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NGINX Ingress Controller vs VMware Tanzu Platform comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

NGINX Ingress Controller
Ranking in Container Management
18th
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Tanzu Platform
Ranking in Container Management
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Build Automation (16th), PaaS Clouds (13th), Cloud Management (31st), Development Platforms (3rd), Service Mesh (8th), Agile and DevOps Services (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of NGINX Ingress Controller is 1.7%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Platform is 8.2%, down from 13.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware Tanzu Platform8.2%
NGINX Ingress Controller1.7%
Other90.1%
Container Management
 

Featured Reviews

MuthukaruppasamyR - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network At Dxc Technology Professional at DXC Technology
Reverse proxy and security controls have provided flexible access and strong TLS protection
I have utilized NGINX Ingress Controller SSL and TLS termination feature. We have done extensive SSL offloading on NGINX Ingress Controller and made the TLS configurations to match security requirements, allowing certain TLS versions while disabling others such as 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2, and allowing 1.3. The choice depends upon the application requirement. The reverse proxy capabilities of NGINX Ingress Controller in managing distributed applications is central to its main concept. We need to configure it to allow the server to access the outside world and the internet. That is achievable, and we can install and configure NGINX Ingress Controller as a reverse proxy. It can work as a load balancer, but the main part is NGINX Ingress Controller's role as a reverse proxy. If any applications need to be accessed through the proxy to the outside world, then NGINX Ingress Controller is a good product for you. I employ the IP whitelisting feature in NGINX Ingress Controller, which helps secure my application environment. In IP whitelisting, there are several options available. You can determine which IPs to block, for example, if you do not want to give access to specific regions. You can find the list of IP addresses registered in those regions and blacklist them. There is also the web application firewall (WAF) where you can create policies to identify the type of traffic trying to access the application.
ErmiasGirma - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Safaricom Ethiopia plc
Has supported container-based deployments and improved infrastructure visibility through monitoring tools
Aria Operations, formerly known as VMware vRealize Operations, has been renamed to vROps. We are currently using this for monitoring purposes. For orchestration, we are using VCD to automate Telco Cloud. VCD is an automation tool, and we are also using VMware Tanzu Platform for the Kubernetes environment, alongside TKG, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid. These are also other solutions for the Tanzu Kubernetes environment. For Telco Cloud, we are using it to automate our company's operations, which is for a telecom company. We are familiar with these products, especially vCenter, ESXi, VCD, vCF, and vROps. It is very easy to integrate applications when we deploy vCenter and ESXi since we can enable vSphere with Tanzu feature. We can build namespaces and provide application developers the platform to deploy their applications on pods within containerization. We can easily manage, pull results, and create containers efficiently, making it a simple way to handle applications. We provide namespace labels for application developers, and we can manage their resources along with other aspects easily. Regarding security, we use many tools such as CDX and LDAP, AD for integrating our Kubernetes cluster with the developer teams. We can manage roles and permissions simply. It is very straightforward to integrate with EDX and other third-party tools, Active Directory, to the Kubernetes cluster, allowing easy access and management.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"However, the response, throughput, and solid performance we receive after implementation are often worth it."
"The main benefit is that it is better in performance, provides security with App Protect and WAF and DDoS, and delivers high performance and high stability."
"From my experience, I think the main benefit NGINX Ingress Controller provides to the end user is the reliability of NGINX Ingress Controller itself."
"NGINX Ingress Controller has positively impacted my organization by helping us with exposing our applications and managing security and auto-scaling."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ability to check the flow of all the different variants within our applications."
"The Day 2 operations support is the most vital feature"
"The valuable feature I have found to be the management of Kubernetes clusters in a private cloud or public clouds, such as Azure or Google Cloud Platform."
"We never experienced any problems with scalability."
"It has provided us with one central point where we can easily track our product QA, and our project resources, across multiple projects and multiple business units."
"It definitely gives the end customer a good overview and perspective of running applications in terms of overall workload footprint. TMC provides a very detailed description of your cloud-native application in the form of graphical visualization."
"The most important thing about the solution is its flexibility."
"A feature we find valuable is that other products can also be integrated with Mission Control. This means that we can see the status of specific clusters, as well as view the monitoring application logs all from one point."
 

Cons

"Most customers are satisfied with the reverse proxy capability, but the main issue is that the Ingress NGINX, the one that is most widely used, will be deprecated this month."
"Nowadays, the quality has been degrading, and I do not expect the same level of service."
"However, there is still a major limitation in GUI capability to manage and observe."
"The network control and security policies must be improved."
"The installation of VMware Tanzu Service Mesh is very complex."
"I would like to see additional support for things outside of Cloud Foundry."
"The implementation is not easy, it is very complex and can take a day or two to complete."
"One potential area for expansion would be leveraging AI capabilities, which my customer might be interested in exploring as they grow."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with other solutions such as HPE."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with other solutions such as HPE."
"This product doesn't have a GUI. In order to use it properly, I need to connect it to a new GUI or build a GUI to manage it — it's pretty difficult."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price of VMware Tanzu Mission Control is greater than that of Red Hat's competitor solution"
"The product is not expensive, but it is not cheap."
"There are different licenses available. You have to upgrade your license if you want to scale the solution more."
"The least expensive licensing cost for VMware is around $350 per core."
"Its pricing is very competitive. We get around 70% or 75%, sometimes even 80%, discount on the product. I would rate it a four out of five in terms of pricing."
"The solution is bundled in with Cloud Foundry so the pricing is not independent."
"Since we were at a large data center, the price might not have been a concern for us."
"The licensing cost is expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NGINX Ingress Controller?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was good. The pricing was expensive at first, but throughout the journey, it became feasible.
What needs improvement with NGINX Ingress Controller?
In my opinion, NGINX Ingress Controller can make better improvements for ingress control, and I think they are already the leader in the Ingress and Gateway API. The Gateway API has the capability ...
What is your primary use case for NGINX Ingress Controller?
I am currently working with NGINX Ingress Controller but in a different perspective than before. We haven't used App Protect anymore, but as an implementer, we use it as a front end for an AI gatew...
Which is better - OpenShift Container Platform or VMware Tanzu Mission Control?
Red Hat Openshift is ideal for organizations using microservices and cloud environments. I like that the platform is auto-scalable, which saves overhead time for developers. I think Openshift can b...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Tanzu Mission Control?
The price of VMware Tanzu Mission Control is greater than that of Red Hat's competitor solution. I would rate the pricing of VMware Tanzu Mission Control as four out of ten.
What needs improvement with VMware Tanzu Mission Control?
The product should support integration with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The tool's flexibility in onboarding different clusters needs to improve, it's presently limited to a few clusters on the li...
 

Also Known As

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Tanzu Application Catalog, Application Platform, Application Service, Hub, Mission Control, Service Mesh, Build Service, Concourse for VMware Tanzu
 

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Sample Customers

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Verizon, Cerner, Zipcar, Avarteq
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