We performed a comparison between NGINX Plus and Windows Process Activation Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, F5, Apache and others in Application Infrastructure."The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is simple to configure."
"Valuable features include authentication, caching, reverse proxy routing, and load balancing."
"The product is lightweight and fast."
"The robust software architecture allows for it to be scalable and very stable."
"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."
"With NGINX, I appreciate its ability to route traffic geographically."
"The product is resilient."
"I think installation only took a couple of minutes — no more than 10 minutes."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the central console, that allows you to see all of the activated and deactivated computers."
"The scalability could be improved."
"I would suggest adding GUI-based configuration panels to NGINX Plus to simplify setup and management tasks."
"If NGINX brings some features for health check in the open source version, it would be better. "
"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."
"It would be great if there was even more automation to make it even easier to maintain."
"They should do in the open source version of what they did to Advanced HTTP, TCP, and UDP load balancing."
"The user interface could be improved."
"It would be good if NGINX provided a graphical user interface."
"The stability of the solution needs improvement."
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NGINX Plus is ranked 2nd in Application Infrastructure with 28 reviews while Windows Process Activation Services is ranked 23rd in Application Infrastructure. NGINX Plus is rated 8.8, while Windows Process Activation Services is rated 4.0. The top reviewer of NGINX Plus writes "Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Process Activation Services writes "Central console enables us to see all of the activated and deactivated computers but it has poor alerts and frustrating technical support". NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Apache Web Server, whereas Windows Process Activation Services is most compared with Microsoft .NET Framework and IIS.
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