Container Security
 

Featured Reviews

Hitesh D - PeerSpot reviewer
High availability and self-healing mechanisms ensure seamless production builds
The most useful feature of Mirantis Container Cloud for our container management is Kubernetes. It provides a cluster, high availability, and a self-healing mechanism. Its multi-cluster management capability enhances our operational efficiency as it is easy to use, and every deployment is from the CI/CD, which automatically builds and deploys without human interference, reducing our deployment time to a few seconds.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Mirantis Container Cloud operates similarly to how we interact with databases. It provides a comprehensive platform for deploying and managing containerized applications across cloud environments."
"The product is easy to use."
"I think the volume binding is a really interesting feature."
"The most useful feature of Mirantis Container Cloud for our container management is Kubernetes. It provides a cluster, high availability, and a self-healing mechanism."
"If we compare legacy application support to Docker, it's a superior product."
"Very easy solution to use as it is intuitive."
"I like the automation in deployment. I can deploy whenever I want based on the environment, and I can easily roll back to a previous version for testing."
"The solution has enhanced the security and compliance management of container environments which reduces operational overhead and costs."
"The most valuable feature is that I can establish different services from the firewall."
"I would say that 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."
"NGINX App Protect's best features are auto-learning, which creates a profile of applications that are deployed, bot protection, and force protection, which lets you configure your brute force policy and alert for and prevent brute force attacks."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the OWASP certification. Additionally, the tool's ability to enforce strong passwords and OTP within minutes is impressive. With its analytics and recommendations, it is a very good solution."
"NGINX App Protect is stable."
"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is its open source."
"It is a very good tool for load balancing."
"The initial setup was simple and took three to four days."
 

Cons

"In my previous years, I have brainstormed about the development of Container software. I have recently shifted focus, but the knowledge gained from those were really helpful. In my experience, Containers have their own complexities and to implement them, open source information is crucial. A software with new features would be beneficial. I suggest to implement a flow-based approach for container sequences, similar to Google Cloud's machine learning. The current process of deploying containers involves too many steps, and a more streamlined method would be appreciated. I've even automated deployment using APIs. Overall, simplifying container management and deployment processes would be valuable."
"The solution's stability could be improved."
"An improvement would be automated testing."
"The solution would benefit in improvements made to the storage, cleaning up information from the disk, and reading logs."
"I feel that the product lacks to offer a proper health status of the images which are running, making it an area where improvements are required."
"I think this solution needs better security due to more risks from the outside world."
"It would be very nice to have a GUI that can be used by any administrator, and not just people who have experience with Docker."
"With the Mirantis runtime being removed from Kubernetes, which is the industry-wide standard for orchestration of containers, I think it's going in a direction that is not super scalable."
"Areas for improvement would be if NGINX could scan for vulnerabilities and learn and update the signatures of DoS attacks."
"NGINX App Protect could improve security."
"The product's price is high, making it an area of concern where improvements are required. The tool's licensing model is also not good."
"Its technical support could be better."
"The dashboard could provide a more comprehensive view of the status of the connections."
"The solution needs to be improved in the e-commerce portal."
"I encountered issues with NGINX App Protect while trying to upgrade custom rules."
"They could provide a better user interface."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one means low price and ten means high price."
"We use the free version of this solution."
"It is more costly than other products, but it is worth every penny."
"The product is not expensive."
"The pricing and licensing really depends on what your needs are. You could be paying $100 a month to $100,000. It depends on the needs you have from the solution, and the agreement you make."
"This solution is free."
"Docker is a free solution."
"The solution is open-source and free to try."
"There are no additional fees."
"NGINX is not expensive."
"The price of NGINX App Protect is not much different from the products that fall under the leader category of Gartner Magic Quadrant."
"Our licensing costs are about $40,000 a year."
"The product's price is high."
"There are not any additional costs we had to pay to use NGINX App Protect."
"NGINX App Protect is expensive."
"There is a license needed to use NGINX App Protect."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Mirantis Container Cloud?
Regarding the cost, Mirantis Container Cloud is cheaper than other solutions like Red Hat. The license costs around 10,000 Indian rupees per year.
What needs improvement with Mirantis Container Cloud?
Mirantis Container Cloud should have AI integration tools, which are not available right now. These tools should assist in app scalability and deployment error handling.
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.
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...
 

Also Known As

Docker Enterprise
NGINX WAF, NGINX Web Application Firewall
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

illumina, Groupon, PayPal, ebay, ING, New Relic
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