We performed a comparison between NGINX Plus and Windows Server AppFabric based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, F5, Apache and others in Application Infrastructure."Nginx is simple to configure, very stable in a highly utilized environment and very modular, allowing DevOps to create it's own modules for interactive use with Nginx."
"The best solution, by far, for web traffic control for things in production and just around the house."
"The web proxy and the database proxy are excellent."
"NGINX Plus also has NGINX App Protect. It's a separate module, which is inspired by the F5 apps."
"With NGINX, I appreciate its ability to route traffic geographically."
"I think installation only took a couple of minutes — no more than 10 minutes."
"Valuable features include authentication, caching, reverse proxy routing, and load balancing."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is simple to configure."
"The most valuable feature is AppFabric's hosting solution, which is what we need for running workflows."
"The product's deployment phase was very easy."
"It is very usable and easy to understand. Antivirus and VPN are the main features being used now. It allows my clients to access the network from home, which was very crucial because of the pandemic."
"The drawback is that you must obtain a license for everything."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The solution must improve its performance."
"If NGINX brings some features for health check in the open source version, it would be better. "
"They should do in the open source version of what they did to Advanced HTTP, TCP, and UDP load balancing."
"I would like it to have a more user-friendly graphical interface."
"The solution's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"It would be good if NGINX provided a graphical user interface."
"Its price and licensing policy can be improved. It could be a little cheaper. Licensing is sometimes confusing. There are so many different options. It is difficult to find out what to buy or what to choose for my necessity."
"Microsoft will stop supporting the product next year, and we can't run unsupported programs in our systems."
"The product is unable to connect with different cloud services."
NGINX Plus is ranked 2nd in Application Infrastructure with 27 reviews while Windows Server AppFabric is ranked 18th in Application Infrastructure with 3 reviews. NGINX Plus is rated 8.8, while Windows Server AppFabric is rated 8.0. 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 Server AppFabric writes "Offers good monitoring capabilities and ease of setup". NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Apache Web Server, whereas Windows Server AppFabric is most compared with IIS.
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