NGINX Plus vs SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management comparison

F5 and SAP are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. F5 is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.1, while SAP is ranked #24. F5 holds a 9.9% mindshare in AIS, compared to SAP’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of F5 users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management and NGINX Plus compete in different technology sectors, with SAP focusing on business process management and NGINX on web serving. Depending on business needs, SAP may offer superior process automation, while NGINX excels in web and traffic management.

Features: SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management provides extensive business rule management, seamless SAP integration, and customizable solutions for enterprises. NGINX Plus delivers high-performance load balancing, security enhancements, and traffic management to ensure availability and performance optimization.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management might have a complex deployment due to enterprise-level integration, balanced by organized support channels. NGINX Plus offers straightforward deployment with extensive documentation and support resources, facilitating a quicker setup.

Pricing and ROI: SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management often requires a higher upfront investment linked to its process management capabilities, potentially resulting in a substantial return for enterprise users. NGINX Plus provides competitive pricing with strong long-term value through its performance and scalability benefits, offering a quicker potential return due to performance efficiencies.

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Categories and Ranking

NGINX Plus

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (7th)

SAP NetWeaver Business Rule...

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

24th

Average Rating

6.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of NGINX Plus is 9.9%, down from 11.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Michael Olayemi

Senior Software Engineer at Checkit

Enables public access and secure configurations through reverse proxy

The primary valuable feature of NGINX for me is its ability to provide a reverse proxy. I have found that this feature supports our local server, and I am able to connect through our DNS system, making it accessible publicly. Additionally, the integration with SSL certificates and the configuration capabilities make it a valuable solution for my use case. Without NGINX, users would not be able to access our application, which means there is positive ROI from using NGINX as it is crucial for the functioning of my organization.

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Herve Guerin

Architecte SAP & Infrastructure at Teamwork

Good stability and good visibility but requires a better user interface

We're an SAP partner. We do also deploy some clients to the cloud, but 95% of the work we do with the solution is on-premises. I'd rate the solution six out of ten. I'm an architect, so I don't know enough about the implementation side to really be able to share any relevant first-hand experience in regards to setting the solution up.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

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

"The best solution, by far, for web traffic control for things in production and just around the house."

"The product is lightweight and fast."

"Its versatility and capabilities make it invaluable for implementing patches and fixes when necessary."

"I think installation only took a couple of minutes — no more than 10 minutes."

"Using NGINX Plus for web traffic distribution is fantastic. It offers performance similar to physical load balancers but with added flexibility."

"NGINX Plus' most valuable feature is the ingress controller."

"The load balancing module, which is equivalent to LTM, is the focus of the PSE. So far, the features of both are identical. I believe NGINX has more features for securing these services, but in terms of load balancing, both are massive solutions."

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"There are many features of the solution that are quite useful. For us, the most valuable aspect may be visibility."

Cons

"Only improvement needed that I would point to is scalability. With it, I mean clusterized organisation on a low level. At the moment, the best alternative is RHEL HA."

"The solution needs to be easier to setup and deploy."

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

"I would like to see the Grafana integration in NGINX which is already present in HAProxy. Grafana integration will help the solution visualize all the data analytics on the dashboard which is currently not present."

"I would like the configuration process to be more simplified."

"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."

"The drawback is that you must obtain a license for everything."

"I would like it to have a more user-friendly graphical interface."

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"The solution could improve its user interface."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

"The solution is free, but you can spend a lot of money with a complex solution."

"It's an open source solution, so it's free."

"Nginx is free. I don't have experience with the Plus version."

"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. "

"The cost is reasonable."

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Questions from the Community

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,...

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What do you like most about NGINX Plus?

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

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NGINX Plus?

My use case involves using the free and open-source version of NGINX, making it cost-effective as I haven't incurred any costs.

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NGINX

NetWeaver Business Rules Management

Overview

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.

SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management (SAP NetWeaver BRM) is part of the SAP NetWeaver AS Java. SAP NetWeaver BRM enables your organization to externalize business rules and manage them flexibly across multiple installations for greater agility, for consistent and transparent enforcement of policies across the entire enterprise.

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

Dansk Supermarked A/S, Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd, Kaeser Kompressoren, Lenovo

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